Team Manager MCA DOLS (83863)
Permanent

83863

Department of Health & Wellbeing

Integration and Transition

 

Team Manager – Team Manager MCA DoLS

PO5 £39,177 - £41,967 plus an additional increment for BIA status, and 1

further increment subject to AMHP status.

Established

1 x 37 hour post

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.

The criteria under Special Knowledge and Experience on the Job Profile, which is shown in this advert, outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate.  Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

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 and we are now seeking to appoint a Team Manager MCA/DoLS to lead on implementation of the MCA DoLS Code of Practice and associated statutory guidance.

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 and deep technical knowledge about the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, the DoLS Code of Practice and associated statutory guidance.  You will have experience of leading and managing other Best Interest Assessors and of implementing quality assurance processes to ensure compliance on the part of the Supervisory Body with the MCA.  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 have current experience of preparing and presenting requests for authorisation of potential deprivations of liberty where the person is objecting to the Court of Protection in order to uphold their Article 8 rights and lessen the restriction.

As Team Manager, you will report to the Principal Social Worker in managing a team of full time BIAs who will be undertaking work to clear the backlog of requests for authorisation.  You will also chair quality assurance panel processes alongside the MCA Lead and MCA Advanced Practitioners. 

For further information regarding this post please contact Rob Mitchell Principal Social Worker rob.mitchell@bradford.gov.uk   

An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.

Closing Date:  26th September 2017

Please find Job Profile attached:  Team Manager MCA DoLS JP.docx

ID Ref. No.
83863
 

Department of Health & Wellbeing

Integration and Transition

 

Team Manager – Team Manager MCA DoLS

PO5 £39,177 - £41,967 plus an additional increment for BIA status, and 1

further increment subject to AMHP status.

Established

1 x 37 hour post

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.

The criteria under Special Knowledge and Experience on the Job Profile, which is shown in this advert, outlines what level of fluency you will be expected to demonstrate.  Therefore, it is essential that you provide examples in your application.

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 and we are now seeking to appoint a Team Manager MCA/DoLS to lead on implementation of the MCA DoLS Code of Practice and associated statutory guidance.

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 and deep technical knowledge about the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, the DoLS Code of Practice and associated statutory guidance.  You will have experience of leading and managing other Best Interest Assessors and of implementing quality assurance processes to ensure compliance on the part of the Supervisory Body with the MCA.  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 have current experience of preparing and presenting requests for authorisation of potential deprivations of liberty where the person is objecting to the Court of Protection in order to uphold their Article 8 rights and lessen the restriction.

As Team Manager, you will report to the Principal Social Worker in managing a team of full time BIAs who will be undertaking work to clear the backlog of requests for authorisation.  You will also chair quality assurance panel processes alongside the MCA Lead and MCA Advanced Practitioners. 

For further information regarding this post please contact Rob Mitchell Principal Social Worker rob.mitchell@bradford.gov.uk   

An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.

Closing Date:  26th September 2017

Please find Job Profile attached:  Team Manager MCA DoLS JP.docx