Senior Practitioner: Lead Care Team & Practice

Advance; Wickham; On-site; AUD 51,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holiday

Sector training

Perks at Work

Long service awards

Golden Hello

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Free DBS

Career progression

Pension scheme

Job summary

Advance is seeking a Senior Practitioner to support customers in Wickham & Sarisbury, leading and developing practice in line with policies and regulatory standards. You will supervise support workers and provide guidance to ensure a high-quality, person-centred service in the customers' homes and local community.

You will coach staff, collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, safeguard customers, and help plan transitions while promoting choices and independence.

Qualifications

• Senior Management Experience
• Are flexible, reliable and proactive
• Are supportive of the customers’ goals to live the lifestyle of their choosing
• Are willing to learn new skills
• Work with a person-centred approach.
• Have good IT knowledge.
• Have good communication skills
• Able to complete good quality support records
• Good at working on your own and within a team

Responsibilities

• Supporting and observing support workers in their role and ensuring best practice
• Ability to coach team members to deal with behaviours that challenge, to act as a role model for best practice and encourage a reflective culture
• Ability to work effectively across a range of teams, to include peer group and Multi-Disciplinary, and Specialist Health Teams
• Supporting the review and update of support plans and documents relating to customers.
• Work in partnership with the Operations Manager, Support Manager and Support Workers to develop and implement plans which promote people’s communication and support them with making choices and decisions
• Take an active role in the training, coaching and development of staff on all aspects of Mental Health and person-centered delivery including the organisation of community of practice groups, training events and workshops
• You will be alert to and proactive in safeguarding the health, safety, and welfare of customers, yourself and colleagues based in the scheme and/or assigned area.
• Attend meetings where appropriate to discuss customers progress and plan for future transitions.

Skills

Senior management

Flexibility

Reliability

Proactivity

Person-centred approach

IT knowledge

Communication skills

Documentation

Teamwork

Job description

Advance is seeking a Senior Practitioner to support customers in Wickham & Sarisbury, leading and developing practice in line with policies and regulatory standards. You will supervise support workers and provide guidance to ensure a high-quality, person-centred service in the customers' homes and local community.

You will coach staff, collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, safeguard customers, and help plan transitions while promoting choices and independence.