Children and Young People in Care Team Leader - Wednesfield, United Kingdom - The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

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Wednesfield, United Kingdom

4 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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If you are a self-motivated individual with a high level of interpersonal, and leadership skills, a solid knowledge of current issues within the Children and Young People in Care agenda and the ability and desire to work within our Safeguarding Team then we would love to hear from you.

To lead on specific projects relating to Children and Young People in Care because of new or amended local or national policy.

Ensure that advice reflects the interpretation of legislation, government and local policies and procedures.

Ensure that all policies regarding Children and Young People in Care are regularly reviewed and updated in line with local and national safeguarding requirements, with regular monitoring and reporting of compliance.

Contribute to the work of the Wolverhampton Safeguarding Together Partnership through participation at allocated interagency meetings and groups.

Ensure there is a culture of continuous quality improvement using audit, patient feedback, and reflection on practice by self and other members of the team.

Ensure that the Trust is compliant with NICE guidance related to Children and Young People in Care.

To support the team when dealing with complex, controversial, and emotional cases relating to children and young people in care arising within the Trust.

To be a visible leader.

Provide line management for the Children in Care Team and act as a positive role model.

Act in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council Code - Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives or other professional groups accordingly.

Work in partnership with a range of clinicians and managers in the planning or development of the service promoting the involvement of children/parents/patients/public.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.

We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.

We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC.

We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

To ensure safe and effective safeguarding practice

To be professionally accountable for the maintenance of standards of professional practice as set by the Nursing & Midwifery Council or related professional body.
To participate in Individual Management Reviews (IMR) and Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews as required and directed by the Head of Safeguarding, ensuring dissemination of information post analysis to relevant departments both within and external to the Trust.
To lead on specific projects relating to Children and Young People in Care because of new or amended local or national policy as agreed with the Head of Safeguarding.
To contribute to the Trust Safeguarding Annual Report.
To chair Children and Young People in Care Team meetings and others as requested.
To write and deliver regular reports for the Trust Safeguarding Group or others as requested.
To work with the Head of Safeguarding to ensure the development, provision, management, and implementation of appropriate information systems to collect and analyse highly complex data for safeguarding that meets relevant statutory and other governance requirements whilst complying with Caldicott and GDPR principles.
To work closely with the Trust Safeguarding Children and Adult Team Lead and other staff liaising and working collaboratively where there are shared work programmes and initiatives.
Ensure that advice reflects the interpretation of legislation, government and local policies and procedures.
Ensure that all policies regarding Children and Young People in Care are regularly reviewed and updated in line with local and national safeguarding requirements, with regular monitoring and reporting of compliance.
To work with the Head of Safeguarding to ensure that the Trust has a training strategy in line with local and national guidance (Intercollegiate Document, 2020) and to report on compliance.
Contribute to the work of the Wolverhampton Safeguarding Together Partnership through participation at allocated interagency meetings and groups
To ensure that the Trust is represented at all relevant internal and regional Children and Young People in Care meetings/groups/forums.
Ensure there is a culture of conti