Specialist Nurse / Professional: Safeguarding Children

Transformationunitgm; Salford; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization is seeking a Specialist Nurse to focus on safeguarding children. This role involves providing crucial support and guidance, influencing policies, and delivering training. The ideal candidate will possess substantial mental health experience and a Master's degree.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pay enhancements for evenings and weekends

Qualifications

• Substantial experience working in mental health services.
• Significant post registration experience.
• Teaching qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice and guidance on safeguarding children.
• Support the Named Nurse in Safeguarding Children initiatives.
• Deliver training and policy development.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Organizational Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Professional Registered Nurse

Master’s Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Main area Safeguarding Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Happy to discuss flexible working) Job ref 437-7238200

Employer Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Greater Manchester Mental Health Town Prestwich Salary £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 09/07/2025 23:59

Specialist Nurse / Professional: Safeguarding Children

Band 7

Job overview

The Specialist Nurse / Professional: Safeguarding Children will be responsible for providing specialist, complex and sensitive advice and guidance to staff across GMMH in regard to Safeguarding Children in line with national and local Safeguarding Children Policies. In addition to this, the post holder will be expected to influence, develop and participate in staff and student training and policy development.

Main duties of the job

The Specialist Nurse / Professional: Safeguarding Children will support the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children in embedding culture and practice in relation to Safeguarding Children, ensuring statutory and locally agreed procedures are followed, Trust requirements for incident reporting are met, and all relevant procedures are co-ordinated and adhered to.

Working for our organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over7,000members of staff, who deliver services from more than122locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• EDUCATION/ QUALIFICATIONS: Professional Registered Nurse, Midwife, Social Worker or Allied Health Professional
• • Master’s Degree or equivalent experience
• EXPERIENCE: The post holder should: Substantial experience working in mental health services. Substantial experience of safeguarding children at a senior level. Significant post registration experience. Extended clinical practice underpinned by teaching, supervision and assessment. Audit experience.
• Teaching qualification.
• KNOWLEDGE: The post holder should have: Experience of managing and leading on highly sensitive and complex safeguarding Children cases. Significant and thorough understanding of Working Together 2018, Children Act 2004, the Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 1983 Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards/LPS. Experience of delivering training to a high standard. Experience of evaluation of work /training programs Significant experience of working with service users and carers. Experience of producing high level reports and briefings to senior management, along with recommendations to ensure positive practice is embedded across service areas. Knowledge of mental health, and substance misuse Good understanding and awareness of Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) Experience of contributing to complex safeguarding meetings.
• Experience of delivering safeguarding children training.
• SKILLS AND ABILITIES: The post holder should: Able to maintain high standards of diplomacy and confidentiality. Excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication and organisational skills. Able to demonstrate flexibility, problem solving skills and make decisions. Ability to interpret data and prepare reports for service users, managers, staff teams and external agencies. Ability to deal with difficult, emotive, contentious and complex situations Excellent IT skills
• Experience of organisational change management.
• OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Requirement to Travel: There is an occasional requirement to travel across the wide footprint of the Trust to attend meetings and events relevant to the role. Work occasional unsocial hours Access to reliable method of transport across the Trust sites

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, for further information on the checks required please visit the NHS Employers website www.nhsemployers.org

The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we’d love to hear from you.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications

A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application.The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI-generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges.

We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – clickhere .

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

The Home Office introduces new changes from 09/04/2025 that impact the health and care sector, you may wish to familiarise with it here .

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment. Please contact our Recruitment Team for more information.

**Please note, this vacancy may be closed at any time if sufficient applications have been received**

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.