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Specialties: Social Work (multi-disciplinary) Leadership: workforce management, Adult Social Care. Personalisation and safeguarding, reviewing and chairing investigation and case conferences. Specific Project Management, Local Government and Public Sector Workforce. Financial recovery programmes, large scale business change management, implementation of high profile projects (Social Care ICT Systems), new social work teams and restructuring to achieve efficiency and performance...

Specialties: Social Work (multi-disciplinary) Leadership: workforce management, Adult Social Care. Personalisation and safeguarding, reviewing and chairing investigation and case conferences. Specific Project Management, Local Government and Public Sector Workforce. Financial recovery programmes, large scale business change management, implementation of high profile projects (Social Care ICT Systems), new social work teams and restructuring to achieve efficiency and performance improvement. Redesign of service operations and structures and maximising and scrutinizing funding streams. In addition, procurement challenges, moderation, contractual arrangements and all commissioning, mini and large scale. Development and training and facilitating specific areas for reflective practice, assessment and care management and critical learning. Specialising in Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Care Act 2014. Working with the legal sector in many high profile litigation cases.Interim Strategic Manager @ Service Manager for leading, award winning and outstanding Adult Social Care Service for Stoke City Council. Leading a team of Team Managers, Senior Social Workers, Assessors, Hospital Social Care and Wellbeing Assessors. Strategic lead for budget control, staffing, business change management and implementation of high profile projects, such as delivery of the community wellbeing model, integration with Health, stakeholders and portfolio holders. Reporting directly to the Director of Social Care. Currently completing a critical business project for Care Act Compliant Reviews City Wide. Delivering on assessment and care management, to complete Care Act compliant assessments on time, within budget and looking to ensure funding is scrutinised to deliver on target savings for budget control (financial recovery). Delivering through a Prince2 Methodology a Business Change Management approach. Leading a busy Older Persons and Physical Disabilities Team in Stoke, managing case allocation, quality assurance, safeguarding, large scale investigations, and personalised focussed based assessment planning. Connecting community spirited development to break down traditional care services for creative, bespoke, asset based support and care and strengthening community connections with stakeholders, voluntary organisations and local services. Offering training to develop team of senior social workers, social workers, unqualified and support workers, providing intensive and meaningful supervision that empowers worker and customers. Managing ILF project to ensure that transition between funding streams demonstrates improved evidenced focussed outcomes and delivers value for money. In addition, looking at Out of City / High Cost Placements and repatriation to local community. Scrutinising funding streams, such as Continued Health Care, Section 117, FNC, Resource Allocations and Care Fund Applications From June 2015 to Present (7 months) Stoke-on-Trent, United KingdomIndependent Specialist Mental Capacity Assessor @ Completion of independent capacity assessments for court of protection / Public Guardian. Completion of assessment and intensive reports for court for testamentary and litigation decisions and legal power of attorney process. Complex decisions and support to customer through making difficult decisions. From April 2013 to Present (2 years 9 months) Locality Manager @ Team Manager for Independent Futures, all age commission (children and adults with disabilities) Team. Leading assessment and care management multi disciplinary team, safeguarding and supervision of qualified social workers, unqualified workers, Occupational Therapists and admin. Personalisation and development of learning disability services in my locality. Management of budget, financial recovery and key performance targets. In Addition, I'm an Independent Mental Capacity Assessor and assist on project and change management for social care and health IT scoping From May 2014 to May 2015 (1 year 1 month) Project Leader Out of County Assessments Team @ Complex Cases Social Worker, quick win project management - safeguarding and personalisation; ensuring positive outcomes for people we support. Specialised project for financial recovery lead, planning for all out of county placements and repatriation to County in Supported Living. Review and assessment, mental capacity assessments, continuing health care applications, s117 and scrutinising care packages through the use of the care fund calculator and ordinary residence applications. Procurement and commissioning of new bespoke care services and excellent financial recovery outcomes through asset based assessments From September 2013 to May 2014 (9 months) Area Director People For People with Learning Disabilities @ Area Director for North West England and Wales. Supporting people with learning disabilities in a range of residential, supported living, domiciliary support and day opportunities settings throughout the UK. In addition, overseas partnerships, which supports Christian nationals beyond the UK in their local involvment with people with learniing disabilities. Experience with budget control, managing large workforce (over 100) and effective development of area and national duty role for the charity. From April 2013 to September 2013 (6 months) Locality Manager Staffordshire County Council @ Team Manager for Social Work Assessment Care Management Team From July 2010 to April 2013 (2 years 10 months) Business Change Manager @ High level Project Management, change models to whole of Social Care workforce. From June 2009 to July 2010 (1 year 2 months) Locality Manager Staffordshire County Council @ From September 2007 to June 2009 (1 year 10 months) Senior Practitioner Staffordshire County Council @ From September 2006 to September 2007 (1 year 1 month) Social Worker Staffordshire County Council @ From September 2004 to September 2006 (2 years 1 month) Social Worker Sandwell MBC @ Child Protection Social Worker - emergency duty, first initial response of child protection and safeguarding cases. Worked with child for first 6 weeks of application for care order, court reports and ensuring child protection plan, core assessments and fostering plans in place. From October 2003 to September 2004 (1 year) Social Worker Greenwich MBC @ Social Worker for preventing children and young people going into care (child protection). Project management of successful Young Persons Group, joint with Youth Offending Team , implementation and successful budget control. Case load of complex child protection cases, looked after children, care orders and fostering support. In addition, lead on Parenting Skills advice / group, providing training and support, linked to YOT project. From May 2003 to September 2003 (5 months) Senior Project Manager @ From October 2001 to May 2003 (1 year 8 months) Branch Manager @ From September 2000 to August 2001 (1 year) Chaplain Support Wadham College @ From October 1998 to June 2000 (1 year 9 months) Oxford, United KingdomUnder Graduate @ From 1997 to 2000 (3 years) NVQ 5, Social Care Leadership & Management, PASS @ Sutton Coldfield College From 2014 to 2015 PRINCE2 Project Management, Pass @ ILX From 2010 to 2010 ILM, Pass @ Institute for Leadership Management From 2007 to 2008 2:1 BA (hons), Social Work @ Staffordshire University From 2005 to 2006 BA (Hons), Business School @ Staffordshire University From 2005 to 2006 PG/MA, Social Work @ London South Bank University From 2001 to 2003 2:1 BA (Hons), History and Theology @ University of Roehampton From 1997 to 2000 Craig Bayliss is skilled in: Leadership, Local Government, Project Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Social Services, Policy, Change Management, Learning Disabilities, Stakeholder Management, Organizational Development, Public Sector, Workshop Facilitation, Community Engagement, Governance, Culture Change