Job Description

There is an expectation that the canddiate woudl be in the office at least 2 days a week

You will be responsible for those assessing children who may meet the eligibility criteria for NHS Continuing Care. This will include the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation, evaluation and reviews of children. The post holder will work as part within Birmingham children's Trust to support and advise social workers to complete CC assessments and understand processes and decision making The post holder will to develop the role and to contribute to the development and implementation of a robust NHS continuing healthcare process and assessment for NHS funded care. Continuing Children will have complex and/or intense health care needs and/or unstable fluctuating conditions, and/or unpredictable, and/or progressively/rapidly deteriorating; aggressive disinhibited behaviour which is difficult to control; unstable symptom control or severe continuous symptoms or a very high level of medical, nursing or therapy intervention with monitoring from one or more health professionals and/or their health needs will require a high level of professional time.