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About the Role
This role is an exciting opportunity to play a key part in supporting adults to achieve greater independence, wellbeing, and positive long-term outcomes within the Adult Social Care service. You will conduct strengths-based reviews to help individuals with various needs maximize their independence and community inclusion, while also contributing to service improvement and Barnet's vision.
Responsibilities
- Undertake reviews of care and support arrangements across Adult Social Care services.
- Review care and support packages to ensure eligible needs are met and intended outcomes are being achieved.
- Promote strengths-based practice, supporting individuals to maximise their strengths, maintain independence and achieve outcomes that matter to them.
- Assess changes in needs, circumstances, risks, strengths and wellbeing through proportionate and person-centred reviews.
- Work collaboratively with residents, families, advocates, providers and partner agencies to deliver positive and sustainable outcomes.
- Apply the principles of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Making Safeguarding Personal in all aspects of practice.
- Challenge and review existing support arrangements where outcomes are not being achieved or where alternative approaches may better meet a person's needs and aspirations.
- Balance wellbeing, outcomes and ensuring resources are used effectively and proportionately.
- Produce clear, accurate and evidence-based review documentation, assessments and recommendations.
- Identify themes, emerging trends and opportunities for service improvement to support quality assurance, commissioning and best practice across Adult Social Care.
Requirements
- Significant experience of working with adults with learning disabilities, mental health needs and physical disabilities.
- Experience of reviewing adult social care packages and support arrangements.
- Strong knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding and strengths-based practice.
- Experience of working with adults across a range of service settings including supported living, home care, residential care and community services.
- Ability to conduct robust assessments, reviews, risk assessments and support planning.
- Sound professional judgement and confidence in making recommendations based on evidence and outcomes.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to challenge constructively and professionally where support arrangements may no longer be appropriate.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a large and varied workload.
- Commitment to promoting independence, wellbeing, choice and control for residents.
Skills
- Strengths-based practice
- Care Act 2014
- Mental Capacity Act 2005
- Making Safeguarding Personal
- Assessment
- Review
- Risk assessment
- Support planning
- Professional judgement
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Relationship-building skills
- Organisational skills
Location
- Barnet
Work Type
- Flexible Working
- Part-time
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Experienced
Benefits
- 31 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Comprehensive Flexible Working Policy
- Lifestyle discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Travel discounts
- Gym membership
- Excellent training and development opportunities
- Employee well-being training programs
- Confidential employee assistance program
About the Company
- Barnet is a borough with excellent schools, vibrant town centres, vast green spaces and diverse communities.
- The council is growing and developing to meet challenges and is committed to working with partners and residents.
- Staff are committed to Our Values: Learning to Improve, Caring, Inclusive, Collaborative.
Equal Opportunity
- Barnet Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
- Barnet operates stringent safer recruitment procedures.
- To deliver Barnet Council’s commitment to equality of opportunity in the provision of services, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers.
- Barnet Council embraces all forms of flexible working (including part-time, compressed hours, and hybrid working) and is committed to offering employees a healthy work-life balance.
- Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.
- We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities.
- If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert.
- We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process.
- We support the access to work scheme.