Role Specific Job Description and Person Specification
Job Ref:
Job Title:
Senior Social Work Practitioner, Continuing Healthcare
(CHC)
Team Base:
Continuing Healthcare Team
Directorate:
Health and Adult Services
Grade:
I
Accountable to:
Graham Bentley - Team Leader, Short Term Team
Context and Summary of Role Purpose
As a CHC Care and Support Coordinator, you will play a critical role in ensuring that
Kingston Clinical Commissioning Group (KCCG) is offering personalised care
packages to people who have been identified as eligible for CHC funding whilst
achieving value for money in its commissioning activities. You will be part of a small
CHC assessment team based within Your Healthcare but report, with regard to
professional activity and development to Graham Bentley, Team Leader, Short Term
within the Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Adult Social Care.
This role is a joint role and will ensure that both health and social care outcomes for
individuals are achieved by working in partnership with both commissioners and care
providers.
Key aspects of this role will be:
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Involvement, where appropriate, in professional and timely CHC assessments for
people identified as potentially requiring CHC funding;
Involvement with the multi disciplinary team in CHC assessments and decisions;
To identify services and coordinate a caseload of care and support packages
with full involvement of the person, family and other relevant and professional
stakeholders;
To offer support and assistance to the CHC team of nurses where social care
services may be required for an individual who has become eligible for CHC
funding;
To carry our reviews of packages of care in a timely manner to ensure value for
money of commissioned services
Undertake Adult Safeguarding investigations in line with present processes in
ASC.
Key Roles and responsibilities
Assessments
1. Support all assessors in the completion of assessments and liaise with families
as required.
2. Maintain a knowledge and awareness of legislation and departmental policies
and procedures, and work within these.
3. Work co-operatively and in partnership, with other professionals across Council
(e.g. Housing, Adult Services and voluntary sector organisations) either based in
a multi-disciplinary team in a Health or other setting.
Case Management and Care Coordination
4. Ensure information flows to the integrated commissioners and finance functions
for the effective management of data to facilitate payment processes.
5. Arrange the care packages both in the community or in Nursing homes settings
for those patients who are eligible for CHC funding, working in partnership with
YHC CHC Nurses and KCCG and RBK Commissioners.
6. Work in partnership with service users and carers, using a person-centred
approach, with the aim of maximising independence, well-being and choice.
7. Be responsible for undertaking and supporting a range of case work tasks for
patients with complex health needs.
8. Provide full assessments of patient need, in conjunction with relevant
professionals and family members, in order to decide with the service user on a
course of action.
9. Create, organise and administer appropriate packages of care and liaise,
regularly, with service providers in all settings to ensure that packages remain
appropriate.
10. Carry out reviews, in conjunction with commissioners in both KCCG and RBK,
accordingly.
11. Assist the KCCG Commissioning Manager to ensure that placements and care
packages are of a high quality standard through performance management and
quality assurance systems.
12. Develop, in conjunction with CHC nurses, person centred, outcome based
support plans.
13. Undertake risk assessments, where appropriate, for both service users and the
carers associated with them.
14. Commit to embedding and improving social work practices in CHC
commissioning in line with CHC guidance.
General
15. Keep both electronic and manual file records up to date in line with YHC/RBK
and KCCG’s guidance.
16. Raise the profile of continuing healthcare amongst practitioners through
communication and regular attendance at relevant meetings.
17. Complete reports as required.
18. Work with appropriate information technology and maintain effective
administrative systems whilst maintaining records for workload management
purposes.
19. Attend supervision sessions, undertake training and participate in team meetings
and/or case conferences as required.
20. Carry out all tasks in accordance with equalities policy and guidance.
21. Be fully aware of the principles of safeguarding as they apply to vulnerable adults
in relation to the work role. To ensure that the team manager is made aware and
kept fully informed of any concerns which you may have in relation to
safeguarding and/or child protection.
22. Undertake a variety of methods of professional intervention. Develop knowledge
and skills through keeping abreast of national developments, research etc.
Promote improvements in practice standards and develop and evaluate new
methods of work.
23. Contribute as required by line manager to the training of other staff, locally and
through programmes arranged by KCCG or RBK partners.
Performance Management
24. Deliver services and support in accordance with agreed service standards.
25. Be responsible for own personal performance and development in accordance
with KCCG, YHC and RBK policies.
26. Contribute to the creation and implementation of an overarching quality and
assurance framework for both health and adult social care services across KCCG
and RBK in relation to CHC..
27. Contribute to the overall performance of the team.
Additional Person Specification Requirements
Factors
Description
Education
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Previous
Experience
Experience:
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Knowledge of the NHS and Community
Care Act and other relevant legislation.
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Demonstrable understanding of the
principles and application of excellent
adult social care
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Demonstrable experience of
creating effective working
relationships with internal and
external customers
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Strong literacy, numeracy,
interpersonal and IT skills.
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Experience of a similar role in a
Local Authority or Health setting
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A minimum of 3 years experience
as a qualified practitioner
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Knowledge
, skills and
aptitude
Educated to degree level with
appropriate professional qualification
relevant to the role and specialism
(e.g.- CSS/CQSW or DipSw Dip COT
or Degree in Occupational Therapy)
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To have attained a relevant Post
Qualifying award. E.g. Practice
Teaching, PQ Award
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Understanding of the different roles
within the service.
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Proficiency in a social care case
management systems
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Relevant legislation in social care
and health provision
Essential
Desirable
Assessm
ent
*Assessment will take place with reference to the following information
A=Application form
I=Interview
T=Test
C=Certificate