Specialist Practitioner – Macpt Health Lead

Derbyshire Community Health Services Nhs Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT is seeking two experienced safeguarding professionals to join the MACPT as Specialist Practitioner (Safeguarding Children). You will lead health contributions to safeguarding decisions and coordinate health input with partner agencies.

These roles support Families First Partnership reforms and require strong leadership, multi-agency collaboration, and expert safeguarding knowledge across health services.

Qualifications

• Specialist CSPHN (Health Visitor or School Nurse) qualification.
• First Degree.
• Post Basic CPD in Safeguarding Children and Adults.
• Post Basic CPD in Safeguarding Children.

Responsibilities

• Lead health representative in MACPT, contributing to safeguarding decisions and planning.
• Provide safeguarding advice and professional challenge on complex cases across partners.
• Support multi-agency assessment, planning and risk management for safeguarding concerns.
• Collaborate with Children’s Social Care, Police, Education and partners to improve outcomes for children and families.
• Lead on the review and presentation of health information to inform safeguarding decisions.
• Contribute to safeguarding QA, service improvement, audits and learning across the organisation.
• Provide safeguarding supervision and training to health professionals and partners.
• Support Families First Partnership implementation and Family Help arrangements.
• Work with Health Co-ordinator and system partners to strengthen health’s multi-agency safeguarding role.

Skills

Excellent communication

Report writing

IT skills

Education

Specialist CSPHN (Health Visitor/School Nurse)

First Degree

Post Basic CPD in Safeguarding Children & Adults

Post Basic CPD in Saf safeguarding Children

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking two experienced and highly motivated safeguarding professionals to join our Safeguarding Service as the Specialist Practitioner (Safeguarding Children) - Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT) Health Lead. The post holders will provide specialist safeguarding leadership and act as the lead health representatives within the Multi-Agency Child Protection Team, ensuring that health information, expertise and professional challenge contribute effectively to safeguarding decision-making and child protection planning. These roles are central to strengthening partnership working across health, children's social care, education, police and wider agencies to achieve the best outcomes for children, young people and families.

The Families First Partnership programme represents a significant national transformation in the way services work together to support children, young people and families. Building on the recommendations of the Independent Review of Children's Social Care, the programme aims to strengthen early help, improve multi-agency collaboration and ensure families receive the right support at the right time through integrated, whole-family approaches.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence system-wide change, strengthen health's role within multi-agency safeguarding arrangements and contribute to the successful implementation of Families First Partnership reforms across Derbyshire.

Main duties of the job

• Act as the lead health representative within the Multi-Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT), ensuring that health information and expertise effectively contribute to safeguarding decision-making and child protection planning.
• Provide specialist safeguarding advice, consultation and professional challenge on complex safeguarding children cases across partner agencies.
• Support high-quality multi-agency assessment, planning and risk management for children and families where there are significant safeguarding concerns.
• Work collaboratively with Children's Social Care, Police, Education and other partner agencies to improve outcomes for vulnerable children, young people and families.
• Lead on the review, analysis and presentation of health information to inform safeguarding decision-making and strategic planning.
• Contribute to safeguarding quality assurance, service improvement, audit and learning activities across the organisation and wider partnership.
• Provide safeguarding supervision, training and support to health professionals and partner agencies as required.
• Support the implementation of the Families First Partnership programme and Family Help arrangements, promoting integrated working and whole-family approaches.
• Work closely with the Health Co-ordinator and key system partners to strengthen health's contribution to multi-agency safeguarding and early intervention services

About us

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

It is Trust policy that for posts that are for a time limited period, applicants who are currently employed by an NHS organisation will only be appointed on a secondment basis and should have approval from their line manager this is possible before applying. Applicants who are not employed by an NHS organisation, will receive a fixed term contract.

Details

Date posted: 26 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pa, pro rata
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 842-SCS-7928-26
Closing date: 15 November 2026

Person Specification

Essential education, qualifications and training

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor or School Nurse Qualification)
• First Degree
• Evidence of Post Basic Continuing Professional Development in Safeguarding Children and Adults
• Evidence of Post Basic Continuing Professional Development in Safeguarding Children

Desirable education, qualifications and training

• Management or Leadership Qualification
• Training Qualification (NSPCC, FETC, RNT)
• Supervision Qualification
• Experience of delivering training

Essential experience and knowledge

• Awareness of legal framework underpinning safeguarding (adult and children)
• Knowledge of safeguarding procedures
• Knowledge of Families First Partnership Programme

Desirable experience and knowledge

• Management or leadership Experience

Essential skills and attributes

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Report writing skills
• IT skills

Desirable skills and attributes

• Experience of audit process

Essential aptitude and personal qualities

• Ability to work individually and as part of a team
• Approachable
• Confidence to challenge professional practice or others in difficult situations with respect
• Ability to manage own well-being

Desirable aptitude and personal qualities

• Awareness of issues affecting equality and diversity

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

Address: County Hall, Smedley Street, Matlock, DE4 3AG, United Kingdom

Employer's website: http://www.dchs.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:

Health Co-ordinator, Sarah Johnson, [e-mail]