Shropshire Council
Location
Shropshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Category: Social Care – Qualified
Location: Shropshire Council
Hours Per Week: 7.00
Start Date: Immediate Start
Start Time: 09:00
End Time: 17:00
Salary: £19.98
SSW/ Lead Practitioner post holder is directly accountable to the Senior Lead Practitioner and will:
• Manage day to day practice lead for the hospital avoidance and discharge agenda.
• Drive the operational implementation of national and local strategic objective of hospital avoidance, discharge and reablement.
• Responsibility for the maintenance of hospital avoidance and discharge systems which demonstrate adherence to legislative, national and corporate requirements, performance and finance.
• Accountable for maintaining an effective operating model in delivering hospital avoidance and discharge service to vulnerable adults.
• Drive the work of hospital avoidance and discharge through multi agency partnerships and liaising with Senior Managers as required.
• Implement and review information systems for the planning, commissioning and monitoring the activities of hospital avoidance and discharge service for vulnerable adults.
Summary of role:
• To have knowledge and understanding of relevant legislative and regulatory framework and Government initiatives relating to your service area, including safeguarding, and the needs of vulnerable adults.
• To have knowledge of the principles and responsibility of information sharing and data protection in line with legislation.
• To be responsible for the day to day management of a service area, including practice, standards, quality and performance.
• To undertake specific duties and responsibilities determined by the line manager and senior managers to enable the team to achieve its goals and objectives.
• To work with the line manager to ensure day to day functioning of the team in operational matters.
• Proactively promote partnership working and integration within and outside of the council.
• To have staff supervisory responsibility.
• To have designated budgetary/budget monitoring responsibility.
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