Neglect Practice Improvement Lead

Salary: £21.38 per hour

Starting Point Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Neglect Practice Improvement Lead for Walsall council on a 3-month ongoing assignment.
£17.82ph
Full time – 37hours per week
The Neglect Practice Improvement Lead role will drive a whole system approach across the partnership to recognising and responding to neglect, working closely with multi agency safeguarding leads of the Walsall Safeguarding Children Partnership.
MAIN PURPOSE

• To lead on the development of pathways, policies and practice guidance to ensure the response to neglect is a key priority across Walsall.
• To review the current position for neglect, and consult with internal and external partners to design and implement screening tools to ensure the earliest identification of neglect.
• To lead on an extensive implementation plan, training and support for the use of the NSPCC GCP2 Graded Care Neglect assessment tool across the partnership focusing on all levels of need, with specific focus on ensuring the earliest assessment of neglect where care to children is substandard.
• To review, design, co-ordinate and develop the wider neglect training and practice offer to the partnership.
• To develop, oversee and report on the quality and assurance and analysis of the use of neglect tools and neglect assessments, developing methods to evaluate the impact and benefits across the partnership for children and families living in Walsall.

 
You will work closely with the Business Manager, team and multiagency Safeguarding Leads and frontline practitioners to create stronger partnership arrangements with communities and other organisations, influence change for children, and work towards our strategic goals. We are looking for someone who has strong planning skills along with the ability and experience to work well on the delivery of change projects.
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