How To Apply

For an informal discussion please contact beth.liddle@leeds.gov.uk

To apply please complete the attached Expression of Interest form and send to beth.liddle@leeds.gov.uk

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Job Purpose

To work as a part of a team in assuring high quality practice within and across Leeds Childrens Services. To work alongside colleagues in the development, delivery and implementation of an innovative restorative Multiagency Formulation and Networking Forum to support an integrated network across Leeds children’s services. This innovation model centres on the development of a series of regular multi-agency formulation and practice development events delivered in local areas. The post holder will be part of a small team of practice development facilitators who will actively support implementation of the Leeds Practice Model, using restorative principles and techniques and promoting evidence based approaches and the children’s service ambition of ‘One family, One worker, One plan’. Work alongside colleagues to deliver practice development activities and support within the Family Hub teams. The innovation model used in the Family Hubs uses the same formulation approach as identified above, within a multiagency team, alongside a rigorous analytical approach to active service delivery. The post holder will actively support the implementation of the team supervision aspect of the model. The post holder will continuously uphold and promote the Leeds Practice Principles.

Responsibilities

Programme Development

In Collaboration With Associate Practitioners, The Post Holder Will

• Contribute to the development, coordination and continual evaluation of local structures and systems that can sustain effective delivery of a series of weekly formulation forums across the city.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of effective working relationships with partner agencies liaising on a regular basis to ensure effective partner agency engagement in the formulation forums and the implementation of the Leeds Practice Model.
• Contribute to the continual evaluation of the programme and work collaboratively alongside area colleagues and stakeholders to adapt and adjust and scale the programme to meet need.
• Support the Lead Rethink Practice Facilitator in providing evidence of the models impact (especially for targeted and vulnerable groups eg CLA) through use of effective quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
• In collaboration with associate area teamspresent at local, regional and national events, as required by the Programme Board.

Programme Delivery

Multiagency Formulation and Networking Forums

• Support the Lead Practice Facilitator in the organisation, set up and facilitation of a number of city-wide forums across the city each week to deliver the Leeds Practice Model, working alongside team colleagues in actively coaching each group of multiagency practitioners to engage in the use an identified formulation model/tool.
• Utilise theory and working knowledge of group work and group dynamics to illicit effective experience and outcomes for participants in each group.
• Within forums, coach agencies in effective formulations of presenting experiences of children and families referred to the services based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including specialist theory and evidence, always promoting working collaboratively with children, adolescents, family members and others involved in Children’s services.
• Utilise high level communication skills to promote multiagency involvement and contribution within each forum. Provide support and corrective feedback as required, share and grow expertise and knowledge and develop professional network supports and relationships.
• Assure that all formulations are comprehensive, holistic, and provide adequate information to determine the causes and correlates of presenting issues to direct effective intervention within the ecological context.
• Coach agencies to evaluate formulations and make decisions about treatment/intervention and/or management options in line with restorative principles taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors regarding historical, systemic and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
• Coach agencies in communicating highly complex information concerning formulation and treatment plans to children and families and other agencies in an empathic and supportive way, using the highest levels of interpersonal skills in situations which could be highly emotive and sometimes antagonistic.
• Actively seek feedback from each forum attendee to inform the on-going development of the innovation.

Practice Development within Restorative Early Support

• Work alongside colleagues to facilitate implementation of the innovation model including regular team supervision within the Family Hubs.
• Work to continuously evaluate effectiveness of implementation process and supervision model within the teams.

Multiagency working

• Always work to promote perspectives from multiple agencies.
• Always work to promote the Leeds Practice Principles across all agencies.
• Maintain and actively promote relationship building and effective communication between all stakeholders to support multi-agency, partnership working across Leeds.
• Within forums and training events provide appropriate challenge and support that targets systemic barriers to treatment success and promote collaborative problem solving to any barriers across services and partnerships in Health, Education, YOS, Housing, Social Care, Mental Health Services etc to ensure the best outcomes for young people and families.
• Within forums identify and utilise any emerging skills, strengths and knowledge that the entire group could benefit from.
• Support the Lead Practice Facilitator in continually evaluate attendance and contribution to forums and thus any gaps in city wide involvement.

Training and development

• Contribute to identifying and responding to training and development needs emerging from each forum. Support the Lead Practice Facilitator