Social Care Practitioner

We are seeking a part time (17 Hours) Social Care Practitioner to strengthen an already existing small team for up to a period of up to 2 years as part of the wider transformation team. The project will be focussing on reviewing Derbyshire people with a learning disability and or who are autistic (LDASD) of working age in specialist residential or supported living placements to ensure they are receiving the best possible support, have a strength based, outcome focussed support plan and receive a value for money service.
Your task will be to undertake Care Act assessments, reviewing the need for one-to-one or two-to-one support, whilst engaging with support staff, colleagues within the NHS, family members and providers to ensure that the support arrangements match person's identified outcomes using strength-based approaches.
Some of your main tasks will be
+ Reviewing/reassessing people's care packages who are living in Specialist Residential/Nursing Placements both in and outside of the county, to ensure that levels of support are appropriate and least restrictive.
+ To be involved in the reviewing/reassessing the packages of care of people with LDASD who are living in High Cost Supported Living/Extra Care Schemes throughout the county to ensure that levels of support are appropriate and promote progression and development.
+ Where appropriate, reducing the level of support commissioned in Specialist Residential/Nursing Placements as a result of the reassessment of eligible needs as identified in the Care Act 2014 to reduce over reliance on formal support.
+ Ensure timely applications for Continuing Health Care and provide support around DST reviews.
The team will be further made up of a project manager and contract manager, who will be responsible for program oversight and management, provider relationship and market shaping sustainability.
In this role you sit under and line-managed by the Adult Social Care Transformation team.
As the work would include reviewing out of county placements the successful candidates will need to be willing and able to travel when required.

Employees have access to a range of benefits and discounts including:
+ Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
+ 25 days annual leave per year (rising to 30 days after 5 years continuous service) plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata).
+ Training and development opportunities
+ Paid travel expenses if required to travel to other sites
+ Smarter travel scheme including access to the cycle to work scheme
+ Supportive management and team
+ Access to our in-house occupational services which also includes free eye tests, physiotherapy and counselling
+ Derbyshire rewards - offering hundreds of discounts and cashback
More details on the benefits of working for the council can be found on our reward and recognition page here