Senior Registered Practitioner

Senior Registered Practitioner

Employer: Wokingham Borough Council
Salary: £47,420 - £48,474 Per Annum, Plus Benefits
Location: Wokingham Borough Council
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week.
DBS Check: Enhanced
Closing Date: 21/04/2024 at 23:00
Reference: 712897

Wokingham Borough Council are recruiting for a Senior Registered Practitioner to join our friendly and support team on a full time, permanent basis.

As the Senior Registered Practitioner, you willsupport Children’s and Adult’s social care staff and ensure fair access to appropriate funding streams for Wokingham residents. This includes undertaking assessments and supporting Children and Adult Social Care teams with CHC, CYPCC and S117 work, attending CHC panels, NHS Independent Review panels joint funding panels for S117 with the Integrated Care Board and children’s internal and external funding panels.

You will play a key role in liaising with other Local Authorities in the Southeast, attend CHC ADASS meetings and may support with co-designing local policies and procedures for CHC and S117 with the local Integrated Care Board.

Key Responsibilities:

• To investigate referred cases, assess the needs of individuals and make recommendations on eligibility for health funding and where appropriate proposed funding splits within agreed Frameworks and eligibility criterias. Assessments will often be complex and carried out in collaboration with a range of other care workers/clinicians.
• Support the Team Manager on all operational issues to ensure high levels of day-to-day team and individual performance.
• Support the Team Manager in the design and delivery of training across the council (and occasionally health partners) for CHC, S117, Continuing Care and other children’s funding streams.

Candidate Requirements:

• Must have a health or social care professional qualification and registration e.g. Social Work England (SWE), The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Minimum of three years post qualification experience.
• Knowledge of legislation, regulation, rules, and guidance relating to funding of adults and children’s health and social care, including in Care Act, Mental Health Act (S117 aftercare), Mental Capacity Act, Ordinary Residence.
• Excellent working knowledge of NHS Continuing Healthcare National Framework, Childrens and Young People’s Continuing Care and associated directions and provisions.
• Strong assessment and analytical skills.
• Demonstrable ability to lead, motivate, supervise and performance manage staff.
• Full driving license.

For an informal chat about the role please contact Anita Balmer (Head of Service, Prevention and Support) via email anita.balmer@wokingham.gov.uk

Closing date: 21^st April 2024, 11pm

Interview date: TBC

Please be aware that we will be reviewing the applications we receive on a daily basis, and we reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified.

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks. 

Wokingham Borough Council is an equal opportunities employer. 

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