Assessment and Support Planning Specialist for 35 hours a week in Northwest of England, Driver

Job Purpose 

To specialise in the development and reviews of person-centred assessments and support plans.  

Support to drive and embed a culture of person-centred practices, which meet our mission, vision and values. 

Coach and mentor colleagues on person centred practices, identifying areas where existing plans can be strengthened. 

Support colleagues to think creatively about how to overcome barriers to support people to live amazing lives with increased independence. 

Support to drive and embed an outcomes-based culture, to ensure we are positively impacting more lives. 

Deliver person centred practice workshops to colleagues across the charity. 

Role and Responsibilities 

• 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.  

Please only apply if you meet the below requirements:

Person Specification

Experience:

• 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.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• 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. 

• Computer literate. 

• 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. 

Qualifications:

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

This role is Field Based and involves travel within the northwest of England, we can only accept applications from residents of the northwest. 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. 

We’re Alternative Futures Group, a health and social care charity providing specialist support for people with a learning disability or mental health condition.

We’re proud to have been positively changing lives and enabling people to achieve amazing outcomes for over 30 years.

We have a vision to create a world where amazing people do amazing things every day. Our skilled and experienced teams work with every person we support to create a personalised, outcome-focused plans to achieve their aspirations.

As a ‘values based’ employer, the people that work for us genuinely care about the people they support, and we are seeking likeminded people to join our team.  If you are passionate about working in Health and Social Care and have a real desire to make a positive difference to the lives of the people we support then we would love to hear from you.

At AFG we also recognise the contribution and value that our staff make.  We would not be able to provide the life changing support that we do without people like you!

In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.