The post holder will work as part of a dynamic multi-agency integrated team assessing notifications and referrals regarding children aged 0-19 that are received by the MASH within Children’s Social Care. The MASH process includes searching for and collating health information from health data bases, with due regard to patient confidentiality. The health professional needs to analyse and proportionately share the information that is necessary to safeguard and/or promote the welfare of a child.
1. Providing a single front door for referrals and notifications
2. Co-location of key partners
3. Provides a safe confidential environment
4. Enables analysis of risk or need on a case by case basis
5. Enables wider victim identification within communities
MAIN DUTIES
The post holder will:
- Represent Health and work as part of the MASH within Islington.
- Provide a seamless response to all safeguarding concerns to children’s social care as part of the single point of access.
- Be responsible for health input to the assessment, discussions and decisions made by the MASH team.
- Proactively engage with health staff who deliver frontline services and provide specialist children’s safeguarding information, advice, guidance and support to promote the health and welfare of children.
- Work with the Whittington Health Children Safeguarding Team to develop and implement the health systems and processes within the MASH and to ensure that there is an effective audit in place for monitoring the management of referrals requiring health input.
- Collate qualitative and quantative data on the workflow through MASH Health.
1. Providing a single front door for referrals and notifications
2. Co-location of key partners
3. Provides a safe confidential environment
4. Enables analysis of risk or need on a case by case basis
5. Enables wider victim identification within communities
MAIN DUTIES
The post holder will:
- Represent Health and work as part of the MASH within Islington.
- Provide a seamless response to all safeguarding concerns to children’s social care as part of the single point of access.
- Be responsible for health input to the assessment, discussions and decisions made by the MASH team.
- Proactively engage with health staff who deliver frontline services and provide specialist children’s safeguarding information, advice, guidance and support to promote the health and welfare of children.
- Work with the Whittington Health Children Safeguarding Team to develop and implement the health systems and processes within the MASH and to ensure that there is an effective audit in place for monitoring the management of referrals requiring health input.
- Collate qualitative and quantative data on the workflow through MASH Health.
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