Job Title: Advanced Practitioner Starting Salary: £46,731 progressing to £51,802 Hours: 37.0 Location: Hertfordshire Contract Type: Permanent/Fixed term or secondment Directorate: Adult Care Services Are you passionate about making a difference in healthcare? We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Advanced Practitioners to join our teams at Hertfordshire County Council. This is an exceptional opportunity to advance your career while contributing to the health and well-being of our community. With state-of-the-art facilities and a supportive professional environment, we are committed to providing the highest standard of patient care. About the team Integrated Discharge Team - West Barnet & Chase Farm Hospital Market Force Enhancement & 5% operational enhancement At Barnet and Chase Farm Team we promote personalisation focusing on the wellbeing of the individual. Through care planning we strive for increased independence, choice and control by enable people to direct their own support. You will gain extensive experience in the field of Adult Social Care, Safeguarding practice and Multi-Disciplinary working. You may be required to visit service users in the community to undertake reviews, so a driving licence would be essential as is the ability to respond to situations quickly and flexibly. We offer a 7 day service and currently operate a 1-weekend-in-8 rota across the Hospital Team to improve outcomes for service users. You'll be part of a service-wide rota to provide cover on consecutive Saturdays and Sundays once every eight weeks and will receive days off during the weeks before and after covering weekends. There will be opportunities for you to discuss this at interview if your application is successful. Barnet Hospital are now in a ULEZ Compliant Zone please note the operational enhancement is a non-contractual payment subject to a 3 yearly review Older People's North Herts Team East Herts Team Broxbourne, Welwyn and Hatfield Team St Albans Team Could you bring your experience and passion for improving outcomes for people over age 65 and their carers with social care needs to the Older Person Service? We are re-energising our adult social care model of Connected Lives approach that has a strong ethos of strength-based working, identifying personal goals and ensuring personal, family and community resources are utilised to achieve positive outcomes for people. The Older Person Service is a dynamic service that works across the community under the Care Act to safeguard, assess, plan support and review adults and cares with long term health and social care needs. We have a range of teams within Older People services, including locality based teams, both residential and community reviewing teams, crisis intervention and prevention of hospital admission teams, and sensory services. We can offer Hybrid working arrangements, flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, as well as promote your continuous Learning & Development. About the role As an Advanced Practitioner, you will lead on peer development and practice, supports and supervises staff to develop their skills and knowledge in line with related legislation including The Care Act and Hertfordshire's Connected Lives principles to contribute to the ongoing development of the service. Advanced Practitioners are responsible for delivering high quality statutory social care including recognising safeguarding, delivering assessment, supervision and care management functions as well as developing innovative, creative community solutions. Advanced Practitioners are pivotal in developing links with the local community through undertaking multi-agency work with partner organisations, providers, professionals, individuals, families, and carers. There is responsibility for ensuring that all statutory health and social care responsibilities are met and delivered to a high standard including safeguarding, assessment, supervision, and care management functions. About you You'll be a qualified social worker or occupational therapist with a minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience. In addition, you will also need the following: Actively undertakes a specialist role i.e. Moving and Handling Practitioner Practice Educator Approved Mental Health Practitioner Best Interest Assessor Or agreement to undertake a specialist role within the first year of the role. You will have extensive knowledge and experience in the field of adult social care, with an emphasis on safeguarding practice and related legislation. You will have the ability to manage competing service priorities and a sound grasp of current legislation, personalisation agenda and meeting the business objectives of the department. Demonstrating management potential, you will have excellent all-round communication and negotiation skills working with the Statutory, Voluntary and Independent sector partners. You will adhere to Hertfordshire's Connected Lives Practice Principles by ensuring that people are supported to maintain their independence and receive person-centred care and support. You will utilise your knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and other social care legislation, to manage the most complex cases. You will use of your advanced knowledge and experience to support other members of the team and the management team to ensure good practice. You will develop close working relationships with hospital staff and care providers to ensure effective care planning and balance the use of resources. This job role is within the Health & Social Care, level 12 job profile. Please locate this via: Job profiles - Health and social care We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role. To hear more about this opportunity please contact Sheryl.Jeramhertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role. Benefits of working for us How to apply As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences. Secondment This position is open to secondments. If you work for HCC or any other Local Authority and would like to be considered as a Secondment contract, please ensure you complete the Secondment Form as part of your application. If you do not, your application will be considered as a Fixed Term Contract only. Disability Confident We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. Safeguarding This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. Driving required You'll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations. English Fluency The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.