Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in Blackburn is seeking a Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner to lead and support safeguarding efforts for vulnerable adults, children, and families. This pivotal role requires experience in safeguarding and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. The successful candidate will deliver training, develop safeguarding policies, and ensure adherence to legal frameworks while promoting high-quality services. The position offers flexibility in working arrangements and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive environment for diverse backgrounds

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in safeguarding or related senior role.
• Track record of delivering high-quality safeguarding services to vulnerable populations.
• Strong knowledge of the legal frameworks that shape the safeguarding agenda.
• Experience providing training, supervision, and advice to health and social care practitioners.
• Excellent communication and inter-agency collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert training, supervision, and advice on safeguarding issues.
• Support development of safeguarding policies and clinical practice.
• Contribute to Trust’s quality and assurance framework.
• Ensure quality assurance mechanisms are in place.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and agencies.

Skills

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Inter-agency collaboration

Job description

Job Overview

We are excited to announce a new vacancy within the LSCFT Safeguarding Team for a Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner. This role is pivotal in upholding the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and protecting vulnerable adults, children, and families.

The post will be based at Daisyfield Mill, Blackburn, servicing the Pennine Locality; however, staff will be expected to travel to other LSCFT bases as required.

Safeguarding is central to LSCFT’s governance framework. We are seeking someone with proven leadership experience and a track record of delivering exceptional care to society’s most vulnerable members. The successful candidate will be passionate about safeguarding and dedicated to providing reliable, high‑quality, and safe services in an area of work that is both demanding and immensely rewarding.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert training, supervision and advice to health and social care practitioners on a wide range of safeguarding issues impacting children, young people, adults and their families.
• Support the development of single and multi‑agency safeguarding policies, procedures and clinical practice, ensuring practice is current and aligned with local and national priorities.
• Support organisational safeguarding arrangements, contribute to the Trust’s quality and assurance framework and assist the team in fulfilling statutory safeguarding duties outlined by the Think Family Safeguarding Agenda.
• Work closely with Named Nurses and Named Professionals for Safeguarding Children, Adults and MCA to ensure appropriate quality assurance mechanisms are in place and to develop workforce skills and competencies.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and agencies to improve outcomes for vulnerable children, families and adults, and contribute to wider practice development initiatives in line with the new locality model and Integrated Care Partnerships (ICP).

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in safeguarding or related senior role.
• Track record of delivering high‑quality safeguarding services to vulnerable populations.
• Strong knowledge of the legal frameworks that shape the safeguarding agenda.
• Experience providing training, supervision and advice to health and social care practitioners.
• Excellent communication and inter‑agency collaboration skills.

Benefits & Diversity

• Flexible working arrangements (term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi‑time) to support work‑life balance.
• LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, actively challenging discrimination and encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including under‑represented groups.
• Supportive environment that welcomes individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under‑represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Kelly McNally
Job title: Named Nurse, Safeguarding Children & Adults
Email address: [e-mail]