Practice Educator - Bodmin, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Bodmin, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Practice Educator
Social Work
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Band 6:

Main area

Social Work

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Grade

Band 6

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Contract

Permanent

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Hours

Full time hours per week

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Job ref

Site

Carew House Bodmin

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Town

Bodmin

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Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

23/05/2023 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_
- _Care based on what matters to people. _
- _Care provided at home or close to home. _
- _Improvement through learning, research and innovation. _
- _Prevention and alternatives to hospital._

_Great Organisation_
- _Buildings that support health and wellbeing. _
- _Technology enabled care. _
- _Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services. _
- _Safe, efficient, effective and productive._

_Great People_
- _A place people love to work and feel valued. _
- _Living our values with staff (all voices count). _
- _Attract, grow and develop talent. _
- _Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen._

_Great Partner_
- _Encourage and enable effective partnerships. _
- _Joined-up community services. _
- _Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities. _
- _Reduce our impact on the environment._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:

This post is a new role in Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust (CFT), for a registered social worker. Make a difference to new and existing colleagues and to the users of our services, as a practice educator.

You will work with the Social Work professional lead to continue to develop pathways into social work in mental health, leading the organisation in supporting the training and continuing professional development of the increasing number of social workers who have chosen to work in our mental health services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

***The role will be based within the Education and Training Department, working closely alongside the existing team responsible for service and staff development. You will benefit from the support and experience of this well established team as you develop your role and positively influence systems using your professional skills and knowledge.

Main duties of the job:

The post holder will work within the Education and Training Department in CFT and will be responsible for the delivery of practice education to trainee and post registration social workers.

This includes the development of projects including the CFT apprenticeship offer in social work, arranging placements and providing practice education for student social workers within the SW partnership area, assessed and supported year in employment (ASYE), and continuing professional development (CPD) arrangements for social workers within CFT.

***The post holder will provide PE supervision, teaching and practice assessment of social work students and apprentices, newly qualified social workers completing ASYE and also support the continued professional development of social workers within the wider CFT workforce.

***Other key aspects of the role will relate to participation in wider networks related to the tasks of the post. This will include but not be limited to locally, Joined Up Social Work (Practice Education) group, the Health and Social Care Academy for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, colleges and universities, and regionally with Peninsula Social Work Education Group (PSWEG), Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) moderation panel and the Social Work England (SWE) regional engagement lead.

Working for our organisation:

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

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