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Directorate:  Adult Care Housing and Public Health

Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week.

In Rotherham our vision has always been to provide the very best services for our residents: to achieve this, we need to recruit the very best people.

We are looking for a self-motivated, compassionate and skilled practitioners to join us. Applicants must be able to complete DoLS assessments according to the statutory guidance.

Applicants must be qualified Best Interest Assessors.

You will have a developed professional understanding and applied knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act principles and provisions as well as experience and confidence as a 'safeguarding practitioner'.

You will carry out statutory Best Interest Assessments under the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and as such will need to be willing and able to work flexibly and travel throughout Rotherham and to other local authority areas.

Through demonstrating high quality best professional practice in your area of expertise you will help the council to implement and apply the principles of the Mental Capacity Act to safeguard Rotherham’s most vulnerable citizens.

We are looking for experienced, skilled and knowledgeable practitioners who can evidence their commitment to rights-based professional practice, the application of the Mental Capacity Act in the context of the provisions and duties of The Care Act 2014, continuous professional development and reflective practice.

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards work will largely be carrying out Best Interest Assessments as well as providing support to a pool of Best Interest Assessors based in front-line teams and those working independently in the same role.

You will also carry out a number of 'Supervisory Body' functions relating to DoLS requests and provide advice and support to frontline teams and 'managing authorities' by contributing to the team’s duty rota.

For more information please see the job profile attached.

Our offer to you is:-

An attractive pay and benefits package

Significant training and development opportunities, including the Social Work Post Qualification programme offered in conjunction with the South Yorkshire Teaching Partnership     

Structured management and administrative support so that you can make a difference. 

For further discussion about this post, please contact Amanda Coyne at amanda.coyne@rotherham.gov.uk 

Closing date: 1^st April 2024

Interviews to be held week commencing: 15^th April 2024. 

This post involves working with adults and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme and can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website. 

From 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2026 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a weekly / monthly deduction (dependent on pay frequency) from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded of three additional day’s leave (pro rata for part-time).