Placement Advisor
Job Description
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Placement Advisor to join the team at Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation University NHS Trust Contracts, Commissioning and Placement Service.
The team is an experienced health and social care team that offers the applicant an opportunity to build or bring their knowledge base to the team which sees liaison and interface with key stakeholders . This position offers an opportunity to the applicant to develop or build on skills in the commissioning and reviewing of health and social care placements including the development of care planning alongside other teams within the trust and wider afield.
All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
In addition to the basic salary Band 6, this post attracts a High Cost Area Supplement.
Providing equality of opportunity means understanding and appreciating the diversity of our staff, service users & carers and ensuring a supportive environment free from harassment. Because of this Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust actively encourages its staff to challenge discrimination and promote equality of opportunity for all.
Main duties of the job
This position will be to support a specific workstream of the team; where you will work closely with colleagues in the Intensive enablement and discharge to assess serviceto review and consider referrals from the acute, rehabilitation and community services. This pathway is aimed at supporting Service Users in the enablement and discharge to assess bedsinto semi-independent or independent living in the community.
The team is flexible and adaptable; and so the applicant will need to be flexible in their role across wider workstreams and requirements of the role . The post holder will have experience in Mental Health and/or social care.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organization with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on...
Job responsibilities
The role includes; but is not limited to the following roles and responsibilities:
- Working within a particular pathway within the team processing referrals for individuals in settings including Acute services, community settings, Open Rehabilitation or the independent sector (including NHS England commissioned provision).
- Identifying suitable placements for service users referred into the Placement Service and placement matching services to individuals care and support needs. Referrals to include thorough history and rationale for proposal of placement matching ensuring Service Users rights are upheld throughout the process.
- To ensure that placements take place in accordance with service user need, financial accountability and governance arrangements.
- To be a key support and interface with private health and social care providers on behalf of the trust.
- To ensure that service users are in placements that meet their needs undertaking regular placement reviews in conjunction with care teams to ensure individual's care packages are effective in meeting individual needs.
- Providing advice and support to Care Co-ordinators, community team representatives and Managers on placement related issues.
- To work more intensely with Service Users who are identified as being ready or near ready to move/step down from their current placement following review.
- Updating PARIS regarding any progress notes; light touch or full annual Connected Lives placement reviews.
- Contributing to intensive time limited pieces of work e.g. relocating all Service Users from a particular establishment for example, as a result of quality concerns.
- Reviewing placement suitability and Service User mix within placements, and providing a professional perspective of overall modelling of services upon service user changes; and reporting these views into the Placement Contracts, Commissioning & Quality department.
- Ensuring individuals and their families legal rights are upheld within placement settings- including the consideration of advocacy where appropriate.
- Attending safeguarding meetings for HPFT commissioned services or service users; undertaking appropriate necessary actions relating to the Placement Team; as well as feeding back to the wider team; and ensuring this is linked to the Contracts, Commissioning & Quality department where required.
- Undertaking responsive quality review visits upon concerns being raised, to ensure the safety and wellbeing of individuals in placement settings commissioned by the placement service.
- Supporting the Contracts, Commissioning, & Quality department with any updates and follow up review of action plans relating to placements within their workstream, specific to quality assurance and where required, undertaking a joint visit to placements with such concerns with monitoring officers/ Business and Contracts Manager.
- Undertaking NHS England mandated quality visits to independent or external NHS trusts in relation to individuals in hospital settings commissioned by the placement team; for those with ASD and/or LD diagnosis.
- To work in cooperation with care co-ordinators and other agencies in the pursuance of these responsibilities on behalf of the Trust.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First degree or equivalent experience.
- Professional qualification in nursing, social work, occupational therapy or other relevant health profession.
- Professional registration with NMC or HCPC or other relevant body.
Desirable
- Minimum of 2 years' experience within a health or social care setting
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant mental health and social care legislation
- Experience of making, monitoring and reviewing health and/or social care placements
- Specialist in the field of mental health, with experience of working with people with mental health problems and working in a care environment.
Desirable
- Commissioning experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
KINGSLEY GREEN
FOREST HOUSE ANNEXE, PLACEMENT SERVICE
RADLETT
WD7 9HQ
