Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children

VISSPO; Yate; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

Sirona care & health CIC in Yate (South Gloucestershire) seeks a Band 7 Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children to join the safeguarding team. The role focuses on supervision, training delivery, and participation in MARAC/MASH/MACPT to safeguard vulnerable children and families.

You will provide line management and promote staff wellbeing, engage in strategy discussions, and contribute to developing safeguarding chronologies and training plans.

Qualifications

• Experience of line management or experience in a coordinator role.
• Experience working with children and families where child safeguarding has been a significant feature.
• Experience of team working and the factors that make teamwork effective together with knowledge of primary care services.
• Experience of developing and/or delivering training/presentations.
• Experience of inter-agency partnership working.
• Recent experience of engagement with the child protection supervision process.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate reflective and restorative supervision to all staff.
• Provide line management, supervision and support to team members.
• Participate in MARAC/MASH and MACPT.
• Represent Sirona in child protection strategy discussions.
• Contribute to strategy discussions on exploitation.
• Represent Sirona in multi-agency strategic groups.
• Develop chronologies related to child review procedures.
• Contribute to safeguarding training plan.
• Adopt a Think Family approach to safeguarding.

Skills

Line management

Training delivery

Inter-agency collaboration

Child protection supervision

Communication

Education

Registered Sick Children's Nurse / Registered General Nurse / Midwife or School Health Nurse

Education to degree level

Continuing professional development related to child protection

Ability to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Job description

Introduction

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated practitioner to join the South Gloucestershire Children's Safeguarding team, as a Band 7 Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children.

This opportunity has risen due to the team expanding to support the Social care reforms and the introduction of MACPT. This is a varied role, which includes, offering safeguarding supervision and support, delivering integrated Safeguarding training as well as involvement in Child Protection strategies and contribution to MASH, MACPT, MARAC. We work in partnership with Sirona practitioners, supporting them to provide a safeguarding service to the children, young people, and families they work with.

If you are a highly motivated individual who enjoys a fast paced environment and is passionate about safeguarding babies, children and young people we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• To facilitate and embed reflective and restorative supervision to all staff and create a culture where practitioners know how to safeguard and protect children.
• To provide line management, supervision and support to team members e.g. ensuring 1:1s, PDR and staff well-being.
• Actively participate within multiagency safeguarding processes such as MARAC/MASH and MACPT
• To participate as a Sirona Health Representative within child protection strategy discussions in line with the agreed delegated framework
• To participate and contribute to complex Strategy discussion in relation to exploitation
• To represent Sirona care and health at any multi-agency strategic groups as appropriate. This may include quality assurance or themed sub-groups for the local multi agency safeguarding arrangements.
• To compile, contribute and oversee the development of chronologies related to existing child review procedures such as Rapid Reviews, Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews
• To contribute to the development, delivery and facilitation of the Sirona Safeguarding Training Plan
• To adopt a Think Family approach to all aspects of safeguarding work and facilitate the embedding of this approach into organisation culture.

About Us

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Details

Date posted 21 September 2026

Pay scheme Agenda for change

Band 7

Salary £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract Permanent

Working pattern Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number 083-8266614-SL

Job locations Sirona care & health HQ
Badminton Road
Yate
BS37 5AF
United Kingdom

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position. Please note, we cannot offer a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role. If you currently require a visa to work in the UK, there must be a minimum of 14 months remaining until the expiry date. If you do not disclose your expiry date within your application, it may not be considered. Please only provide the expiry date and not your share code within your application. If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Person Specification

Essential (Skills, Experience and Knowledge)

• Experience of line management or experience in a coordinator role
• Experience working with children and families where child safeguarding has been a significant feature
• Experience of team working and the factors that make teamwork effective together with knowledge of primary care services
• Experience of developing and /or delivering training/presentations
• Experience of inter-agency partnership working
• Recent experience of engagement with the child protection supervision process

Desirable (Skills)

• Experience of Midwifery or sexual health

Essential (Qualifications and Training)

• Registered Sick Children's Nurse / Registered General Nurse / Midwife or School Health Nurse
• Educated to degree level
• Evidence of continuing professional development related to child protection through attendance at short courses
• Ability to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Enhanced DBS disclosure

Desirable (Qualifications)

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
• Supervision Qualification
• Teaching or Training Qualification e.g. ENB 998/997, City & Guilds / experience of developing / delivering training to professional groups

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 Sirona care & health CIC

Address Sirona care & health HQ
Badminton Road
Yate
BS37 5AF
United Kingdom

Employer's website https://www.sirona-cic.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)