Advanced Practitioner - Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom - Buckinghamshire Council

Buckinghamshire Council
Buckinghamshire Council
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Salary
£42,778 - £44,752 MF


Reference number
BUC09682


Contract type
Permanent


Working hours
Full Time


Level of DBS check required
Enhanced


Date posted
31 Jul 2023, 11 p.m.


Application deadline
31 Aug 2023


Overview:


Despite the challenges that Adult Social Care has faced within the last 12 months, our approach in Buckinghamshire has not been to take shelter and wait for the storm to pass.

Instead, we have chosen to transform and restructure Adult Social Care so we can respond to a crisis as well as build for the future.

We have created more roles in Social Work and Occupational Therapy; we are adapting to work much more closely with the community and support people near to where they live; we have developed a new career progression framework to encourage staff ambition and development; finally, to establish the conditions to deliver outstanding practice, we have reduced the numbers that managers supervise and the caseloads the team have, to allow for more contact with our residents.


Initiated in 2019, our strength-based practice model, 'Better Lives', has been improving outcomes linked to independence, developing social connections, and improving areas that are important to the residents we support.

Now in 2021, we are looking to refresh our Better Lives Strategyand develop our aspirations further.


About us:

In April 2020 Buckinghamshire Council became the UK's newest council. Meaning the residents of Buckinghamshire will be now be served by a single, unitary council. Buckinghamshire is an ambitious, rapidly growing county, and our economy is one of the strongest in the country.

We are looking for motivated, ambitious and inspiring people to join us on our journey.


About the role:

To ensure the highest standards of service are provided to the residents of Buckinghamshire, Advanced Practitioners will ensure:

  • Work in accordance with the Better Lives framework
  • Promote and deliver goalbased support people to achieve greater independence
  • Promote equality as an integral part of a role and treat everyone with fairness and dignity
  • Provides a proactive personalised approach to the delivery of care and practice
  • Respond to people's needs in a timely manner
  • Focus on improving people's wellbeing
  • Give people greater choice and control over the care that they receive
  • Take account of people's risks and safety at all times, identifying mitigations to reduce that risk
  • Support people to achieve the outcomes that are most important to them using all available resources and taking responsibility for the public purse
  • Provide personalised information and advice, safeguarding, assessment, support planning and review to individuals/families and their carers

Any-Desk:


As an 'any-desk' worker, you'll need to be connected to our network to access digital folders and resources, but this can either be from home or an office location when required.

You will be required to work from the office a couple of times a week, depending on your role and team requirements*.


About you:


Naturally, you will be a great people person, familiar with working to a strength-based approach where you think outside of the box and enable people to prevent, reduce or delay the need for care.

Bringing your in-depth knowledge of the latest legislation and statutory guidance, you'll work independently and with colleagues to support adults and their families.

Persistence and an adaptable approach are needed in an outcome focused way with our partners such as health services, community sector, housing, care providers and other stakeholders.

If you'd like to hear from some of our current social workers and social care staff, take a look at our careers social media pages Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram


Other information:

Interviews will take place Tuesday mornings and Thursday afternoons.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

  • All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
  • All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).


For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidanceand the guidance published by the Ministry of Justice(see, in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order').

Buckinghamshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.


Our values:


We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.


We recognise and reward you:

In these challenging times, we must remain connected as a team.

From day one, you'll be offered a 'buddy' who will be a friendly face to support you through your induction and new working world.

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