Advanced Practitioner Adults with Learning Disabilities

Adult Social Care | Bury Council

About the role

As an Advanced Practitioner, you will provide practice leadership within the Adults with Learning Disabilities team, supporting the delivery of high-quality, strengths-based interventions.

You will support the Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager in driving excellent standards of practice, while holding a reduced but complex caseload, including individuals with multiple and high-level needs.

You will also supervise a small number of staff and have strong strength-based practice with the ability to provide professional challenge and support.

Key Responsibilities

Provide expert practice leadership, mentoring, and reflective support to social workers and practitioners
Lead on complex casework, including safeguarding, risk management, and multi-agency interventions
Champion strengths-based, person-centred practice in line with the Care Act 2014
Apply and support others in using the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005 and Best Interest decision-making
Complete S16 Welfare Application's and Lead on S21A Application's.
Support quality assurance, audits, and continuous service improvement
Work closely with health partners (including CLDTs who we are co-located with), providers, and community services
Promote independence, choice, and control, supporting people to achieve meaningful outcomes
Contribute to service development and innovation within learning disability provision

This is a key opportunity to shape practice and ensure adults with learning disabilities in Bury receive high-quality, person-centred support that promotes dignity and independence.

What We’re Looking For

We want an experienced social worker who is:

Compassionate, confident, and committed to inclusion
Experienced in adult social care and Learning disability services
Organised, forward-thinking, and solution-focused
Able to collaborate across agencies with clarity and purpose
Passionate about improving outcomes for Adult with a Learning disability and their families

Most importantly, you’ll believelike we do an put the person a the centre of all your work.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Lucy Bogahalanda (Team Manager) via e-mail l.bogahalanda@bury.gov.uk or phone: 07483469334

Date of interviews is 13^th July

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