(MAP) Safeguarding Children Advisor

Church Lane Surgery; Woking; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider is seeking a Safeguarding Children Health Advisor to join their integrated team in Woking. The successful candidate will play a critical role in assessing referrals, sharing health information, and supporting child welfare decisions in a collaborative setting focused on continuous professional development. This permanent full-time position offers competitive pay, benefits, and opportunities for professional growth in a dynamic environment committed to safeguarding children.</p>

Benefits

Competitive Pay & NHS Pension

Professional Growth Opportunities

Wellbeing Support Services

Flexible Pay Options

Learning & Development Initiatives

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or Midwife with safeguarding/child protection experience.
• 3 years working with children and families in safeguarding.
• Evidence of continuous professional development in safeguarding.

Responsibilities

• Lead health-related aspects of multi-agency partnerships.
• Coordinate internal/external working groups.
• Provide timely safeguarding updates and reports.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Clinical Expertise

Confidentiality

Analysis

Communication

Education

Degree in Nursing or Midwifery

CPD in Safeguarding Children Level 3

Job description

At the heart of safeguarding children in Surrey, the Multi-Agency Partnership (MAP) brings together dedicated professionals from health, social care, education, and the police to ensure timely, effective, and coordinated support for children aged 0–18.

As a Safeguarding Children Health Advisor, you will play a crucial role within this dynamic, integrated team. Working collaboratively with our multi-agency colleagues, you will assess referrals and notifications, carefully triage and analyse information, and contribute your clinical expertise to help identify the most appropriate level of support for each child.

Your responsibilities will include sourcing, interpreting, and sharing relevant health information—always with the highest regard for confidentiality—to support safeguarding decisions. This process takes place within a secure, fire-walled environment that enables safe and efficient information sharing. While the Local Authority maintains statutory oversight, the MAP operates as a collective decision-making body, ensuring that every professional voice is valued in planning the right outcomes for children.

You will be based within Victoria Gate in Woking. Whilst we support agile and flexible working through the HCRG Care Group’s flexible-first approach, there is an expectation that you will be working in the office on Monday & Wednesdays.

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while working in a supportive and progressive setting that encourages learning, development, and shared responsibility for child welfare.

If you are a caring, experienced health professional with a passion for safeguarding and partnership working, we invite you to join our committed team.

Main Responsibility

Professional Leadership

• Lead on health-related aspects of the MAP and agreed improvement areas.
• Coordinate and participate in internal/external working groups, offering expert advice and support.
• Provide timely reports and safeguarding updates to the Named Nurse and Head of Safeguarding.
• Conduct audits as required and support variance analysis and resolution within MAP activity.
• Contribute to risk identification, issue resolution, and escalation within the integrated team.
• Assist in coordinating and delivering multi-agency health training and development.

Workforce Development

• Support coordination of MAP-related training and succession planning.
• Provide and participate in professional appraisals and health supervision with the Named Nurse.

Information Management

• Offer safeguarding improvement recommendations through audits, analysis, and reports.
• Ensure timely, accurate data reporting and analysis to the safeguarding leadership.
• Identify and fulfill own training needs; complete all mandatory training and annual appraisal.
• Engage in clinical supervision and competency development.
• Support team development in record keeping and clinical skills enhancement.

Information Resources

• Maintain accurate electronic records and produce data reports and training presentations.
• Adhere to data protection standards and information-sharing protocols.

Freedom to Act

• Comply with leadership behaviors, corporate policies, and relevant professional codes (e.g., NMC).
• Uphold all relevant organisational policies, including whistleblowing and confidentiality.

The Ideal Candidate

• Registered Nurse or Midwife
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience in safeguarding/child protection
• 3 years experience of working with children and/or families with Child Protection/safeguarding experience
• Evidence of continuous professional development (CPD) in safeguarding children level 3
• Experience of working across professional and multi-agency boundaries
• Experience of managing risks and reporting and escalating concerns
• Understanding of the wider healthcare environment and contemporary NHS issues
• Understanding of multi-agency working and the approach to safeguarding
• Knowledge of legislation and policy
• Experience of working in CAMHS/adult mental health services
• Experience of CPD in safeguarding adults level 3

Package Description

As a Multi-Agency Partnership (MAP) Safeguarding Children Advisor, you will be part of our valued team in our Surrey Child & Family Health Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Competitive Pay & Pension: Enjoy a Band 7 Agenda for Change salary and NHS pension benefits.
• Professional Growth: Join our Strive for Better networks, connecting with NHS professionals nationwide to share insights and develop leading care practices.
• Exclusive Rewards: Access discounts and premium offers at national supermarkets, well-known retailers, and indulgent treats like Virgin Experience Days through our Reward Gateway.
• Wellbeing Support: Benefit from our 24/7 free wellbeing service, offering access to counselors, career coaching, legal advice, and more.
• Flexible Pay Options: Use Wagestream to track your earnings and access your wages as you need them, without worrying about high-interest loans or overdrafts.
• Learning & Development: Advance your career with support from our Learning and Development team, who collaborate with universities and Health Education England. Access e-learning, career pathways, and funding opportunities to help you grow.
• Recognition & Involvement: Celebrate achievements with local and national awards, contribute ideas to improve services, and stay informed through regular updates from our leadership team.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

• Salary Band 7 AfC with T&C's & NHS Pension
• Frequency Annual
• Job Reference HCRGCG/TP/24475/15761
• Contract Type Permanent - Full Time
• Closing Date 06 July, 2025
• Job Category HCRG - Nursing and Midwifery Registered