Early Help Navigator

There has been an exciting opportunity arisen to be an Early Help Navigator within The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. This role will be to deliver autonomous advanced level practice encompassing aspects of education, research and management whilst being firmly grounded in advocating and embedding Early Help within the trust. This role will scope, target and develop a culture for Early Help Assessments to be undertaken and strongly embedded within practice trust wide enabling a Think Family approach to care delivered at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. To deliver autonomous advanced level practice encompassing aspects of education, research and management whilst being firmly grounded in advocating and embedding Early Help within the trust. This role will scope, target and develop a culture for Early Help Assessments to be undertaken and strongly embedded within practice trust wide enabling a Think Family approach to care delivered at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. The post holder will scope and deliver training whilst working with practitioners across the trust and Local Authority in educating and supporting staff to identify when Early Help is required. It is imperative this role then captures the impact of this training through audit and reports, identifying barriers and current gaps in practice. The post holder will then work to address these issues and gaps through appropriate escalation routes, further training, accessing appropriate professional networks and supporting staff both on an individual and organisational level. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients. We are delighted that we have been rated as"Good"by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020. The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly. - To support practitioners to assess individuals, families and populations holistically using a range of different assessment methods and ensuring these are encompassed within the Early Help Assessment undertaken. - To support and empower practitioners to provide a holistic approach in identifying early those circumstances whereby social factors are or could impact upon a child’s wellbeing. - To support Health Professionals to initiate Early Help Assessments and where appropriate, develop plans which reflect the Think Family aims and objectives whilst ensuring sustainable outcomes are met. - Have a health promotion and prevention orientation, and comprehensively assess patients for risk factors and early signs of illness. Using ‘making every contact count’ as an approach to change behaviour through interactions with individuals, carers and families to support them in making positive changes to their physical and mental health and wellbeing. - Draw on a diverse range of highly specialist knowledge in decision-making to determine the most appropriate interventions required in accordance to the Wolverhampton Thresholds Document that is overseen by Wolverhampton Safeguarding Together. - To promote strong partnership working with Strengthening Families Hubs and other partner agencies to embed a whole family approach. - Working in partnership with others, delegate and refer to other professions and services as appropriate to optimise health and social outcomes and resource use. - Ensure data is collected to measure impact and outcomes and is regularly audited to ensure plans are undertaken in accordance with agreed standards. - To support local partnership meetings with both quantitative and qualitative information identifying local and city wide progress on Early Help. - To develop and deliver training that will support the development of the whole family approach in health settings and practice. - To support health professionals to identify families that meet the Troubled Families Criteria and take appropriate actions including providing key information to the Troubled Families Team in the City of Wolverhampton Council. (See Job description for full details)