Senior Practitioner – Adults (LBR12)

Job Description

Job Category : Social Care – Qualified
Location : Lynton House, Redbridge Council
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date :Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £22.60

Key elements:
This will involve:
Service Provision
 To be responsible for the organisation of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards service.
 To ensure requests for DOLS authorisations are managed in a timely and appropriate manner.
 To ensure activities under DOLS Procedures are processed to the appropriate Supervisory Body e.g Local Authority.
 To undertake Best Interest Assessments, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
 To ensure records and returns are managed efficiently and effectively.

Service Development & Promotion
 To support and give advice to colleagues who are undertaking Best Interest Assessments.
 To lead on promoting understanding of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, and the significance of the process in safeguarding residents of care homes, and hospital patients.
 To lead, and contribute to, the promotion of best practice in embedding the principles and standards of the Mental Capacity Act in service provision across the borough.
 To raise awareness and disseminate knowledge and information on the Mental Capacity Act and DOLS within the borough.
 To contribute to the development, and where appropriate, the provision, of training programmes, workshops, seminars and events for staff, service users, carers and partner agencies.
 To support front-line staff including guiding them through statutory responsibilities in areas relating to risk & safety.
 To promote intervention which ensures that respect for diversity is integral to service delivery.
 To work with contractors, commissioners and care providers to raise standards and support the management of risk, that accords with the Mental Capacity Act and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
 To work with colleagues to ensure that the application of DOLS and the MCA, support developments to safeguard adults at risk from abuse and neglect.
 To undertake project work as required, and contribute to the Functional Unit’s/Community Care Service’s development processes.
 To ensure that service users’ carers/support networks, formal representatives and advocates are able to participate as required in all decisions about care and support.

Qualifications:

 Professional Social Work, qualification as recognised by the HCPC
 Current HCPC registration
 Recent post qualification study
 Evidence of CPD
 Best Interest Assessor qualification
 3 years post qualifying experience in health and/or social care setting.

Experience
 Experience of supervising students and/or staff in a statutory front-line social care or health setting.
 Proven supervision skills, utilising a Reflective Model of practice.
 Evidence of developing and maintaining good working practices with a wide range of customers and other stakeholders.
 Experience of representing the service at multi-agency forums, making informed, sound decisions.
 Experience of working effectively in a high pressure environment.
 Experience of working with Adult service users and Carers.
 Experience of managing complex cases and risk assessments.
 Experience of safeguarding work including chairing of meetings.
 Experience of work in relation to Mental Capacity and best interest decision making.
 Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary inter-agency framework
 Experience of meeting performance targets and delivering service outcomes