Team Leader for Looked After Children

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board; Pontypridd; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leading pension

Generous leave

Flexible work

Career growth

Ongoing learning and development

Job summary

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is offering an exciting leadership opportunity for a Band 7 Team Leader for Looked After Children. Based in Wales, you will lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, child-centered health assessments and safeguarding services across the Health Board.

You will work closely with partners across health, social care and education to promote the health, wellbeing and safety of children in care, driving service development and ensuring compliance

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience leading safeguarding teams or services.
• Experience working with Looked After Children.
• Proven ability to manage priorities and drive service improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership to the Looked After Children Health Team.
• Lead service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensure delivery of timely, high-quality health assessments and safeguarding services.
• Collaborate with local authorities, education, foster carers and other health professionals.

Skills

Leadership

Safeguarding

Multidisciplinary team

Communication

Education

NMC registration

Job description

An exciting leadership opportunity has arisen within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTM UHB) for an experienced and motivated nurse to join our Safeguarding and Public Protection Service as a Band 7 Team Leader for Looked After Children.

This is a rewarding role for a passionate practitioner who is committed to improving outcomes for looked after children, care-experienced young people, and their families.

You will lead and support a dedicated multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, child-centred health assessments, care planning, and safeguarding services across the Health Board.

As the Team Leader for Looked After Children, you will provide clinical and professional leadership to the Looked After Children Health Team, ensuring that vulnerable children and young people receive timely, effective, and compassionate healthcare.

Working closely with local authority, education, foster carers, residential settings, and other health professionals, you will play a pivotal role in promoting the health, wellbeing, and safety of children in care.

The successful candidate will lead service development, drive quality improvement initiatives, and ensure compliance with Welsh Government and statutory requirements.

Whilst primarily based within the Looked After Children Team, the post holder will contribute to the wider Safeguarding and Public Protection Team, providing support across the broader safeguarding agenda as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as first point of contact for telephone queries relating to Looked After Children service, dealing frequently with safeguarding issues, child and adult abuse requiring empathy, reassurance and persuasive skills to allay any fears or anxieties the caller may have.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies across health, social care and wider statutory and third-sector services to ensure Looked After Children receive equitable, high-quality healthcare, with services responsive to their individual needs, vulnerabilities and looked after status.
• Support wider multi‑agency safeguarding arrangements, promoting effective information sharing, professional challenge, escalation and collaborative decision‑making to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk.
• Contribute to the development, implementation and review of safeguarding systems, processes, policies and pathways across the Looked After Children health service and, where required, the wider safeguarding service. This will support consistency, quality assurance and compliance with relevant statutory duties, national guidance and organisational governance arrangements.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales’s largest employers.

Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.

CTM’s location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff’s vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.

Our CTM 2030 Strategy—Our Health, Our Future—focuses On Uniting Our Region Around Shared Health And Wellbeing Goals. Our Values Guide Us Daily

Core Values

• We listen, learn, and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We work together as one team

Benefits

• a leading pension
• generous leave
• flexible work
• career growth
• access to ongoing learning and development

At CTM, you’ll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Janine Curtis Job title: Senior Nurse for Safeguarding Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07775551045

Nadine Long

Deputy Head of Safeguarding

07786660415

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