Advanced Practitioner Hospital Discharge Team (Adults) inAmersham inAmersham PUBLISHED 29 OCT 2024

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to become part of a hospital discharge team that places a premium on listening and learning, and is determined to make a difference?

We have a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic Advanced Practitioner who is passionate about enabling clients to fulfil their potential to join our Hospital Discharge South and Central Team based at Amersham Hospital.

If you have experience in enabling clients to achieve or maintain independence, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working alongside individuals, supporting them to achieve their goals of living independently, then we want to hear from you!

In addition to the salary advertised, you will receive a market premium of £2,525 per annum, you will also receive a Golden Hello lump-sum payment of £2500 paid on successful completion of your probationary period.

To ensure the highest standards of service are provided to the residents of Buckinghamshire, Advanced Practitioners will:

• Work in accordance with the Better Lives framework
• Promote and deliver goal-based support people to achieve greater independence
• Promote equality as an integral part of a role and treat everyone with fairness and dignity
• Provides a proactive personalised approach to the delivery of care and practice
• Respond to peoples needs in a timely manner
• Focus on improving peoples well-being
• Give people greater choice and control over the care that they receive
• Take account of peoples risks and safety at all times, identifying mitigations to reduce that risk
• Support people to achieve the outcomes that are most important to them using all available resources and taking responsibility for the public purse
• Provide personalised information and advice, safeguarding, assessment, support planning and review to individuals/families and their carers
• Our hospital social work team complete assessments in a number of hospitals where Buckinghamshire residents are patients, as well as assessing people in their own homes with short term support and in short term placements following hospital discharge.
• Supervise and support colleagues within the team

The hospital discharge teams operate a 7-day service. At present, this equates to working approximately one weekend day a month. For this you will receive an enhancement and time off in lieu.

About us

Naturally, you will be a great people person, familiar with working to a strength-based approach where you think outside of the box and enable people to 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 our partners such as health services, community sector, housing, care providers and other stakeholders.

You must be a qualified Social Worker (holding a social work degree or equivalent) and be registered with Social Work England.

We welcome individuals looking to return to social work and offer a return to social work programme assessment and support process. Should this be something of interest to you please contact the Learning and Wellbeing Hub via email arrange an informal chat or to find out more information.

Please see the job summary for more information.

Other information

For more information about this position, please contact Emma Stevens Emily-Claire Walton

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 cautions and convictions cautions
• All adult cautions and spent convictions 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 guidance, theDisclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidanceorMinistry of Justice (MOJ) guidance(see, in particular, the section titled Exceptions Order).

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Buckinghamshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.