Specialist Practitioner in Safeguarding Children

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Camden Town is seeking a dedicated professional to join their Safeguarding Children Team. The successful candidate will work closely with health, social care, and education services to ensure the safety of children and young people. This hybrid role includes both community and acute settings. The organization is committed to staff development and an inclusive environment, offering a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Comprehensive hospital and community health services

Responsibilities

• Work with the paediatric liaison health visitor to communicate effectively across health, social care, and education services.
• Provide safeguarding training and supervision in line with HHFT's policies.
• Collaborate with Named Professionals to disseminate lessons learnt from audits and reviews.

Job description

Overview

We are delighted to advertise positions within the Safeguarding Children Team (full & part time).

The post holder will be a key member of the Safeguarding Children Team and work closely with the Head of Safeguarding Children and Named Professionals in delivering the Safeguarding Children Strategy and associated work and audit plans for the Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT).

The postholder will work across both community and acute settings, with a typical split of 3 days within the Community and 2 days from the hospital site. This may be adjusted in response to service needs.

Responsibilities

• Paediatric liaison work will involve working with the paediatric liaison health visitor to communicate effectively between primary, secondary and tertiary health, social care and education services by following up all children and young people (0-18) who attend Emergency Department (ED) or are seen in/outpatients services particularly when there are safeguarding concerns.
• Safeguarding training and supervision work will be provided to named groups of staff in line with HHFT learning and development strategy and the safeguarding children supervision policy. The post holder will be expected to identify and provide evidence based specialist information, advice, guidance and support required to help staff practise safely to safeguard children confidently and effectively.
• The post holder will work with the Named Professionals to ensure that lessons learnt from audit and serious case reviews/case management reviews/significant case reviews are disseminated to staff and embedded to improve clinical practice.

About Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Equality, Diversity and Recruitment

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly. Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits. Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.