About Calderdale's Adult Services and Wellbeing
In Gateway to Care, we provide a person-centred approach to support people to manage their health and wellbeing. This is so they can maximise their independence, choice, and control to live healthier lives and, where possible, reduce future needs for care and support. We provide information and advice to those people who may need a level of support that is within the remit of adult social care.
Are you passionate about improving the health and wellbeing outcomes for people in Calderdale? Would you be interested in expanding and developing your career in Adult Social Care? If so, you could be the person we are looking for. Experienced Team Leaders play an integral role in our preventative approach to Social Care. We encourage our multi-disciplinary teams to share their ideas and experiences. We work together to get things done. Bring your positive, proactive outlook, and we will provide the platform for you to make the most of your experience within Calderdale's Adult Services and Wellbeing. Our focus is early intervention, prevention, community anchors, and promoting wellbeing and outcomes, which you could be a part of.
Main Duties of the Job
Your New Role
You will be mainly office-based to support your team at The Shay Stadium in Halifax. You will have a joint responsibility with the Team Manager for staff within the team, ensuring performance management, regulatory compliance, and service delivery, ensuring service priorities are met and taking responsibility as required in the absence of the Team Manager. You will be a proactive worker who has a proven record of working under pressure and supporting other staff members.
Your Responsibilities Will Also Include:
* Working collaboratively across the Council, with partners and statutory and voluntary agencies, to ensure a joined-up approach.
* Line management of social workers and Social Care Advisors.
* Developing a high level of expertise in particular areas of practice and leading on those areas.
About Us
To apply, you need to be a qualified Experienced Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with current Social Work England registration and with significant post-qualification experience and knowledge of the Care Act 2014. You will also hold an additional post-qualifying qualification such as Practice Education, Best Interest Assessor, and/or Approved Mental Health Professional or be willing to work towards this within a specified time frame.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.
Closing Date and Interviews
Closing Date: Sunday 5th January 2024
Interviews: wc 20th January 2024
How to Apply
Apply online, ensuring you cross-reference the person specification and tell us within the relevant section how you meet the person spec.
We always encourage potential applicants to contact us for an informal and confidential chat:
Michelle Ralph, Team Manager, Gateway to Care, michelle.ralph@calderdale.gov.uk
Job Responsibilities
1. Ensure that effective systems are in place to screen referrals against eligibility criteria. Work with partners to ensure that referrals are dealt with by the creative deployment of resources, both in terms of staffing and other options.
2. Prioritise and allocate work to appropriate staff based on the complexity and urgency of a service request. Utilise the resources of the whole team and other skills within the overall service.
3. Ensure, in conjunction with the Team Manager, the effective management and deployment of resources within budgets to meet agreed policy objectives and service priorities. Effectively communicate with the team about the management of budgets.
4. Responsible for ensuring that the review and evaluation of Support Planning is carried out in accordance with practice guidelines, and that appropriate adjustments are made to Support Plans to reflect changing needs.
5. Responsible for ensuring a systematic approach to the assessment planning, implementation, and review of health needs in accordance with policies and procedures.
6. Ensure that staff have fully informed and involved users and carers in the process of assessment and in agreeing personal budgets, packages of care, and ensure copies of assessment and care plans have been provided by staff.
7. Promote the professional development and wellbeing of individual members of staff through regular supervision, identify training opportunities, work in accordance with agreed outcomes in Shared Conversations, interviews, and assist qualified professionals to maintain their professional registration.
8. Responsible for own professional development in accordance with professional registration requirements as a qualified Social Worker.
9. Assist the Team Manager in ensuring that the team's work is adequately covered in staff absence and take responsibility, as required, for covering the work of the team manager in their absence and monitor/manage sickness absence in accordance with Council policies.
10. Support the Team Manager with the operational management of the team and positively address issues of resource management. Assist in monitoring budgets to ensure future expenditure is projected and planned for and that decisions made are firmly embedded in awareness of resources.
11. The post holder will support digital engagement and share expertise to build capability across the wider organisation and with external partners.
12. Work collaboratively with the Advanced Practitioner in the learning and development of the team to promote, develop, and maintain both qualified and differently qualified staff, providing guidance and leadership in promoting, maintaining, and developing the skills and professional requirements of their roles.
13. Assist the team manager in formulating pathways and service delivery to ensure the best outcome possible for the individual, being mindful of budgetary limitations and legislative requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Qualified Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, or Nurse
* Practice Educator or Management Qualification (Level 3) or a willingness to achieve within two years of appointment
* Registered with Social Work England, HCPC, or other relevant professional body
* Holds a full UK driving licence
Experience
* Extensive knowledge of models of social work intervention and safeguarding, measuring their effectiveness and outcomes.
* Developing, implementing, and monitoring interventions that meet the emerging needs of the customer population by collaborating with internal and external partners and stakeholders within Health and Social Care.
* Demonstrable working knowledge of the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2008, applying relevant legislation, regulations, standards, guidance, policy, and procedures through practice and service delivery.
* Knowledge of the Human Rights Act.
* Broad knowledge and understanding of roles and responsibilities of other professionals working with adults, plus understanding of integrated working.
* Lead approaches in safeguarding through best practice.
* Experience of delivering supervision to a varied number of professionals.
* Reflective practice.
* Identifying solutions and making decisions based on legislation, guidance, and developing the capacity for strong decision-making within the team.
* Experience and understanding of social work practice in a relevant area.
* Skills in analysing the needs of the population for which the Team/Service has responsibility.
* Experience of managing complaints and Members' enquiries.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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