Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Policy Lead within the Adult Social Care Team to work full time based in Swindon.
The salary for this permanent Policy Lead job is up to £43,381 per annum
Main duties:
- Develop and lead a programme of policy work covering a range of areas across adult services.
- Write engaging and accessible policy documents based on robust research and analysis and informed by people with lived experience of adult services, practitioners and other key stakeholders.
- Carry out consultations with internal and external stakeholders as part of the policy development process to ensure that the quality of our work is high, and benefits from expert input.
- Maintain a database of policies and ensure they are kept up to date to reflect latest national policy and best practice.
- Write briefings, reports, and deliver oral briefings with presentations to ensure communications on new and emerging policy areas are accurate and timely.
- Provide regular updates, summaries and analysis of policy developments and how they impact on practice and outcomes.
- Horizon scan and proactively stay abreast of changes and developments in Government Policy, guidance and research and brief others to ensure professionals practice across the service is well informed and up to date.
- Provide advice to senior managers, stakeholders and decision makers including elected members on national and local policies relating to health and Social Care.
- Work with colleagues across the council, the partnership and the region to support a coordinated and evidence-driven approach to policy work.
- Contribute to the delivery of the Quality Assurance framework process and undertake other duties as requested.
Requirements of this Policy Lead job:
- A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
- Understanding of relevant legislation.
- Continual professional development.
- Social Work England registered.
Contact:
This Policy Lead 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.
