An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to lead and provide the health component in the Local Authority Willow Team in Hampshire alongside multi-agency partners. The Willow Team is a specialist multi-agency team dedicated to working with and reducing risk to children who are at the highest risk of being exploited.

The role is county wide and requires close working with a range of other professional roles including Police and Children's Services colleagues. Willow sits within the Hampshire Children's Services system and is part of the 'Front Door' MASH Service.

Based in MASH, Parkway, Fareham, you will need to be flexible in meeting the needs of the service.

You will work collaboratively alongside children, young people, and their families within an often complex and challenging caseload. You will bring excellent risk assessment skills, care planning and decision making with an experienced clinical background that understands the need to safeguard children and young people at risk of being exploited. You will be able to work within a trauma informed approach.

Main duties of the job

*To support the Willow Team Manager and other Willow colleagues in providing a health focused service for children, young people and their families with the primary focus on children being exploited

*To provide professional leadership to nursing/health colleagues within their own area of responsibility on exploitation matters.

*To design and co-deliver training and education regarding Health and child exploitation issues to a variety of professionals across the HIPS area.

*To support the manager to implement health and social care policies, procedures and the implementation of change

*To continue professional development and maintain own training records.

*To assess, plan and advise on complex challenging and high-risk cases where child exploitation is a key issue

*To be accountable and responsible in managing own complex caseload

*To develop specialised programmes of care regarding Health and CSE/Sexual health

*To actively support the service, young people and parents/carers to be involved in participation

*To provide structured supervision to junior staff

*To work within professional code of conduct, organisational policy and guidance

*To support qualified social workers to undertake S47 or S17 visits and share clinical knowledge

*To create and share intelligence (use of CPI)

*To provide support to complete network analysis and mapping

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services. Our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust, is set to launch in July 2024.

The transformation will happen in staggered stages Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning in early May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent Trusts is anticipated to occur in July 2024, when the new organisation will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *Registered Nurse/SCPHN/AHP
• *1st Degree
• *Evidence of ongoing professional development in safeguarding children/young people
• *Evidence of Safeguarding Children specialist qualification
• *Evidence of substantial experience of working with children/young people

Desirable

• *Masters or working towards
• *Teaching and assessment qualification
• *Leadership and Management qualification or relevant experience

Experience

Essential

• *Knowledge of National and Local Safeguarding Policies, guidelines and recommendations to include DVA CSE children and families
• *Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to Safeguarding Children and vulnerable adults using a family approach
• *Experience in Safeguarding supervision processes and models
• *Demonstrates knowledge relevant to patterns of abuse and neglect using a Trauma Informed Approach.
• *Proven experience of leading/contributing to the MASH/Safeguarding Children agenda
• *Proven experience in leading/contributing to current CSE agenda
• *Awareness and understanding of contextual safeguarding
• *In depth post registration experience
• *Proven experience in working with Looked After Children
• *Knowledge and experience in delivering Sexual Health services to complex clients
• *Evidence of strong, compassionate leadership /management experience of teams
• *Evidence of working with complex caseloads in areas of high need responding to conflicting demands and being able to prioritise
• *Experience of policy development and implementation/review
• *Ability to appraise and analyse health information and share information proportionally in a Multi-Agency environment

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Parkway Centre

94-96 Wickham Road

Fareham

Hampshire

PO16 7JL

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