Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for a Policy Lead within the Adult Social Care Team to work full time based in Swindon.
The salary for this permanent Policy Lead job is up to £43,381 per annum.
Main duties:
* Develop and lead a programme of policy work covering a range of areas across adult services.
* Write engaging and accessible policy documents based on robust research and analysis and informed by people with lived experience of adult services, practitioners, and other key stakeholders.
* Carry out consultations with internal and external stakeholders as part of the policy development process to ensure that the quality of our policy work is high, and benefits from expert input.
* Maintain a database of policies and ensure they are kept up to date to reflect the latest national policy and best practice.
* Write briefings, reports, and deliver oral briefings with presentations to ensure communications on new and emerging policy areas are accurate and timely.
* Provide regular updates, summaries, and analysis of policy developments and how they impact practice and outcomes.
* Horizon scan and proactively stay abreast of changes and developments in Government Policy, guidance, and research and brief others to ensure professionals practice across the service is well informed and up to date.
* Provide advice to senior managers, stakeholders, and decision-makers including elected members on national and local policies relating to health and social care.
* Conduct qualitative and quantitative research tasks to help build up our evidence base on people’s experiences to inform policy development, including sourcing and analysing relevant data and speaking to service users and the public directly to ensure their experience informs activity.
* Work with colleagues across the council, the partnership, and the region to support a coordinated and evidence-driven approach to policy work.
* Represent adult services at partnership, regional, and national meetings to contribute on relevant policy agendas.
* Contribute to the delivery of the Quality Assurance framework process and undertake other duties as requested.
Requirements of this Policy Lead job:
* A Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Continual professional development.
* Social Work England registered.
Contact:
This Policy Lead job is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
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