Senior Safeguarding Practitioner

NHS; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Senior Safeguarding Practitioner to promote professional practice within safeguarding. This role involves supervising and training staff, providing specialist advice, and collaborating with partner agencies on safeguarding issues. The ideal candidate should have relevant professional registration and experience in safeguarding. This full-time position offers opportunities for personal growth and a commitment to a diverse workforce.

Benefits

Wellness opportunities including flexible working

Commitment to sustainability and diversity

Qualifications

• Hold a current professional registration.
• Two years of direct multi-agency safeguarding experience.
• Theoretical and practical knowledge of safeguarding procedures.

Responsibilities

• Inspire the development of safeguarding culture within the Trust.
• Facilitate safeguarding supervision for clinical teams.
• Work autonomously to meet service needs.
• Manage sharing of confidential information with partner agencies.
• Attend multi-agency case conferences.
• Support delivery of safeguarding training.

Skills

Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills

Experience in multi-agency child and adult safeguarding

Ability to represent in external safeguarding meetings

Education

Current professional registration (e.g., Nurse, Allied Health Professional)

Job description

Senior Safeguarding Practitioner

The closing date is 09 December 2025

Senior Safeguarding Practitioner - 37.5 hours per week full time

Band 7, £47,810 - £54,710 per annum 12 months fixed term

You will have a key role in promoting good professional practice across all elements of the safeguarding agenda under the guidance of the Head of Safeguarding. You will take the lead in providing supervision, training, specialist advice and support related to safeguarding adults, safeguarding children, Prevent and domestic abuse. You will contribute to developing the skills of the frontline practitioners, particularly in relation to assessment of safeguarding risk, immediate interventions, partnership working and report writing.

Main duties of the job

Hold a current professional registration e.g. Registered General Nurse, Registered Midwife, District Nurse, Mental Health Nurse, Practice Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Registered Allied Health Professional

Have experience within the last two years of working directly in multi-agency child safeguarding and/or adult safeguarding processes.

Theoretical and practical knowledge across the range of procedures and practices in the field of safeguarding enabling the post holder to provide specialist safeguarding advice to managers, professionals and colleagues.

Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills are essential to ensure the appropriate representation of North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust in public arenas, including court and case conferencing reporting.

The ability to represent North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Safeguarding Team in external safeguarding meetings as appropriate.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk)). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Job responsibilities

Help to inspire the development of a culture of safeguarding within North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. This will include but is not limited to robust systems, policies, partnership working and training relating to the safeguarding portfolio.

Facilitate safeguarding supervision for clinical teams across North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. As part of this supervision monitor and assess the impact of safeguarding work on individual practitioners/caseloads and elevate where appropriate.

Work autonomously, organising and planning own work to meet the needs of the service.

Under the direction of the Head of Safeguarding the post holder will be responsible for the management of the sharing of confidential, sensitive information with partner agencies in relation to safeguarding, particularly child safeguarding assessments.

Work collaboratively with other members of the Safeguarding Team, to ensure roles develop and complement each other and appropriate cover is provided at all times.

Under the guidance of the Head of Safeguarding, the post holder will take the lead in providing safeguarding supervision, specialist advice and support related to safeguarding across the Trust.

Attend multi-agency case conferences, strategy discussions and other safeguarding/protection meetings, as agreed with the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Adults.

Support the delivery of safeguarding training as per training strategy.

Where appropriate, deputise for the Head of Safeguarding.

Assist in the monitoring of quality developments/audits, as part of a clinical governance and quality assurance framework for Safeguarding, through which evidence-based practice and policies/procedures are continuously monitored and improved.

Person Specification

• Experience of working with partner agencies in relation to safeguarding
• Experience of managing caseloads that contain safeguarding risks
• Advanced level of understanding of key government legislation and current guidance, relevant to safeguarding
• Experience of providing safeguarding supervision and or clinical

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.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust