Job responsibilities
Key
Responsibilities
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Your role is involved in the
development and delivery of MIND Youth Services
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To work as the Lead Practitioner for
Safeguarding Children for MIND Youth Services providing expert advice and
support to clinical, non-clinical and managerial staff.
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To
work in partnership with local schools and colleges, Early Help and other
agencies.
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To work with safeguarding lead in MIND
Adult services and lead safeguarding children and have joint responsibility for
promoting increased safeguarding awareness within a mental health context.
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The post holder will have
responsibilities for delivering the quality of safeguarding children practice
and will support the delivery of the safeguarding children agenda throughout
the organisation.
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Have responsibility for ensuring Youth
Service staff within the teams achieve positive safeguarding outcomes for
children, young people and their families and that these are evidenced by
performance indicators such as activity data, targets and quality measures. You
will also share responsibility for ensuring all team members participate in
audit, evaluation and research.
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You will work in partnership with other
professionals and organisations, including the local safeguarding children
board and other voluntary sector organisations to support integrated practice
and service delivery.
Safeguarding
Responsibilities
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Promote safe and effective practice
that makes best use of evidence base, safeguarding children legislation and
national / local guidance.
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Provide and facilitate safeguarding
children advice to the Youth Service teams
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Provide advice and consultation to
Youth Service clinical and non-clinical staff and support the safeguarding
children training requirements of staff within MIND.
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Develop and deliver safeguarding level
1 &2 Children and Young people’s training and ensure all staff access
relevant CYP safeguarding level 3 training from the local safeguarding board
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With other child protection and
safeguarding leads, develop and review policies for new and existing services
to assure safeguarding children is embedded in operational policies and
practice.
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Implement policies and procedures that
reflect current guidance and practice for protection and safeguarding children.
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Ensure effective interface and flow of
information between the organisations Safeguarding Children Committee, local
borough safeguarding committee, local safeguarding groups, including
safeguarding board sub-groups and boroughs management teams.
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Participate in Serious Case Reviews,
investigations and report writing. Share responsibility for the formulation and
implementation of action plans and recommendations, within the boroughs and
MIND Adult & Youth Services.
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Ensure the correct procedure is
followed in the event of a serious incident involving a child, in collaboration
with appropriate colleagues internal and external to MIND.
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Represent MIND as agreed and appropriate,
within the borough’s safeguarding Children Board and relevant subgroups /
safeguarding forums.
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Act on behalf of MIND as the designated
Safeguarding Children lead as required.
Service delivery and client care
responsibilities
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Promote the mental and emotional health of
children and young people in education and community settings through delivery
of workshops, training, assemblies, one to one sessions and development of a
whole school approach to mental health
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Develop and manage relationships with key
stakeholders and partners
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To
participate as a multi-disciplinary team member to evaluate and review the
therapeutic strategic outcomes for the teams and set aims and objectives and
monitor practice to assure quality standards of care.
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Share
day to day responsibility for the quality of delivery of clinical care with the
Team Manager, supervisors and other colleagues.
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Contribute
to the effective functioning of the team and service through chairing/leading
relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate
and negotiated with the Director of Youth Services
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Monitor
and improve the standard of service delivery of the teams through effective
line management of staff and implementation of clinical governance procedures
such as audit and the development of protocols.
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Attend
and represent MIND at meetings relating to the work of the Youth Services as
appropriate within and outside the service.
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Ensure
any legislation and statutory requirements are complied with and implemented
throughout the teams.
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Implement
new service protocols or service interventions based on experience, audit and
development and advise the wider service on these.
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To attend monthly supervision and
twice-yearly appraisal meetings with line manager.
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Undertake all duties in line with the
applicable Code of Professional Conduct, policies and guidelines
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Make effective use of colleagues in
sharing and participating in casework supervision and other forms of
supervision when required according to local practice, including attending peer
supervision meetings
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Identify development and training needs
with manager in accordance with the Youth Services Operational Policy
guidelines.
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Remain up to date with changing
practices and wherever possible make full use of all training and educational
facilities.
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Maintain and ensure good professional
standards and attitudes towards the care and support of service users .
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Maintain good relationships and clear
lines of communication with other professionals, agencies and departments,
providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
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Join colleagues in specialist teaching,
consultation /support to other professionals and agencies.
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To work with others to undertake and
promote research-based practices and use knowledge in your everyday practice,
sharing it with others in the teams.
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Contribute to the development of
outcome measures by accurately recording and ensuring others accurately record
pre and post treatment measures.
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Participate in the monitoring,
evaluation and the audit of the service.
To be noted
The above list of job
duties is not exclusive or exhaustive and the post holder will be required to
undertake other tasks commensurate with the scope, grading and purpose of the
post. This job description reflects the present requirements of the post, and
as duties and responsibilities change/develop to meet the needs of the service,
the job description will be reviewed and be subject to amendment in
consultation with the post-holder.
