Specialist Practitioner in Safeguarding Children

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a Specialist Practitioner in Safeguarding Children. The role involves working within a multi-disciplinary team to provide safeguarding training, support, and oversight for children and young people. Candidates should have relevant nursing qualifications and a strong understanding of safeguarding policies. This position offers a full-time opportunity with diverse responsibilities across community and acute settings.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programs

Supportive working environment

Opportunities for personal development

Qualifications

• Registered nurse or community public health nurse.
• Experience in safeguarding and child protection.
• Ability to work independently and in teams.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with other health and social care professionals.
• Deliver training and provide safeguarding supervision.
• Participate in audits and risk assessments.

Skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Communication skills

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Training delivery

Judgment in safeguarding

Education

Current registration as a children's nurse

First level degree in health-related subject

Master's level or equivalent experience

Accredited Supervisors Skills course

Tools

Microsoft Office

IT systems for data retrieval

Job description

Go back Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Practitioner in Safeguarding Children

The closing date is 10 October 2025

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.

Main duties of the job

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 us

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.

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.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Current registration on part 1 of the NMC register as a registered children's nurse or Part 3 as a specialist community public health nurse (health visitor or school nurse)
• First level degree or equivalent in a health related subject.
• Educated to master level or equivalent experience via work experience or short courses
• Completed an accredited Supervisors Skills course
• Completed post registration training in safeguarding children and young people or willing to do so

Skills / Abilities

• Contribute to, and make considered judgements about how to act to safeguard/protect a child or young person
• Work with children, young people and families where there are safeguarding concerns as part of the multi-disciplinary team and with other disciplines
• Present safeguarding/child protection concerns verbally and in writing for professional and legal purposes
• Give effective feedback to colleagues and take appropriate action
• Challenge other professionals when required and provide supporting evidence, take appropriate action
• Deliver training and provide support and safeguarding supervision to colleagues and peers
• Contribute to and make considered decisions on whether concerns can be addressed by providing or signposting to sources of information or advice
• Participate and chair multi-disciplinary meetings as required
• Contribute to risk assessments
• Prepare chronologies and reviews that summarise and interpret information about individual children and young people from a range of sources
• Assess the role of parental issues on children, young people and the family
• Lead on or participate in audits assurance processes
• Good understanding of IT systems such as searching and retrieving data
• Ability to use Microsoft packages

Knowledge

• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
• Sound knowledge of Safeguarding Children statutory and local threshold framework, policies and procedures
• Knowledge/understanding of information sharing and confidentiality issues
• Understand the importance of children's rights in the safeguarding/child protection context, and related legislation
• Recognises the impact of a family's cultural and religious background when assessing risk to a child or young person, and managing concerns
• Understand the needs and legal position of young people, particularly 16-18 year olds, and the transition between children's and adult legal frameworks and service provision
• Understand processes for identifying whether a child or young person is known to professionals in Children's Social Care and other agencies
• Know when to escalate safeguarding concerns

Other Requirements

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values and adherence to the Equality Act
• Demonstrates a commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, aligning with the Trust's core values
• Commitment to ongoing personal development and engagement in annual appraisal and regular effective supervision
• Mobile working

Experience

• Significant experience in relevant area / speciality / field
• Work independently as well as in a team
• Currently working and caring for children and young people
• Currently working in safeguarding/child protection

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.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homerton Healthcare or Hackney Ark Downs Park Road

Homerton Healthcare or Hackney Ark Downs Park Road