Senior Practitioner

Advance Housing and Support Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Une organisation à but non lucratif recherche un Senior Practitioner pour fournir un soutien de qualité aux personnes avec des difficultés d'apprentissage et de santé mentale dans la région de Leicester. Ce rôle dynamique implique de guider une équipe et d'assurer que les pratiques de soutien respectent les normes les plus élevées tout en favorisant l'indépendance des clients.

Benefits

Congés payés allant jusqu'à 30 jours

Accès à des formations professionnelles

Programme d'assistance aux employés

Récompenses pour ancienneté

Programme de parrainage

Qualifications

• Diplôme ou formation dans le domaine de la santé mentale ou du soutien communautaire souhaité.
• Véhicule personnel et permis de conduire souhaités.

Responsibilities

• Superviser le soutien des travailleurs de soutien et garantir les meilleures pratiques.
• Travailler en partenariat avec les gestionnaires pour développer et mettre en œuvre des plans de soutien.
• Participer à la formation et au développement du personnel.

Skills

Flexibilité

Compétences de communication

Gestion du temps

Approche centrée sur la personne

Capacité de travailler en équipe

Education

Expérience dans le soutien aux personnes ayant des difficultés d'apprentissage et de santé mentale

Job description

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Hours: 37.5 contracted hours per week ( Monday to Sunday split between on shift and office hours and may include days, evenings, weekends and bank holidays and sleep-ins )

Salary: £28,762.70 per annum

Job ref: 4629

We regret to inform you that Advance is unable to accept any sponsorship requirements.

About the Role:

Would you like to work somewhere where you get to make a real difference every day?

As a Senior Practitioner you will work alongside your Support Manager to provide an excellent support service for the customers around Leicester City, LE19. You will support by leading, developing, monitoring, and evaluating support practice in line with Advance policies and procedures, best practice, contractual and regulatory standards.

You will be passionate about ensuring the service delivered is person-centred and supports people to develop their confidence, skills and independence in their own home and in the local community.

The role of a Senior Practitioner will include:

You will also be overseeing the support given by the support workers and support, coach, guide and provide practice leadership for the team including:

• Support adults with mental health and learning difficulties
• Expected to work in customers own homes
• Expected to travel throughout Leicester
• Support customers with various tasks such as supporting with daily living tasks, attending appointments, correspondence, dealing with benefits, cooking, shopping, social inclusion activities, prompting with medication
• 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 Managers 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.

About the candidate:

We would love to hear from you if you are passionate about improving the lives of local and vulnerable people. What matters to us is your ability and determination to support people with learning disabilities, and the values you can bring to Advance.

The successful candidate will need to have experience of working with people with learning disabilities and Mental Health Support. If you think the role of Senior Practitioner sounds right for you, you will need these qualities:

• Are flexible, reliable, proactive and able to work with a diverse group of customers
• 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 and good time management
• Experience with rotas
• Experience logging and reporting incidents
• Able to complete good quality support records
• Good at working on your own and within a team

A driving licence and access to own vehicle are desirable for this role.

For more information about the role please contact, Tina Smith on Email: [emailprotected] between Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

About the organisation:

Advance is a national, not-for-profit provider of housing and support services for people with disabilities and mental health conditions. Our vision is to transform lives; providing the best quality housing and support services so that people can live the lives they choose, achieve their personal goals, feel valued and know their voices are heard.

We recognise that our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about making Advance a great place to work. We invest in our staff, providing the training and support you need to succeed in your role, gain industry-recognised qualifications and realise your career aspirations.

We are an equal opportunities employer who values its staff and the difference they make to their customers. There is no place for racism or discrimination of any kind in Advance. As an organisation, we will not tolerate it. We are firmly committed to recruiting the best colleagues regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation and to supporting customers from similarly diverse backgrounds.

All newly appointed staff receive an induction, during which they will learn about our PRIDE values, our expectations of how they should treat our customers and our commitments in relation to how they will be treated as a member of staff.

Benefits of working for Advance:

We value our staff and the difference they make to the lives of our customers, which is why we offer the following benefits:

• Paid holiday (from 25 days up to 30 days with long service in addition to bank holidays, pro rata for part time hours)
• Sector specific training is provided as part of induction plus opportunities for professional development
• Access to Perks at Work where you can obtain great discounts of cinema tickets, shopping vouchers and much more
• Long service awards payable in 5 year increments
• Golden Hello/refer a friend receive up to £500
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Free DBS (Disclosures and Barring Service)
• Excellent opportunities to progress your career within Advance
• Enrolment in a pension scheme with matched contributions above the statutory minimum (if you work enough hours to meet the threshold for enrolment)

Advance is regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and the Care Quality Commission and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. You will be required to provide evidence of right to work. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Advance.

We value diversity and therefore welcome applications from everyone interested in working at Advance. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Advance Housing & Support Ltd reserves the right to close this job once sufficient applications have been received.