The post holder will be part of the Forensic Social Work service at West London NHS Trust supporting the Head of Forensic Social work and team managers.
The post holder will support the effective management of safeguarding practice and the establishment of a public protection governance agenda in the service by providing organisational and coordinating support.
The post holder is expected to act on their own initiative to ensure the effective running of safeguarding and other public protection processes, prioritising their own workload as required, with little daily supervision.
The post holder is expected to communicate and liaise effectively and professionally with all levels of staff, external organisations, and the public, dealing with complex, sensitive, and confidential information in an appropriate manner.
To be a point of contact and maintain relationships across multi agency safeguarding and public protection teams.
Assisting the Head of Forensic Social Work and team managers in the development and maintenance of efficient and effective office procedures.
To maintain and populate databases with confidential and sensitive information and to produce reports relating to this.
To co-ordinate, organise and support any safeguarding and public protection training schedules and work with the forensic social work service to ensure the smooth delivery of the sessions. This will include: - booking presenters, ensuring the appropriate venue is located and set up and reviewing; evaluations for feedback to be considered. You will be required to support and deliver training with the forensic social work services.
Take responsibility to plan and arrange meetings and events which may be internal or external to the team, ensuring all necessary arrangements are made, such as maintaining invite lists, making room bookings, refreshments, etc. and travelling to the site to ensure the event runs smoothly.
Using project management skills, provide a fully comprehensive professional project support to the forensic social work service.
Communicate information and issues, including briefings, reports, and legislative updates to members of the forensic social work team and others within the trust governance structure.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
