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Practice Improvement Adviser - Health

Barnardo’s

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the friendly, dynamic, multi-disciplinary team at the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse as our Practice Improvement Adviser (PIA) focussing on health settings. This is a high-level practice improvement role leading on the development, management and delivery of programmes, strategies and training initiatives to improve the identification of and response to child sexual abuse in health settings across England and Wales.

Main duties of the job

As our Practice Improvement Adviser (Health), you will be working alongside a team of PIAs from a range of professional backgrounds and will take particular responsibility for developing and leading the CSA Centre's approach to improving the response to sexual abuse in health settings. This will include:

  • Working with a range of stakeholders to develop a national, strategic approach (across England and Wales) to improving the identification and response to sexual abuse;
  • Engaging with key stakeholders to raise the profile of the CSA Centre across health settings in England and Wales;
  • Developing the CSA Centre's approach to influencing training for the health workforce (e.g. primary care, mental health, health visiting, school nursing, sexual health) including designing and delivering training where appropriate;
  • Developing proposals for new resources to support the response to child sexual abuse across health, drawing on your own understanding of current gaps and opportunities to improve practice in this area;
  • Leading on the dissemination of existing CSA Centre resources and research, to health settings across England and Wales;
  • Providing health expertise to a range of ongoing CSA Centre initiatives across our ambitious workplan, including the implementation of our child sexual abuse response pathway and related practice resources (http://www.csacentre.org.uk/knowledge-in-practice/practice-improvement/).

About us

Barnardos has been providing services to some of the most vulnerable children across the UK for over 150 years. We work in partnership with childrens social care and health partners enabling the delivery of integrated health and social care services in a number of areas. We recognise that to really transform childrens life chances, they need sustained interventions that meet the diversity of their needs and that participation and co-production must a key component of any service. If you enjoy pushing the boundaries of what works: working closely with other agencies to innovate and create; have the clinical expertise to lead on this project and want to work with children and young people and their families to deliver service that truly meet their needs, then we would like to hear from you.

Date posted

28 April 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£50,733 to £54,356 a year Plus £312 Office at Home Allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

B0033-23-0001

Job locations

Tanners Lane

Barkingside

Ilford

Essex

IG6 1QG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

To lead the formulation, development and implementation of transformational change in the response to child sexual abuse in England and Wales, by developing, managing and delivering strategies, plans and training initiatives, and managing partner relationships at a high level in relevant professional fields.

Key Responsibilities

  • Being a strategic leader and ambassador for the CSA Centre, supporting delivery of its vision and purpose with a particular focus on improving the quality of responses to children, young people and families.
  • Discovering and developing good or emerging practice, research and/or new professional developments addressing child sexual abuse.
  • Building knowledge, practice and partnerships nationally which help individuals and services to better address child sexual abuse.
  • Furthering national and international evidence of good practice in the response to child sexual abuse.
  • Assisting the Deputy Directors and Director of the CSA Centre in developing the CSA Centre nationally and internationally.
  • Scoping and developing the CSA Centres understanding of local, regional and national expertise, needs and gaps in current and emerging professional and community practices in response to child sexual abuse.
  • Showing outstanding leadership in driving improved practice in response to child sexual abuse.

Key Activities

  • Identify, develop and deliver new opportunities for professional development and/or service improvement, including training
  • Champion excellent practice in the response to child sexual abuse and build on networks of practice.
  • Discover and build on learning in services which are of interest to the CSA Centre.
  • Develop and share knowledge and experience of relevant national and local legislation, policy, procedures and practice requirements and changes to these.
  • Support practice development, evaluation or research activities relevant to the CSA Centres aims.
  • Devise and be accountable for the delivery of specific practice improvement initiatives, ensuring they are aligned to the overall strategic direction and vision of the CSA Centre.
  • Develop and deliver training initiatives for a range of audiences.
  • Gather and collate sector intelligence to benefit the wider work of the CSA Centre e.g., input to policy work and research development.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

To lead the formulation, development and implementation of transformational change in the response to child sexual abuse in England and Wales, by developing, managing and delivering strategies, plans and training initiatives, and managing partner relationships at a high level in relevant professional fields.

Key Responsibilities

  • Being a strategic leader and ambassador for the CSA Centre, supporting delivery of its vision and purpose with a particular focus on improving the quality of responses to children, young people and families.
  • Discovering and developing good or emerging practice, research and/or new professional developments addressing child sexual abuse.
  • Building knowledge, practice and partnerships nationally which help individuals and services to better address child sexual abuse.
  • Furthering national and international evidence of good practice in the response to child sexual abuse.
  • Assisting the Deputy Directors and Director of the CSA Centre in developing the CSA Centre nationally and internationally.
  • Scoping and developing the CSA Centres understanding of local, regional and national expertise, needs and gaps in current and emerging professional and community practices in response to child sexual abuse.
  • Showing outstanding leadership in driving improved practice in response to child sexual abuse.

Key Activities

  • Identify, develop and deliver new opportunities for professional development and/or service improvement, including training
  • Champion excellent practice in the response to child sexual abuse and build on networks of practice.
  • Discover and build on learning in services which are of interest to the CSA Centre.
  • Develop and share knowledge and experience of relevant national and local legislation, policy, procedures and practice requirements and changes to these.
  • Support practice development, evaluation or research activities relevant to the CSA Centres aims.
  • Devise and be accountable for the delivery of specific practice improvement initiatives, ensuring they are aligned to the overall strategic direction and vision of the CSA Centre.
  • Develop and deliver training initiatives for a range of audiences.
  • Gather and collate sector intelligence to benefit the wider work of the CSA Centre e.g., input to policy work and research development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Specialist/professional knowledge of practice improvement in child protection.
  • Detailed working knowledge of, and preferably experience in, a relevant field addressing child sexual abuse.
  • Sound knowledge of, and experience in, influencing and/or developing organisational or local responses to child sexual abuse.

Desirable

  • Further professional development demonstrating specialist expertise in relation to child sexual abuse will be highly regarded.

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of leading improved practice in addressing child sexual abuse.
  • Demonstrable experience of working with senior leaders and influencers to improve practice.
  • Demonstrable record of working constructively with partner agencies, commissioners and/or other stakeholders, in a way that enhances organisational reputation.
  • Demonstrable experience in leading training and professional development.
  • Demonstrable capability in applying research/evidence into practical
  • initiatives.
  • Demonstrable capability in compiling meaningful reports and information.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Specialist/professional knowledge of practice improvement in child protection.
  • Detailed working knowledge of, and preferably experience in, a relevant field addressing child sexual abuse.
  • Sound knowledge of, and experience in, influencing and/or developing organisational or local responses to child sexual abuse.

Desirable

  • Further professional development demonstrating specialist expertise in relation to child sexual abuse will be highly regarded.

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of leading improved practice in addressing child sexual abuse.
  • Demonstrable experience of working with senior leaders and influencers to improve practice.
  • Demonstrable record of working constructively with partner agencies, commissioners and/or other stakeholders, in a way that enhances organisational reputation.
  • Demonstrable experience in leading training and professional development.
  • Demonstrable capability in applying research/evidence into practical
  • initiatives.
  • Demonstrable capability in compiling meaningful reports and information.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Barnardo’s

Address

Tanners Lane

Barkingside

Ilford

Essex

IG6 1QG


Employer's website

https://www.barnardos.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Barnardo’s

Address

Tanners Lane

Barkingside

Ilford

Essex

IG6 1QG


Employer's website

https://www.barnardos.org.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Date posted

28 April 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£50,733 to £54,356 a year Plus £312 Office at Home Allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

B0033-23-0001

Job locations

Tanners Lane

Barkingside

Ilford

Essex

IG6 1QG


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