Advanced Practitioner

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	22 Rhagfyr 2025
Cyflog:	£42,839.00 i £47,181.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£42839.00 - £47181.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	11 Ionawr 2026
Lleoliad:	Northallerton, DL7 8AE
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	F0025-25-0064

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In this role you will: Work across Health and Adult services Community Teams. Support your line manager and work with the Practice Development Officers to embed the new approaches to social work practice, including, relationship-based practice, trauma informed practice and strength-based approaches, review and creative support planning. Support Leads to assure the quality of social care practice, undertake complex casework and support with the coordination of safeguarding activity. Focus on the quality of practice and performance using a range established tools and methods such as quality assurance tools and deep dives Work with the Practice Development Officers in delivering and developing the Peer Support and specific practice sessions ensuring that practice is compliant with the relevant legislation. Champion best social care, social work, occupational therapy practice across Health and Adult Services within a framework of best value. Implement a range of quality assurance tools, which consider practice, risk and complexity. Support the implementation of the ASYE and NQOT across adult social care within a specific locality. Hold a number of portfolios where you will identify the key practice issues and report to your line manager the implications for Care and Support. Support, coach, and mentor other members of staff on social care practice issues within a specific locality. Be aware of the key developments in social care, Social Work, Occupational Therapy practice for example NICE guideline and working with the Practice Development Officers ensure successful implementation of these. Support colleagues in a specific locality to work with adults with care and support needs and carers to co-produce of key elements of assessment, review and support planning across multiple channels for example online and within the electronic client databases. Ensure consistent, high quality social work practice in a specific locality with a focus on complex casework. The post holder will in addition be a named support coach and mentor to less experienced social care, social workers in their specific community teams. Be knowledgeable and have extensive experience in social work practice including expertise in safeguarding, undertaking complex assessment and intervention work with people and their families, a high level of experience and competence conducting complex risk assessments, Mental Capacity Act work including mental capacity assessment, Best Interest Decisions, Moving and handling legislation and Housing Construction and Regeneration Act, DFG (this list is not exhaustive). Support the strategic and operational direction, delivery and performance in a specific locality. Expected to be flexible to support and respond to the changing needs of the service and attend different parts of the County when needed. Ensure a focus and influence on relationship based and strength-based approaches to practice, which promotes the best outcomes for people. Ensure that social care workers have the appropriate skills, direction and oversight to effectively assess a person and or their carers needs appropriately, undertake risk assessments and arrange and deliver intervention services within budget and in line with clearly defined outcome measures. In conjunction with managers, will take responsibility for identifying and sharing Best Practice examples and contribute to Locality events and HAS Team Brief Work proactively with teams and social care workers to ensure the voices of people using our services are represented in social work practice Act as a lead in their service area for specific areas of practice e.g. dementia, autism, safeguarding and learning disability (this list is not exhaustive). Have a pivotal role in identifying knowledge and skills gaps and working with the Practice Development Officers and Training and Learning team to address this. Advanced Practitioners will carry out complex case work as directed by their manager. Operational Management Directly line manage a small group of social care coordinators and wellbeing Occupational Therapy Assistants. Work with specific teams within the scope of the line manager in ensuring that practice is compliant with relevant legislation, is safe and of good quality. Develop staff awareness and practice in respect of performance and quality Ensure the compliance of designated operational teams with various performance requirements. In conjunction with leads to undertake quality monitoring of adult social care, social work, Occupational therapy practice through the review of assessment and support planning in accordance with timescales and other quality standards agreed in local procedures alongside other procedures. Ensure that support planning reflects the personal, familial and community assets or strengths of the adult with care and support needs or carer and that the principles of best value are consistently applied. Ensure that practice and support planning meet the desired outcomes for people and that their views and opinions are reflected in social work practice and recording. Ensure that the national eligibility criteria are consistently applied, with a clear rationale for the decision being made and that due consideration is given to the wellbeing principle. Report to line manager any areas of concern around practice, performance or concordance with legislative requirements. Ensure the Practice Development Officers are aware of any issues and assist in developing, implementing and managing improvements in practice within Adult Social Care Community teams and their interfaces with other professionals in relevant agencies. Ensure teams have processes in place to support the Performance framework and highlight interventions and trends in social care, social work, Occupational therapy practice within theirspecific locality Lead on a program of audit and review of activities across the Directorate which identifyimprovements in performance and lead to better service standards Report to the leads any issues of particular risk to adults with care and support needs or care or services which might attract attention from Members or the media. To work towards the highest possible levels of data quality To ensure a consistency of approach and outcomes Resource Management Provide day to day information advice and guidance to staff within a specific locality Support the Practice Team in ensuring that training delivered meets required standards and reflects current best practice. Ensure local managers and staff to use initiative in the identification of key issues in relation to improving performance, existing systems and activity, and produce proposals to address these To ensure that all staff and managers have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities, with regard to the performance and quality agenda and to develop appropriate skills to deliver the performance agenda. Be a Practice Educator for students who are placed in or visiting the team as agreed with line manager. Partnerships Establish and develop positive and supportive relationships with relevant staff at all levels within the council, health service, higher education institutions and other partners to promote effective joint working arrangements. Assist leads in developing pro-active partnership working, acknowledging that some interactions will be of a highly sensitive and contentious nature. Deputise for leads, as required in representing the Directorate on national and regional groups for practice and personalisation. Promote social care, social work, Occupational therapy values, principles and best practice amongst adults with care and support needs, carers and the wider public and work with the Information office and other relevant groups and boards to ensure that information, advice and guidance about Adult Social Care, advocacy and the prevention services on offer is widely available and that Accessible Information standards are in place. Act as supervisor to Social Work students and Occupational Therapy students on placement, including support, guidance, challenge and assessment. Communications Communicate effectively with other practitioners and professionals to ensure required outcomes are achieved. To ensure regular communication of performance issues to all staff in ways that are easily understandable Provide professional information, advice and guidance as required. Represent North Yorkshire Council as required with internal and external customers. Develop expertise in coaching and mentoring staff who are less experienced In conjunction with the Practice Development Officers deliver workshops and or learning events to support the ongoing development of social work practice in specific teams, locality or across the county as required. Systems and Information Ensure that practitioners utilise the current business processes to support the Adult Social Care in relation to case recording, quality, performance, and financial monitoring and outcomes for people Based on the analysis of the data collection contribute to the development and monitoring of improvement plans within a specific locality Assist in the collection of performance and outcome data and make appropriate use of IT systems. Contribute to the ongoing improvement and development of Adult Social Care processes and systems in conjunction with the strategic objectives of the Directorate To work with leads in developing team, service targets for performance gains on a monthly basis in line with national and Directorate expectations To ensure early identification of variations in performance and quality using diagnostic tools. To work with leads to develop solutions and implement action plans locally and ensure that best practice is shared across the County. To analyse and interpret data in order to identify the most effective courses of action