MASH Health Practitioner and Safeguarding Children Advisor Dual Role

NHS; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a passionate MASH Health Practitioner and Safeguarding Children Advisor. The role involves assessing notifications, providing safeguarding advice, and contributing to policy development within a multi-agency team. Ideal candidates will be NMC Registered Nurses with experience in safeguarding practices. This permanent, full-time position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to make a significant impact on children's welfare in the community.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in community and politically sensitive environments.
• Experience managing risks and child protection case loads.

Responsibilities

• Work with professionals to identify safeguarding risks.
• Evaluate and review safeguarding practices across services.
• Provide safeguarding supervision and advice to staff.

Skills

Communication

Analytical

Planning

Autonomy

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse

Post-graduate master's degree

Educated to degree level in child protection

Job description

Go back Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

MASH Health Practitioner and Safeguarding Children Advisor Dual Role

The closing date is 18 May 2025

We are looking for a practitioner that is highly driven and passionate about safeguarding children. This is a really exciting opportunity where the postholder will be working in a dual role of both a MASH Health Practitioner and Safeguarding Children Advisor.

This will incorporate working as part of the MASH dynamic multi-agency integrated team assessing notifications and referrals received regarding children aged 0-18 as well as attendance at multi-agency strategy meetings. This will include searching for and collating health information from a range of NHS providers both locally and further afield.

The post holder will be an integral member of the safeguarding children team and will support with the arrangements for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and their families in the Harrow 0-19 service. This will include the provision of specialist safeguarding children advice and support to staff to promote good professional practice in safeguarding children and the delivery of supervision and training to all levels of staff in the Harrow 0-19 service. In collaboration with the Named Nurse, contribute to the development and review of policies and procedures and take part in audit and other initiatives. Deputise for the Named Nurse as required.

The postholder will share information with due regard to patient confidentiality, interpreting and sharing the information that is necessary to safeguard and/or promote the welfare of a child.

Main duties of the job

To work with the named professionals, clinical governance team, service managers and operational directors to identify any areas of risk for the Trust regarding safeguarding children and contribute to managing and reducing those risks.

Contribute to the collection, reporting and presentation of data relating to safeguarding children activity across the Harrow 0-19 service.

To evaluate and review safeguarding practice across Harrow 0-19 service and ensure that staff have knowledge of and are able to utilise current local/National policies and guidance.

To contribute to the review and implementation of Trust standards and policies relating to safeguarding children.

In collaboration with the named professionals conduct audits to evaluate safeguarding children practice and contribute to the annual Harrow 0-19 service audit plan.

To monitor that recommendations of all internal audits, serious case reviews, inspections and statutory and other guidance are incorporated into changes in practice.

Consider the findings of relevant published research studies and summarise the key findings for distribution to relevant commissioners, health staff and other agencies as appropriate.

To initiate and participate in relevant research and keep up to date with evidence based practice.

About us

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Job responsibilities

Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.

Functional Responsibilities:

Contribute to performance improvement of the MASH taking the lead for health-related issues and for other identified areas where agreed by the team

Provide coordination of and participate in relevant internal and external working groups and provide advice, expertise and support where requested

Provide relevant and timely advice and reports on the function of the MASH to the named professionals, for inclusion in Safeguarding Children Partnership Reports

Undertake audit when required

Work with members of the MASH Team to investigate the causes of any variance in MASH activity and proactively contribute to the implementation of solutions.

Proactively participate to identify risks and issues with regards to the functions of the integrated team to facilitate resolution and/or escalation processes.

Provide Safeguarding Supervision to staff within the Harrow Children Services

Provide Safeguarding advice to staff

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse (Adult / Child / Mental Health / Learning Disability)
• Qualified Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor and School Nurse) qualification
• Completed Safeguarding Supervision training

Knowledge, Training and Experience

• Significant experience of working in the community
• Significant experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
• Demonstrated experience of co-working in complex and challenging environments
• Experience of managing risks and reporting and escalating concerns
• Experience of holding child protection case load
• Understanding of the public sector
• Understanding of the wider healthcare environment
• Good understanding of IT and community recording systems
• Sound knowledge of NHS safeguarding structure.
• Sound knowledge of multi-agency working (children and families)
• Sound knowledge of legislation and policy
• Experience of assessing risk and need for children
• Post-graduate master's degree in a relevant subject area or working towards
• Educated to degree level in a related child protection subject
• Evidence of continued professional development in safeguarding children to level 4

Communication Skills

• Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to partners from a broad range agencies, disciplines and services

Analytical

• Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources.
• Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
• Numerate and able to understand complex data combined with good analytical skills
• Able to contribute the health perspective to multi-agency meetings
• Able to challenge decisions and articulate rationale effectively

Planning Skills

• Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans accordingly
• Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures.

Autonomy

• Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales

Equality and Diversity

• The promotion of equality of opportunity and good working relations (providing practical leadership)

Other

• Experience of managing a work-stream without on-site direct line management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Harrow's MASH Hub (MASH) and Harrow 0-19 service Bessborough Road in Harrow

£51,883 to £58,544 a yearper annum incl. HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

333-G-HCS-1127

Job locations

Harrow's MASH Hub (MASH) and Harrow 0-19 service Bessborough Road in Harrow