Safeguarding Practitioner - Child

Portsmouth Hospitals University Nhs Trust; Newport; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site nursery

Wellbeing centre facilities

Job summary

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust in the Isle of Wight is seeking a Band 6 safeguarding professional on a 30-hour part-time basis for a 9-month temporary secondment. The role supports operational safeguarding activities and provides advice to staff on safeguarding duties.

You will work across Trust services, liaise with clinical and non-clinical teams, and help maintain compliance with safeguarding legislation.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with UK registration is essential.
• Qualifications in social work or allied health are required.
• Experience in safeguarding adults and multi-agency liaison.
• Understanding of safeguarding policies and legislation.

Responsibilities

• Support safeguarding compliance with statutory and contractual requirements.
• Liaise daily with clinical and non-clinical areas to identify safeguarding cases.
• Record and interpret health information for risk assessments.
• Explain complex safeguarding information to professionals.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Prioritisation and time management

Education

Registered Nurse

Social Work Qualification

Allied health professional Qualification

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

Email systems

Job description

Job summary
NHS Band 6 salary: £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum
actual salary £31,967 - £38,493 per annum
Hours per week: Part time 30 hrs
Contract type: Temporary for 9 months (Secondment Considered)
To support the Trust Safeguarding Service in performing their safeguarding duties and responsibilities by providing operational safeguarding Children advice and support to all staff on a day-to-day basis.

Main duties of the job

• To support the Trust in maintaining compliance to statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements set out in safeguarding law and policy.
• Liaise on a daily basis with clinical and non-clinical areas to ascertain any new safeguarding child cases and ensure the correct procedures are being followed.
• To record, interpret and present health information and issues that can impact on the risk or needs assessment of adults who may be at risk of, or experiencing neglect and/or abuse, from a range of health perspectives. This may involve disclosing relevant information regarding allied health and social carer organisations, ensuring the information is processed fairly and proportionately.
• Explain clearly and with sound rationale, highly complex safeguarding adult information to a wide range of allied health and social care professionals.

About us
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans' status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Details
Date posted: 16 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £31,967 to £38,493 a year
(NHS Band 6 salary: £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum)
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: REF2450Z
Job locations: St Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG, United Kingdom

This is an opportunity to join the Safeguarding Service, place based on the Isle of Wight, for a secondment to cover Maternity Leave.

• The Post holder is required to hold a relevant qualification i.e., Registered Nurse, Social Work Qualification, Allied health Professional Qualification with relevant experience of adults / child / maternity safeguarding.
• Provide operational safeguarding support to all Trust services and inform Safeguarding All Age Specialist Practitioner and Named Nurse / Professional Lead for Safeguarding of current concerns/trends expressed by frontline staff.
• To assist the Safeguarding Service in the delivery of safeguarding training
• To support the development and implementation of safeguarding practice across the Trust.
• To ensure effective multi agency liaison, meeting the statutory requirements by providing support and advice to all areas of the Trust.
• To support the trust Safeguarding Service in performing their safeguarding duties and responsibilities through advice to operational services, escalation of concerns to/from other agencies and effective feedback and support from safeguarding meetings and forums.
• To assist in audit and reporting of safeguarding processes, actions, and outcomes across the Trust.
• To assist the Safeguarding Specialist Practitioner / Named Nurse / Professional for Safeguarding to embed a Family Approach towards safeguarding across the trust.
• To maintain and improve the understanding of what constitutes a safeguarding referral and ensure the quality of safeguarding referrals
• To work in collaboratively with Divisions supporting the Section 42 enquiry process and ensuring learning is embedded within operational practice.

For full job details, please refer to enclosed Job description.

Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge of national and local safeguarding adult polices guidelines and recommendations
• Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to safeguarding adults
• Demonstrates knowledge of abuse and neglect
• Knowledge of the Local Authority Multi-Agency Safeguarding Adult Hub (MASH) agenda
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Good IT skills, email, word and excel
• Ability to prioritise, work flexibly and to tight deadlines
• Completion of audits, reports, and chronologies
• Non-judgemental and self-motivated.

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Qualification in Social Work
• Allied health professional Qualification i.e., Speech and Language Therapy, Specialist Dentistry, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Teaching and assessment qualification.
Post registration experience of safeguarding adults.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Address: St Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Hiring Manager Victoria Kalaker [e-mail]