Cheshire East Council
Location
Crewe, Cheshire | United Kingdom
Job description
We are inviting applications for a permanent Grade 10 Advanced Practitioner to support the current Practice Manager's, Julie Ollier and Taffi Toole, within the Short-Term Services South Team. We are currently hybrid working from the office and at home. The successful applicant will report to and be supported by Julie Ollier and Taffi Toole.
The focus of the Advanced Practitioner is on ensuring that practice standards are maintained and that assessments are strengths-based and person-centred, whilst ensuring that interventions represent a proportionate response to presenting issues. The Advanced Practitioner will work closely with the Practice Manager and focus on quality assurance for practice related issues within the teams through supervision and informal support for staff. The Advanced Practitioner will give guidance to staff to support their decision-making and to help them tackle challenging conversations and conflict. The Advanced Practitioner would not be expected to deal with budgetary, staffing or team performance issues but is likely to hold a small, complex, caseload.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop leadership skills and undertake a different role. The successful candidate will have relevant, up-to-date experience of working Adults and their families, through an asset-based approach, which promotes health and well-being. The candidate must have experience in working collaboratively with other professionals. They also need to be able to work under pressure and support both the Manager and the workers within the transition team and a small but complex case load.
Organisation
Cheshire East Council
Partner Organisation
Cheshire East Council
Location
Sandbach, Holmes Chapel, Alsager, Nantwich, Middlewich, Crewe, Congleton
Job Category
Social Care
Grade
CEC NJC - Grade 10
Salary Min
£39,186 per annum
Salary Max
£45,291 per annum
Hours per week
37
Weeks per year
52.143
Employment Type
Permanent
Closing Date
15/03/2024
Ref No
E2469
Documents
Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.
At Cheshire East Council we are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.
If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.
As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
The Short-Term Services team works to Home First principles, and in close partnership with colleagues in acute and community health services, social care, and the voluntary sector. The local health and social care economy are working to embed and improve Home First working and with continued service development it is an exciting time to join the team. The team is community based with in-reach into hospital and community bed settings. The team is innovative, friendly, and supportive, and there are good opportunities for training and professional development within the job role.
What we are looking for:
The post holder will be based at Delamere House in Crewe, but hybrid working is available and includes working from home, there may be a necessity to travel to other bases. Cheshire East operates a 'flexible and mobile' working policy.
For further information on this post please contact either Taffi Toole on 07970882666 or [email protected] or Julie Ollier on 07971031160 or [email protected]
Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however please do not be discouraged from applying again.
For any technical enquiries please email [email protected]
Please quote job reference number in all correspondence.
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Salary
£39.19k - £45.29k per annum
