Area Practice Manager

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About The Role

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Home First team as an Area Practice Manager supporting discharges from hospital for Dorset residents.

This opportunity is available to individuals either working currently in an APM role and are looking to widen their service experience or practitioners considering a management role and is open to both Social Workers and Occupational Therapists.

Home First is a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same! As part of a Dorset system response, we work as part of the integrated care system delivering a discharge to assess model which will see most assessments taking place outside of hospital to determine an individual's ongoing support. As an Area Practice Manager, you will work alongside our existing APM's supporting our staff to deliver care act assessments to support discharge; currently assessments take place both in and outside of hospital depending on an individual's journey. APM's are aligned to cluster areas North, East and West, with direct line management of both Social Work and Assessment Support Co-ordinators.

We are looking for candidates with a strong strength-based approach who can lead, motivate, and develop teams. This is an exciting time to lead within Adult Social Care as you will be involved in transforming the way we work and have an integral role in positively leading and implementing change to meet both organisational and customer demand.

We offer hybrid and flexible working, supporting working from home.

Further Information

Interviews will be held at County Hall in April, date to be confirmed.

For further information on this role please contact Louise Ryan: [email protected]

This APM role is covering the East Cluster, mainly Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals.

The team will be working together two days a week at the Ferndown Office.

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. It will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders .

See our policy on safeguarding children and young people .

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If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn .

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

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About Us

We'repassionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working forus should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

• provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
• have ambitious aspirations
• are excited about our future
• care about Dorset and all the people who live here
• know that all roles make a difference and that our employeesare key to our success

You will:

• have access to a range of employee benefits
• be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
• have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria fortherole.

We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours . We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.