Children in Care Service Highly Specialist Practitioner
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The Fostering Developments Team was set up in 2019 to provide containment and digestion to new foster carers and social workers in GCC. It includes consultation, a training package, and clinical group supervision to staff in the GCC fostering resource. These new posts are an opportunity to expand this provision to provide organisational consultancy support to the new residential homes in Gloucestershire, in order to add a therapeutic aspect to the care of the children and young people.
Post holder will work with the Residential Manager to embed a culture of containment and digestion of the emotional life of the residents and staff.
Provide highly specialist clinical leadership regarding ongoing service improvement initiatives (including implementing learning from continuous improvement cycles) which are in line with the current Service Plan or other service priorities. This may include identifying and leading clinical case reviews, routine audit, evaluating outcome measures, and other research methodology.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity, and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide an element of clinical leadership for Children in Care Service.
* Provide highly specialist monthly clinical supervision to the child’s support network, including social workers, residential support workers, and Team and Deputy team managers.
* Provide Consultation to Foster Carers and residential home support staff, while maintaining close links with the Fostering Teams within Social Care.
* Deliver the Emotional World of the Child training to all newly approved Foster Carers and residential home support staff.
* Contribute to clinical leadership within the team while undertaking clinical responsibility for a caseload involving complex needs.
* Demonstrate highly specialist skills and competency regarding complex clinical decision-making and assessment.
* Ensure regular attendance at service-wide and other CPD/core competency training.
* Provide high-quality and specialist clinical reasoning as well as specific consultation, training, and advice to professionals within a range of children's services.
* Ensure local lone working arrangements are considered when delivering interventions.
* Demonstrate commitment to working effectively with team colleagues to develop a strong multidisciplinary ethos.
* Provide high-quality clinical/professional reports and ensure accurate clinical record keeping.
* Implement and evaluate routine outcome measures as part of CAMHS Care Coordinator responsibilities.
* Change work base as requested by the CYPS Service Director.
* Teach to a range of CYPS qualified and unqualified staff on a routine basis.
* Be accessible to deliver specialist consultation and supervision to CAMHS staff regarding urgent high-risk needs.
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Contract
Job Function
Health Care Provider
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