St Helens Council
student placement opportunities
St Helen’s Children’s Services
Placements will continue to be organised by the university Placement Coordinator.
St Helens is a strong, resilient Council that respects and values the individuality and diversity that every employee brings to the Council. This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children, Young People and Adults within the Borough and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. There are placement opportunities in teams with expertise in the following areas:
Duty
Initial Child and Family Assessments, safeguarding, early help, longer term interventions and Crisis Resolution Home Treatment.
Assessment
Pre-birth assessments and parenting assessments, Children in Need, Child Protection, Public Law Outline, Looked After Children including long term Residential Care or Foster Care.
Children We Look After
Futures
Children with Disabilities
Eligibility criteria, statutory support, child protection and Looked After Children, support for siblings of children, partnership working with parents and multi-disciplinary services.
Transitions
Fostering
Recruitment, support and training of Foster Carers.
FaST (Families Stay Together)
With nurturing, support and guidance, students will work with children and families within varying levels of need and risk.
Students will be supported to understand the lived and living experiences of our children in families and look at how we work in partnership with families to improve outcomes for children and families.
We also try to support students to spend time in areas of service away from their placement area to support a wider understanding of children’s social care and to maximise learning and development opportunities.
Students will have opportunities to understand the wider context of practice by looking at the social, cultural, economic context of St Helen’s.
St Helen’s Adult’s Services
Placements will continue to be organised by the university Placement Coordinator.
St Helens is a strong, resilient Council that respects and values the individuality and diversity that every employee brings to the Council. This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children, Young People and Adults within the Borough and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. There are placement opportunities in teams with expertise in the following areas:
- Contact Care, Integrated Hospital Discharge; Assessments for both St Helens and Halton Borough Councils, admissions, multi-disciplinary working and decision making processes, discharge planning and signposting to appropriate community support/placements.
- Later Life, Disability, Mental Health, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards & Review; physical and sensory disabilities, mental health issues, dementia and age related support needs, social care assessments, Mental Capacity Act 2005, assessing capacity and making Best Interest Decisions, Carer Assessments and Safeguarding Adults investigations.