Safeguarding Strategy Nurse

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health trust in the UK is seeking a dedicated registered nurse to join their Safeguarding Children team. The role involves working closely with professionals to assess risks and ensure children’s welfare within multi-agency frameworks. Candidates must have current NMC registration and experience in child protection meetings. This position offers a supportive environment and recognition for contributions made to patient care.

Benefits

Supportive culture

Employee Assistance Programme

Counselling service

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration is essential.
• Experience in child protection strategy meetings is vital.
• Demonstrated ability to teach and assess students.

Responsibilities

• Gather information from clinical records to assess risk.
• Share sensitive information with multi-agency professionals.
• Work within the Safeguarding children team.

Skills

Current NMC registration/ Registered Nurse or equivalent

Experience of attending multi-agency meetings

Teaching and assessing students

Commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare

Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team

Education

Educated to degree level

Job description

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Harrogate, United Kingdom

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Other

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Posted:

01.08.2025

Expiry Date:

15.09.2025

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Job Description:

Job overview

To work closely with the Specialist Nurse Child Protection/ 0-19 Locality Manager for Safeguarding and gather information from clinical records to assess and analyse risk in order to share the appropriate health information at safeguarding meetings. The Nurse will signpost colleagues to other relevant Health information/professionals where appropriate.

The post holder will work closely within the Safeguarding children team and others across the 0-19 Family Health Service in ensuring that HDFT statutory duties and safeguarding children’s responsibilities to safeguard children and young people are supported effectively.

The Nurse will provide information to partners including signposting to appropriate health providers and services.

To occasionally provide cover and support to the Multi agency front door

Main duties of the job

To work with the Specialist Nurse Child Protection/Complex Case Nurse for Safeguarding to gather information from the child’s clinical record to assess and analyse risk to share the appropriate information at strategy meetings. The Nurse will signpost colleagues to other relevant Health information where appropriate.

Using good communication skills, share sensitive information appropriately with the professionals within the multi-agency arena, the Safeguarding Children team and HDFT practitioners.

Use initiative to manage and prioritise own workload within trust policies and Safeguarding Children code of conduct.

Establish effective working relationships and networks with all professionals and agencies contributing to safeguarding of children and young people.

When delegated by the Specialist Nurse Child Protection/Complex Case Nurse for Safeguarding, review HDFT records, assess and analyse the risk to present health information at strategy discussions/meetings.

Using good levels of knowledge of child development, the law and good knowledge about risks identify when there is a need to professionally challenge a decision made at strategy meetings to safeguarding the child/children.

Working for our organisation

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you’re looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing – we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please note:

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
• Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
• All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See attached job description for detailed job description, main responsibilities and person specification.

Person specification

Essential and Desirable

• Current NMC registration/ Registered Nurse or equivalent, educated to degree level
• Experience of attending multi-agency meetings including child protection and strategy meetings
• Experience and ability to demonstrate teaching and assessing students, support staff and peers
• Able to demonstrate professional development working with children and families in the community
• Awareness and knowledge of latest guidelines/best practice in relation to safeguarding children and willingness to keep up to date
• Ability to demonstrate a strong commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
• Be able to confidently challenge practice and support colleagues in challenging perceived views offered by other professionals
• Able to demonstrate ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team/ environment
• Ability to demonstrate having gained equivalent knowledge
• Supervisor Supervision training
• Experience of clinical audit and performance management or willingness to learn