Part Time Best Interest Assessor in Hull, North Humberside

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Best Interest Assessor to work part-time (13 hours) based in Hull.

The salary for this Best Interest Assessor job is up to £41,511 per annum.

Main duties:

• To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults.
• Demonstrate a clear focus on the rights of adults of under assessment and communicate clearly about the MCA and DoLS process to adults, family/friends and members of the public.
• Maintain comprehensive and accurate case records, producing high-quality reports and correspondence for a variety of audiences, including but not limited to, court, meetings, panels, conferences and other agencies.
• Assess the person’s situations in a way that maximises their participation and takes into account the views of family members and relevant professionals to determine if the person is being deprived of their liberty and if so if this is in their best interest.
• Sensitively negotiate when assessing service users and carers where there is conflict or lack of insight to try to resolve this conflict or where this is not possible signpost to available options.
• Make appropriate recommendations regarding the appointment of Relevant Person’s Representative in line with legislation and to escalate any objection cases to the Court of Protection in line with caselaw.
• Using their expert knowledge and understanding the post holder will provide professional support, education, advice, and guidance to staff across various agencies in Hull and members of the public.
• Assist the DoLS and MCA Practice Lead and Operational Team Manager -DoLS in helping staff to develop skills and expertise in the areas of mental capacity, deprivation of liberty and safeguarding, providing coaching, and mentoring to social care staff, as required.
• Maintain efficient and reliable liaison with other statutory and voluntary agencies, as well as Council departments, having regard to effective working relationships in ensuring Managing Authorities are aware of their responsibilities in ensuring no person is deprived of their liberty without lawful authorisation.
• To assist in the delivery of awareness/training and practice workshops on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, policy and procedures ensuring a joint approach with the training department.
• To support the DoLS and MCA Practice Lead in scrutinising DoLS assessments to ensure legal compliance.
• To form part of a duty rota to respond to urgent BIA requests.

Requirements of this Best Interest Assessor:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Registered or eligible for registration.

Contact:
This Best Interest Assessor job is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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This position is being managed by Sanctuary Personnel, a reputable recruitment agency known for placing candidates in desirable positions.