To function as an independent senior member of the MDT, leading on the identification of social care requirements, safeguarding needs of children and young people, and safeguarding processes within the service, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people, and ensuring staff follow correct policy and procedure.
To contribute towards the management and development of the Service.
To provide social care risk assessments appropriate to the child/young person’s and parent’s/carer’s needs and contribute to care planning within a multi-disciplinary team.
To work with and develop effective relationships with voluntary and statutory social care services.
To ensure parents and carers’ needs are identified and assessed.
To develop the role of social work within the service and ensure active engagement with national inpatient CAMH services.
Safeguarding
To collaborate with Trust safeguarding nurses and named doctor for safeguarding.
To promote safeguarding best practice, working in partnership with the MDT and Safeguarding Team.
To ensure safeguarding referrals are made to the local authority and lead on disclosure work in collaboration with the MDT and Safeguarding Team.
Support families/carers in developing practical parenting strategies which enhance positive parent/carer-child relations.
Access the needs of children and young people who may need Local Authority Children’s Social Care intervention and make appropriate referrals.
Create and maintain effective relationships with children, young people, their parents, families, and carers to ensure diverse needs are identified, met, and reviewed.
To liaise with local authorities under Section 85 of the Children Act where children have been, or are expected to be, an inpatient for three months or more.
To further enhance safeguarding training and supervision for service staff in accordance with Trust and Divisional policies.
To provide information, advice, and signposting to resources on safeguarding children/young people, and be accessible to all staff to support their practice.
Please see JD & PS for further information.
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of over £3bn. We are creating an integrated health & social care system for 1 million patients annually.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, offering a scale of opportunity that is extraordinary.
We’ve created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness, and innovation through systems like Hive, our Electronic Patient Record launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, supporting high-quality research. We’re also embarking on our Green Plan to make healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we foster a culture of inclusion, provide equal opportunities for career development, and prioritize your health and wellbeing.
For further details or informal visits, contact:
* Lesley Dawson, Galaxy House Service Lead, Email: lesley.dawson@mft.nhs.uk, Tel: 0161 7015026
* Nicola Clibbens, Email: nicola.clibben@mft.nhs.uk, Tel: 0161 7015026
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