All Age Safeguarding Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Sunderland; Vor Ort; GBP 28.000 - 38.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Safeguarding Practitioner to join the Safeguarding Support team. You will assist the Named Nurse/Professionals and safeguarding specialists with daily advice and supervision, contributing to a family-focused safeguarding approach across the Trust.

You will coordinate multi-agency safeguarding activities, deliver training, and support reviews and complex safeguarding cases across adults and children.

Qualifikationen

• Degree level qualification or equivalent, with evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Current Part 1 NMC registration, or relevant registration as a midwife, allied health professional or social worker
• Evidence of safeguarding experience for adults and/or children using a family approach
• Sound clinical background and relevant post-qualification experience
• Inter-agency partnership working and attending multiagency safeguarding meetings
• Completing reports, care plans and risk assessments
• Evidence of skills to assess and interpret complex safeguarding needs

Aufgaben

• Identify safeguarding concerns and work collaboratively in a multi-agency team
• Support named nurse/professionals and safeguarding specialists to meet statutory duties and promote a family approach
• Give expert advice and safeguarding supervision on concerns, using a family approach and restorative, reflective practice
• Provide daily advice and support to Trust staff so that practice aligns with evidence-based research
• Build and maintain relationships with multidisciplinary teams and internal and external stakeholders to coordinate safeguarding
• Support completion of internal and external safeguarding reviews, including Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews and Adult Safeguarding Reviews
• Prepare and deliver safeguarding training sessions for staff groups across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
• Support delivery of safeguarding training and education across the Trust so staff know policies, procedures and responsibilities
• Support multi-agency training provision when required
• Actively contribute to the family approach across Trust services

Kenntnisse

Safeguarding knowledge

Verbal communication

Written communication

IT skills

Risk analysis

Inter-agency collaboration

Critical analysis

Ausbildung

Degree level qualification

Jobbeschreibung

This Safeguarding Practitioner post sits in the Safeguarding Support team at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, within a geographical hub model. It assists the Named Nurse/Professional and safeguarding specialists with daily advice, safeguarding supervision and statutory safeguarding reviews. Its distinct features are a family-focused approach, training staff across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, and multiagency working. Applicants need current registration as a nurse, midwife, allied health professional or social worker.

What the job involves

• Identify safeguarding concerns and work collaboratively in a multi-agency team
• Support named nurse/professionals and safeguarding specialists to meet statutory duties and promote a family approach
• Give expert advice and safeguarding supervision on concerns, using a family approach and restorative, reflective practice
• Provide daily advice and support to Trust staff so that practice aligns with evidence-based research
• Build and maintain relationships with multidisciplinary teams and internal and external stakeholders to coordinate safeguarding
• Support completion of internal and external safeguarding reviews, including Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews and Adult Safeguarding Reviews
• Prepare and deliver safeguarding training sessions for staff groups across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
• Support delivery of safeguarding training and education across the Trust so staff know policies, procedures and responsibilities
• Support multi-agency training provision when required
• Actively contribute to the family approach across Trust services

What’s required

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification or equivalent, with evidence of ongoing professional development

Registration & licences

• Current Part 1 NMC registration, or relevant registration as a midwife, allied health professional or social worker

Experience

• Evidence of safeguarding experience for adults and/or children using a family approach
• Sound clinical background and relevant post-qualification experience
• Inter-agency partnership working and attending multiagency safeguarding meetings
• Completing reports, care plans and risk assessments
• Evidence of skills to assess and interpret complex safeguarding needs

Skills & knowledge

• Good knowledge of safeguarding legislation, including the Children Act 1989 and 2004, Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005
• Comprehensive understanding of the different forms of abuse and neglect
• Knowledge of child and adult safeguarding frameworks, boards and the local authority safeguarding interface
• Familiarity with local safeguarding policies, procedures and protocols across all age groups
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and IT skills
• Critical analysis of health information, proportionate information sharing and complex risk analysis in a multi-agency setting

Other

• Strong team player who is approachable and committed to a positive team environment
• Adaptable and self-directed in managing workflow and deadlines across Trust divisions
• Willingness and ability to travel independently across the Trust area

Nice to have

• Teaching and assessment qualification
• Evidence of specialist safeguarding training

What’s offered

• Flexible working requests can be discussed at interview