Department of Health & Wellbeing
Advanced Practitioner - Mental Capacity Act Service
£35,229 - £36,153 plus an additional increment for BIA status.
2 x 37 hour posts
Established
Based at Britannia House
Bradford Council Department of Health & Well Being is undergoing an exciting period of transformation and change as we implement our vision for wellbeing in Bradford and District – Home First. We have a strong vision for social work which recognises that the service is at the heart of our Home First vision. We have appointed a Principal Social Worker who, reporting to the Strategic Director Health & Well Being, is charged with ensuring that the purpose of our adult social work practice is to uphold human rights with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 at the heart of our social work practice. To further strengthen our social work practice we have also recruited an MCA Lead, a Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Manager and we are now seeking to appoint Advanced Practitioners to help lead on MCA DoLS Code of Practice and associated statutory guidance throughout the service.
With a strong and demonstrable belief that social work is human rights, you will have a deep understanding that whilst the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are about protecting Article 5 ECHR rights, it is Article 8 which defines good social work practice. You will be a qualified, HCPC registered Social Worker and Best Interest Assessor with extensive experience of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, the DoLS Code of Practice and associated statutory guidance. As an Advanced Practitioner you will know case law and be able to evidence high level critical reasoning skills which enable you to translate case law upholding people’s wishes, feeling and beliefs in keeping with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into practice for front line social workers. You will offer advice and support to Social Workers and other allied professionals across health and social care.
For further information regarding this post please contact Ian Burgess, Mental Capacity Act Lead on Ian.Burgess@bradford.gov.uk
An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.
Closing date: 15th October 2018
Please find attached the Job Profile: Advanced Practitioner - JP.docx