Practice Development Lead

Practice Development Lead

Home Based

38 hours per week

£37,370pa with £4,224pa for Car Allowance

Purpose of Role

This role will take a lead on designing and implementing the Active Support strategy across Ambient’s services. By equipping our support colleagues with the skills, they need to ensure that people we support can live the life they choose. The role will provide guidance and support to teams across the organisation to ensure that Active Support becomes the standard operating practice model within Ambient.

Active Support

• To design the Active Support Strategy (within the Quality Strategy) and deliver the project.
• To be the project lead for the roll out of Active Support within Ambient
• To lead on the implementation of Active Support across Learning Disability and Mental Health Services
• To ensure Active Support is embedded across services and service delivery reflects the objectives of Active Support
• To be solution focused and work through any barriers and challenges to ensure the successful role out of Active Support
• To work with the Quality team to design appropriate functions to capture, monitor & report on people we support’s goal achievements & outcomes.
• To provide induction training programme for all staff
• Mentor and coach all managers in all things Active Support
• To work collaboratively with teams across Ambient to ensure Active Support is successfully rolled out and embedded.

Practice Lead & Quality

• To support staff and teams regarding support risk management of service users.
• To develop and deliver training relating to best practise service provision.
• To develop, introduce and review effective tools and evidence-based practice to aid our process of supporting people to achieve positive outcomes.
• To be aware of new and innovative ways of working that is evidence based that may improve Ambient’s service delivery.
• To lead on identifying, sharing, and implementing evidence-based practise through quality improvement and service development.
• Monitor the use of Restrictive Practises within Ambient and support teams to ensure the reduction of restrictive practises are at the fore front of their service delivery.
• Provide advice and guidance to teams on practise matters affecting good quality service delivery.
• Embed reflective practise across the charity.

Quality and Service Improvement

• To work with Ambient Guardians to ensure that we work collaboratively and people we support are involved in organisational change.
• To provide targeted support and guidance to services that require an extra focus to drive quality improvements.
• To report on service / people and or organisational compliance or reputational risks and to be solution focused in supporting any necessary service or organisational improvement.
• To shape audit tools and governance tools in measuring quality of support and the quality of life of people we support
• To identify opportunities for quality initiatives, leading on the delivery of those in services and/or organisationally
• Identify any themes & or trends in any quality or practise data (qualitative or quantitative) and from this identify solutions to ensure we continuously improve Ambient service deliver and governance.
• Where necessary to carry out practise observations, audits and reviews of services and implement changes that may be required from findings.
• To be involved in tender responses in relation to care, support, evidence-based practise, quality, and outcomes.

About you

You are a knowledgeable social care leader who utilises the evidence-based practise of Active Support to improve the quality of life for the people we support. You are skilled at coaching and guiding people to ensure you get the best out of them. Your leadership skills facilitate organisational changes to positively impact our colleagues and the people we support. Ideally you are already an Active Support Lead/Coach/Facilitator

Qualifications/Education/Training:

• Experience in project management and leading on change.
• Relevant Active Support Qualification is essential.
• Educated to degree or equivalent is desirable.
• Experience of leading & managing projects
• Experience in Active Support, coaching and mentoring teams.
• Experience of working with diverse stakeholders
• Experience in driving quality improvements.
• Experience of working in the charitable sector

Essential Skills/Knowledge/Attributes:

• Good knowledge of data management systems
• Good knowledge and use of Excel
• Good knowledge and use of Teams/Microsoft
• Computer literate to a high standard
• A knowledge of the adult social care sector and the legislation that governs it.
• Ability to communicate and work across departments to improve the quality across Ambient.
• Solution focused and work using initiative.
• Ability to review themes and trends in data & practise observations.
• Extensive knowledge of good practise in the Learning Disability and Mental Health Sectors
• Knowledge of local/national priorities/initiatives/innovations that may impact on policy & practise.
• Commitment to promoting good practise and quality assurance.
• Flexibility in approach
• Willingness to learn and undertake training.

The benefits for you

• Flexible working, enabling work-life balance.
• National Living Wage paid regardless of age, including under 25s.
• Training and development
• 'Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme.
• Enrolment into defined pension scheme with contribution rates that increase over time (to maximum of 6% of the employee’s pensionable earnings)
• 'Season Ticket’ loan & 'Bike to Work’ scheme.
• 29 days annual leave per annum. 8 days for Bank holidays are in addition to this basic entitlement.
• Membership of Health Service Discounts scheme
• Free access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

We positively welcome diversity of background, ethnicity, skills, talents, and contributions from everyone.

We are committed to Safeguarding…. An enhanced DBS clearance is required for this post. References will also be obtained for all roles.

Want to take your first steps to join a new rewarding career? - Click applyRef: INDLP