Safeguarding Practitioner

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 31,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a motivated Safeguarding Practitioner to join the Corporate Safeguarding Team. You will support statutory safeguarding duties for children and adults at risk, promote high standards of practice, and engage with external agencies to improve safeguarding outcomes.

The role requires knowledge of safeguarding agendas, strong communication, and collaboration across teams, with a commitment to the Trust’s 6 Cs and Caring ethos.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of national and local safeguarding legislation, guidance and policy.
• Experience of safeguarding children and adults practice.
• Ability to work with multi-agency safeguarding procedures and partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Safeguarding and Specialist Practitioners in statutory roles.
• Promote quality and effectiveness of safeguarding responses for children and adults at risk.
• Develop and implement policies, procedures and audits in partnership with other organisations.
• Apply up-to-date safeguarding research to clinical practice in consultation with senior team.

Skills

Communication skills

Verbal and written presentation skills

Multi-agency partnership working

Education

Degree or working towards

Masters or working towards Qualification in safeguarding children or adults

Teaching and assessment qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust Corporate Safeguarding Team in the role of Safeguarding Practitioner.

As a member of the team, the postholder will contribute to ensuring that the Trust fulfils its statutory duties and responsibilities, and that staff are aware of their responsibilities in relation to the safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk.

This post is full time 37.5 hours per week.

When writing your application, we encourage you to reflect on how your experience and values align with the Trusts 6 Cs: Care, Compassion, Courage, Communication, Commitment, and Competence. These values are central to everything we do at CWP, and we’re looking for individuals who demonstrate them in their everyday work and interactions.

Main duties of the job

To support the Head of Safeguarding, Named Nurse and Specialist Practitioners in the execution of statutory roles and responsibilities.

To promote quality and effectiveness of health workers responses to safeguard children and adults at risk.

To take part in developing and implementing policies and procedures and audit in partnership with other organisations.

To be knowledgeable in Safeguarding Children and Adults agenda with specific knowledge of Domestic Abuse and Child Exploitation / Contextual Safeguarding agendas, PREVENT, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.

With the support from the wider safeguarding team, they will work with complex safeguarding issues requiring strong communication skills, confidence in working and engaging with external agencies, and be alert to and supportive of measures to improve standards and practice.

To interpret and apply relevant, up to date research to clinical practice in consultation with the senior safeguarding team.

To promote high standards of practice relating to the safety and welfare of children and adults at risk in all areas of service provision .

We would welcome individuals with an interest in safeguarding children and adults who are passionate in leading on this exciting agenda.

Working for our organisation

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree or working towards
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Teaching and assessment qualification
• Masters or working towards Qualification in safeguarding children or adults

Knowledge and Expertise

• Knowledge of national and local safeguarding children legislation, statutory guidance, and policy
• Knowledge of patterns of abuse and neglect
• Verbal and written presentation skills
• Knowledge of the local and national Domestic Abuse/Safeguarding agenda
• Knowledge of the local and national Child Exploitation agenda
• Knowledge of ‘Family Approach’ to safeguarding

Experience

• Post-registration experience working with children in the safeguarding environmentExperience of safeguarding children practice
• Experience of working with multi-agency safeguarding children procedures
• Experience of Partnership working
• Experience of participation in safeguarding meetings

Trust Values

• Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C’s: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Lisa Allan Job title Named Nurse Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07810483657 Additional information

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Giving you time to care, space to think and opportunity to grow

We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our services are provided in partnership with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary and independent organisations, people who access our services, their carers and families. The Trust has over 14,500 members and employs more than 4,000 staff across 62 sites, serving a population of over one million people and highly specialist services for two million people.

We offer career opportunities to staff across a range of professions, including:

• Allied health professions - including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, and speech and language therapy
• Medical - including psychiatry and general practice
• Pharmacy
• Clinical support roles
• Estates and facilities
• Support services roles - including HR, communications, ICT,finance and more

At CWP, we believe in giving our staff the time to care, the space to think and the opportunity to grow.

With vacancies across a range of professions, wherever you’re at in your career journey, you’ll find something to suit you. So why not join our team today?

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