Quality Assurance & Practice Development Lead (Adults) inAylesbury inAylesbury PUBLISHED 21 DEC 2023

Naturally, youll be a great people person, familiar with working to a strength-based approach. Thinking outside the box, youll support your clients and help prevent, reduce or delay the need for care. Bringing your in-depth knowledge of the latest legislation and statutory guidance, youll work independently and with colleagues to support adults and their families. Persistence and an adaptable approach are needed in an outcome-focused way with partners such as health services, community sector, housing, care providers and other stakeholders.

The successful candidatemusthave a social work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.

Please see the job summary attached for full details.

You will be required to apply for a DBS at an enhanced level. Further information about the DBS Scheme can be found atGOV.UK

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer toNacro guidanceand theguidance issued by the Ministry of Justice(see, in particular, the section titled Exceptions Order).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.

Location: Aylesbury Vale

We have a fantastic opportunity for aSocial Work Quality Assurance & Practice Development Leadto join the team.

The successful candidate will be tasked with improving the effectiveness and quality of practice and service delivery.

We want you to act as a challenge and change agent to ensure we promote best practice, in the role of critical friend providing quality assurance on case holding practice via a range of activities including direct observation, practice audits and a link to our locality social work teams.

This is an exciting time to join us, with this opportunity offering the successful candidate the chance to contribute significantly to positive changes in both practice and culture by influencing and supporting colleagues at all levels.

Initiated in 2, our strength-based practice model, Better Lives, has been improving outcomes linked to independence, developing social connections, and improving areas that are important to the residents we support.

Please note we have several roles available, including part time (the salary advertised will be pro-rata for part time roles).

The role will involve creating and articulating a vision for improving outcomes for adults that inspires others, improves practice and protective factors for adults. To drive and manage cultural and organisational change and achieve results through influence and negotiation

To make practice and theoretical model meaningful to, and applicable in, everyday practice and leadership. Initiate, develop and implement a quality practice audit framework to support social care/occupational therapy practice in social care. Promote learning and best practice from audits to all staff working closely with the learning and development team to embed positive learning outcomes.

To work with the operational teams in promoting independence, wellbeing and a community assets-based approach to social care practice at all stages in the customer pathway. Being the link person to one of our locality teams, while supporting and implementing a locality learning hub to work together with the teams to consider areas for development while highlighting areas of good practice.

To ensure compliance with all statutory social care requirements including the Care Act, the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act through timely and proportionate assessment, support planning and review.