Practice & Service Development Worker

Based within the Adults' Services Quality, Practice and Service Development Team, the post-holder will support Adults' Services to work in an efficient and sustainable way and provide a good quality social care service to customers, carers and residents of West Sussex. To achieve this, the post-holder will be involved in work to support a range of key strategic and change projects, maintaining and updating policy, procedure, processes and practice guidance, to support the business in delivering a good quality service, while working according to policy and legislation and making the best use of local authority resources. In addition, the post-holder will provide best practice advice and feedback to frontline practitioners to support legislative and business process compliance.
The post-holder will develop and take a lead on discreet aspects of process and guidance within the development of strategic long-term planning, policies, procedures and guidance, taking into account the views of a range of stakeholders, identifying challenges and designing and developing solutions to make evidence-based recommendations for approval by key strategic business leaders. This could include utilising a co-productive approach with customers and carers.
The post-holder will work with operational staff and colleagues in Learning and Development to support the Adults' Services workforce with continuous professional development, to ensure they develop the skills they need in their role., For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Meg Brownings ( Principal Occupational Therapist ) at

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

West Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer committed to promoting an environment that is inclusive and free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of its people. We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and take every possible step to ensure that no individual will be disadvantaged.

You will be an experienced, and registered where appropriate, social care worker with excellent knowledge and experience of Adults' Services operations and the requirements of the Care Act 2014, other key legislation and strategic business planning processes. You will have the ability to translate high level strategic objectives into accessible processes, procedures and guidance.
You will have relevant knowledge of advanced theoretical health and social care concepts and practices and detailed organisational knowledge relating to the provision of a professional social care service, dealing with very complex people related issues.
You will have detailed knowledge of the wider health and social care legislation, organisational policies, practices and procedures and in-depth knowledge of specialist area(s) as appropriate.