Job summary
The Families First Partnership Programme (FFPP) is a national programme set up in the Department for Education (DfE) and supported by the Department of Health and Social Care and the Home Office. Through the programme, government is working in partnership with local areas (local authorities, police, health, education, childcare settings and other relevant agencies) to improve their local services and systems that help and protect children and families. The reforms include the introduction of Family Help, strengthening multi-agency child protection, and improving engagement with family networks.
Main duties of the job
Coventry will draw on evidence and existing good practice, including from other government programmes:
- Family hubs and Start for life
- Supporting families early help offer
- Reducing parental conflict
- Strengthening families, protecting children
The new end-to-end system will include 4 key elements:
o Locally based, multi-disciplinary family help services, providing intensive, non-stigmatising and effective support that is tailored to the needs of children and families.
o A child protection response carried out by social workers with greater expertise and experience, and access to dedicated and skilled multi-agency input, working with family help to protect children who are suffering or at risk of suffering significant harm.
o Greater use of family networks, with increased use of family group decision-making, facilitated by FNSPs to remove any financial or practical barriers family networks may face.
o Updated and strengthened local multi-agency leadership through changes to safeguarding partner arrangements.
About us
Code of Conduct - The ICB requires the highest standards of personal and professional conduct from all of its employees. All employees must comply with the Code of Professional Conduct appropriate to their professional governing body and to the ICB's Code of Conduct.
Policies and Procedures -All employees are expected to comply with all the policies and procedures drawn up by the ICB.
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults -The ICB is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all Governing Body member to share this commitment and to understand the requirements of the Government's Prevent strategy and promote its key principles. Rigorous recruitment checks are carried out and successful applicants may be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and undergo the necessary training.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensuring safe and effective practice
Work as part of the FFPP multiagency Programme Team, and across Health Partners to embed systems to deliver high quality person-centred care with compassion, dignity and respect achieving positive health outcomes.
Working with key health professionals within each agency to develop the processes needed for the multi-agency teams to be successful.
Progress towards new ways of working within health as outlined in Working Together 2023 and the FFPP programme guide, and provide feedback on any implementation issues as they arise.
Lead in with Partners on developing, implementing and evaluating FFPP including health systems and processes.
Consideration of Health models with potential need to build business cases to access funding from organisations/commissioners/ other various funding opportunities. Maintaining sustainability as eventual outcome.
Review evidence of work what works, from other areas implementing FFPP and through evidence based practice and research evidence on improving outcomes for children and families.
Test how to achieve better co-ordination and streamlining of local partnership boards and groups. Ensuring appropriate health membership/contribution.
Understand the key components of a system wide family first culture.
Learn how prescriptive (or flexible) the national approach to system reform needs to be to function effectively.
Implement and engage research and evidenced based practice to develop the skills of others.
Understand what needs to be in place to enable timely, effective and appropriate information sharing between and across partners.
Implement agreed systems to identify opportunities for learning and sharing good practice.
Assist with the aligning of IT systems and changing and developing new health documentation and information sharing policies and procedures.
Take timely action when professional standards fall short of those acceptable.
Implement systems to deliver patient safety and prevention of harm assurance.
To practice within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct ensuring knowledge and clinical expertise is maintained and developed within the scope of Professional Practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensuring safe and effective practice
Work as part of the FFPP multiagency Programme Team, and across Health Partners to embed systems to deliver high quality person-centred care with compassion, dignity and respect achieving positive health outcomes.
Working with key health professionals within each agency to develop the processes needed for the multi-agency teams to be successful.
Progress towards new ways of working within health as outlined in Working Together 2023 and the FFPP programme guide, and provide feedback on any implementation issues as they arise.
Lead in with Partners on developing, implementing and evaluating FFPP including health systems and processes.
Consideration of Health models with potential need to build business cases to access funding from organisations/commissioners/ other various funding opportunities. Maintaining sustainability as eventual outcome.
Review evidence of work what works, from other areas implementing FFPP and through evidence based practice and research evidence on improving outcomes for children and families.
Test how to achieve better co-ordination and streamlining of local partnership boards and groups. Ensuring appropriate health membership/contribution.
Understand the key components of a system wide family first culture.
Learn how prescriptive (or flexible) the national approach to system reform needs to be to function effectively.
Implement and engage research and evidenced based practice to develop the skills of others.
Understand what needs to be in place to enable timely, effective and appropriate information sharing between and across partners.
Implement agreed systems to identify opportunities for learning and sharing good practice.
Assist with the aligning of IT systems and changing and developing new health documentation and information sharing policies and procedures.
Take timely action when professional standards fall short of those acceptable.
Implement systems to deliver patient safety and prevention of harm assurance.
To practice within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct ensuring knowledge and clinical expertise is maintained and developed within the scope of Professional Practice.
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- oFirst level registration with Nursing Midwifery Council
- oHealth care related master's degree or equivalent
- oPost basic registration course(s) oManagement training
- oEvidence of professional updating within last twelve months
- oExperience at senior level or above with extensive safeguarding experience
- oEffective leadership
- oInfluencing skills
- oChange management.
- oSuitability to work with adults/children at risk of abuse
- oPatient/user involvement or advocacy
- oPractice/service development within area of control
- oWorkforce planning
- oData collection/analysis, audit and evaluation - uses of database
- oStandard keyboard skills and knowledge of IT packages such as Word, PAS, and E-rostering etc.
- oAbility to inspire others
- oAble to work under pressure across competing priorities.
- oAbility to utilise research and develop research aware culture.
- oKnowledge of current NHS policy and their implication for services
- oCan act on own initiative.
- oAmbition in expectations of self and colleagues in delivering high-quality care.
- oPatient/user involvement or advocacy role
- oPractice/service development
- oClinical competence and credibility
Communication Skills
Essential
- oExcellent written and verbal skills.
- oAbility to communicate with senior staff on a range of highly complex and sensitive issues requiring both persuasive and empathetic skills
- oPresentation skills to small and large groups
Analytical Skills
Essential
- oTo lead in the development and maintenance of a suite of reports, consistent with routine performance monitoring, that accurately describes the ICB's position across Continuing Healthcare portfolio
- oExpert understanding of Microsoft Office Suite including Advanced Excel, Access, Word and Excel spreadsheet modelling
- oExpert understanding of relational databases, and of reporting from SQL Server and SSRS (SQL reporting studio)
- oProven problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected service demands
- oAbility to analyse highly complex facts and situations and develop a range of options for direct senior management in support of decision making
- oTakes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- oStrategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Planning Skills
Essential
- oDemonstrate capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- oExperience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
Management Skills
Essential
- oMust be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
- oExperience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
- oManage relationships with suppliers including of Information Systems.
Freedom to Act
Essential
- oMust be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
- oAbility to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
- oExperience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
Physical Skills
Essential
- oExpert knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite with excellent keyboard skills.
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- oNeeds to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
Other
Essential
- oUsed to working in a busy environment
- oAdaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- oWilling to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- oProfessional calm and efficient manner
- oEffective organiser, influencer and networker
- oDemonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- oCompleter/Finisher
- oAbility to work across all areas involved in FFCP model
- oPositive and enthusiastic
- oCan act on own initiative
Person Specification
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- oFirst level registration with Nursing Midwifery Council
- oHealth care related master's degree or equivalent
- oPost basic registration course(s) oManagement training
- oEvidence of professional updating within last twelve months
- oExperience at senior level or above with extensive safeguarding experience
- oEffective leadership
- oInfluencing skills
- oChange management.
- oSuitability to work with adults/children at risk of abuse
- oPatient/user involvement or advocacy
- oPractice/service development within area of control
- oWorkforce planning
- oData collection/analysis, audit and evaluation - uses of database
- oStandard keyboard skills and knowledge of IT packages such as Word, PAS, and E-rostering etc.
- oAbility to inspire others
- oAble to work under pressure across competing priorities.
- oAbility to utilise research and develop research aware culture.
- oKnowledge of current NHS policy and their implication for services
- oCan act on own initiative.
- oAmbition in expectations of self and colleagues in delivering high-quality care.
- oPatient/user involvement or advocacy role
- oPractice/service development
- oClinical competence and credibility
Communication Skills
Essential
- oExcellent written and verbal skills.
- oAbility to communicate with senior staff on a range of highly complex and sensitive issues requiring both persuasive and empathetic skills
- oPresentation skills to small and large groups
Analytical Skills
Essential
- oTo lead in the development and maintenance of a suite of reports, consistent with routine performance monitoring, that accurately describes the ICB's position across Continuing Healthcare portfolio
- oExpert understanding of Microsoft Office Suite including Advanced Excel, Access, Word and Excel spreadsheet modelling
- oExpert understanding of relational databases, and of reporting from SQL Server and SSRS (SQL reporting studio)
- oProven problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected service demands
- oAbility to analyse highly complex facts and situations and develop a range of options for direct senior management in support of decision making
- oTakes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- oStrategic thinking - ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise
Planning Skills
Essential
- oDemonstrate capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- oExperience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
Management Skills
Essential
- oMust be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others.
- oExperience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
- oManage relationships with suppliers including of Information Systems.
Freedom to Act
Essential
- oMust be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies.
- oAbility to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales
- oExperience of identifying and interpreting National policy. Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes/ practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation)
Physical Skills
Essential
- oExpert knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite with excellent keyboard skills.
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- oNeeds to have a thorough understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems.
Other
Essential
- oUsed to working in a busy environment
- oAdaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- oWilling to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- oProfessional calm and efficient manner
- oEffective organiser, influencer and networker
- oDemonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- oCompleter/Finisher
- oAbility to work across all areas involved in FFCP model
- oPositive and enthusiastic
- oCan act on own initiative
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
