Assessment and Support Planning Specialist in Northwest of England, Driver

Assessment and Support Planning Specialist (35 hr/week, Driver Required) – Northwest England

Apply to the Assessment and Support Planning Specialist (35 hr/week, Driver Required) role at Alternative Futures Group

This range is provided by Alternative Futures Group. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

• Work closely with colleagues to complete person-centred assessments. This will include working with internal and external professionals to ensure assessments lead to robust quality support plans, which improve the quality of life of people we support.
• Upskill our colleagues in conducting quality assessments and reviews, as well as developing person centred support plans which have meaningful outcomes.
• Work and communicate with people we support to ensure they are at the centre of the development of their assessments, support plans and outcomes.
• Work with family and friends and professionals involved in the person supported’ life to gather a wide breadth of detail which will inform the assessment and support plan.
• Remain involved and liaise with people supported and their important others during the first 12 weeks (family, advocate, social worker) to ensure that the support offered meets their needs in a person centred way, which is outcome focused.
• To lead a 12 week review after admission to sign off or amend the package of care and support.
• Keep up to date with local and national policy guidelines in the sector.
• Develop and deliver with passion, person centred assessment and support planning principles sessions.
• Review current support plans and identify areas for improvement, which are then shared with team leaders and the support team. Supporting colleagues to understand why each area of the plan is important.
• Set action plans which are realistic and achievable to improve the quality of support plans.
• Drive cultural change to embed person centred practices which reflect our mission, vision and values.
• Write reports and presentations to reflect work which has been completed, reflecting areas of focus and trends.
• Engage with continuous learning to enhance skills and competencies.
• Identifying and developing pathways, assessment tools and quality measures for areas identified as challenging (in partnership with quality partners)
• To support colleagues in the continuous development and improvements of operational practice

• Communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing to a high standard.
• Ability to extract quality information through your questioning & conversational style.
• Ability to work as a member of a team and independently.
• Ability to manage own workload effectively.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate a positive attitude towards people we support.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of MCA (2005)
• Display a commitment to self-development and development of others.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to prioritise and multi-task.
• Ability to adapt to changing methods of working.
• Understanding of confidentiality and consent.
• Good understanding of social care regulatory requirements.
• Excellent understanding of safeguarding guidelines.
• Understanding of how to set and achieve outcomes which are evidenced.

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in health and social care.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience completing assessments and support plans.
• Experience of developing risk assessments and management plans.

A level 3 Qualification in Health & Social Care, or a Level 3 qualification in a related area

• Car Owner / Driver
• Flexible with working hours and willing to travel, including overnight if required.

With our extended flexible working options, you can also choose to work a 9-day fortnight or a 4.5-day week, supporting our employees with their work life balance.

This role is Band I as per our structure.

Associate

Full-time

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