Specialist Health Practitioner

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Bradford seeks a Specialist Practitioner to provide health expertise within the Integrated Front Door team. Your role will involve safeguarding children by analyzing health information and advising partner agencies. Candidates should have significant safeguarding experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to evaluate complex information. Flexible working arrangements are offered, along with various health and wellbeing support packages.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Increased mileage rates

Health and wellbeing support

Development and learning opportunities

Support for Armed Forces

Commitment to sustainability

Qualifications

• Significant safeguarding experience working across local health economy.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate complex information.
• Ability to advise on health needs and risks of children.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to safeguarding children as part of the IFD team.
• Analyze health information to assess risks.
• Collate health data to inform service delivery.

Skills

Safeguarding experience

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work in the Bradford Multi-Agency Integrated Front Door (IFD) sitting within the Children and Families Trust. The IFD is a point of contact for members of the public or professionals who have a concern about the safety or wellbeing of a child or young person. The aim of the Specialist Practitioner within the IFD is to provide relevant information and health expertise in order to contribute to the multi‑agency safeguarding responses to calls coming into the IFD.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the effective safeguarding of children as part of the IFD team through the provision of health expertise, information and advice to inform safeguarding multi‑agency discussions and decision making.
• Analyse health information in relation to safeguarding risk and mitigation to inform the best child/family outcomes.
• Collate health data and intelligence to inform population needs and service delivery requirements.
• Line‑managed by the Head of Safeguarding but hosted within the Children and Families Trust.

Required Experience and Skills

• Significant safeguarding experience working across the local health economy and with partner agencies.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to analyse and evaluate complex information and assess the level of risk posed to children and young people.
• Ability to advise partner agencies about the health needs and risks of children and young people.

Key Dates

Closing date: 10th November 2025
Shortlisting: 12th November 2025
Interviews: 19th November 2025

Core Values

• We Care – Act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
• We Listen – Understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs.
• We Deliver – Develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.

Benefits

• Consideration of a variety of flexible working arrangements.
• Increase mileage rates for journeys > 3500 miles.
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages.
• Range of internal and external development and learning opportunities.
• Support to the Armed Forces and Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
• Commitment to environmental and social sustainability as part of the Green Plan and continuous improvement across service areas.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Amanda Robinson
Job title: Head of Safeguarding
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01274 221001