Job Description

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.



Please note that previous applicants need not apply



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:

Locally based, multi-disciplinary family help services, providing intensive, non-stigmatising and effective support that is tailored to the needs of children and families. 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. 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. Updated and strengthened local multi-agency leadership through changes to safeguarding partner arrangements.

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.



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.