68873
Department of Health & Wellbeing
ADVANCED PRACTITIONER – MENTAL CAPACITY
£34,538 - £35,444 pa plus an additional increment for BIA status. 1 further increment subject to AMHP status
4 x 37 hour posts
Established Posts
Based at Britannia House
The Code of Practice on the English language requirement for public sector workers Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 requires that Councils ensure that all candidates applying for customer facing posts must be assessed in order to establish their fluency in English.
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 and we are now seeking to appoint a team of 4 Advanced Practitioners to lead on our work in upholding the rights of people who living in the community and are at risk of a deprivation of liberty.
With a strong and unshakable belief that social work is human rights, you will understand 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 experience and good technical knowledge about the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. You will maintain your knowledge base and be aware of the implications of the Law Commission Report on the Mental Capacity Act and the DoLS. You will have experience of leading, supporting and supervising social workers including Best Interest Assessors. You will know good practice in how to provide quality assurance of the 6 Assessments. You will know case law and be able to evidence high level critical reasoning skills which enable you to translate case law which upholds people’s wishes, feelings and beliefs in keeping with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into practice for front line social workers. You will have current experience of preparing and presenting requests for authorisation of potential deprivations of liberty taking place in the community to the Court of Protection.
As an Advanced Practitioner, you will report to the Team Manager – Mental Capacity Lead (Community). As an advanced social work practitioner, you will carry a case load of legally complex work and will act as a mentor and coach to other social workers on preparing and presenting cases to the court.
For further information regarding this post please contact Elaine James on elaine.james@bradford.gov.uk
An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.
Closing Date Thursday 27th April 2017
Please find attached the Job Profile: Advanced Practitioner - JP.pdf