Safeguarding Practitioner - Child

Job description

Job summary

This vacancy is open to employees of Isle of Wight NHSTrust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust only.

NHS Band 6 salary: £39,959 - £48,117 pro rataper annum actual salary£31,967 - £38,493 per annum

Hours per week: part time 30

Contract type: Secondment 9 months

Location Base: St Mary's Hospital, Parkhurst Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5TG

To support the Trust Safeguarding Service in performingtheir safeguarding duties and responsibilities by providing operationalsafeguarding Children advice and support to all staff on a day-to-day basis.

Main duties of the job

• To support the Trust in maintaining compliance to statutory,regulatory, and contractual requirements set out in safeguarding law andpolicy.
• Liaise on a daily basis with clinical and non-clinical areasto ascertain any new safeguarding child cases and ensure the correct proceduresare being followed.
• To record, interpret and present health information andissues that can impact on the risk or needs assessment of adults who may be atrisk of, or experiencing neglect and/or abuse, from a range of health perspectives.This may involve disclosing relevant information regarding allied health andsocial carer organisations, ensuring the information is processed fairly andproportionately.
• Explain clearly and with sound rationale, highly complexsafeguarding adult information to a wide range of allied health and social careprofessionals.

About us

Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust andPortsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellencein care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aimsunderpinning how we will achieve this.

The single corporate service is delivered across bothorganisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may berequired to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staffacross multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in personleadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront ofeverything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantasticbenefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for thoselong summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimmingpool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality andDisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe wecan offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring interms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, genderidentity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans'status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is an opportunity to join the Safeguarding Service, place based on the Isle of Wight, for a secondment to cover Maternity Leave.

• The Post holder is required to hold a relevant qualification i.e., Registered Nurse, Social Work Qualification, Allied health Professional Qualification with relevant experience of adults / child / maternity safeguarding.
• Provide operational safeguarding support to all Trust services and inform Safeguarding All Age Specialist Practitioner and Named Nurse / Professional Lead for Safeguarding of current concerns/trends expressed by frontline staff.
• To assist the Safeguarding Service in the delivery of safeguarding training
• To support the development and implementation of safeguarding practice across the Trust.
• To ensure effective multi agency liaison, meeting the statutory requirements by providing support and advice to all areas of the Trust.
• To support the trust Safeguarding Service in performing their safeguarding duties and responsibilities through advice to operational services, escalation of concerns to/from other agencies and effective feedback and support from safeguarding meetings and forums.
• To assist in audit and reporting of safeguarding processes, actions, and outcomes across the Trust.
• To assist the Safeguarding Specialist Practitioner / Named Nurse / Professional for Safeguarding to embed a Family Approach towards safeguarding across the trust.
• To maintain and improve the understanding of what constitutes a safeguarding referral and ensure the quality of safeguarding referrals
• To work in collaboratively with Divisions supporting the Section 42 enquiry process and ensuring learning is embedded within operational practice.

For full job details, please refer to enclosed Job description.

Job description
Job responsibilities

This is an opportunity to join the Safeguarding Service, place based on the Isle of Wight, for a secondment to cover Maternity Leave.

• The Post holder is required to hold a relevant qualification i.e., Registered Nurse, Social Work Qualification, Allied health Professional Qualification with relevant experience of adults / child / maternity safeguarding.
• Provide operational safeguarding support to all Trust services and inform Safeguarding All Age Specialist Practitioner and Named Nurse / Professional Lead for Safeguarding of current concerns/trends expressed by frontline staff.
• To assist the Safeguarding Service in the delivery of safeguarding training
• To support the development and implementation of safeguarding practice across the Trust.
• To ensure effective multi agency liaison, meeting the statutory requirements by providing support and advice to all areas of the Trust.
• To support the trust Safeguarding Service in performing their safeguarding duties and responsibilities through advice to operational services, escalation of concerns to/from other agencies and effective feedback and support from safeguarding meetings and forums.
• To assist in audit and reporting of safeguarding processes, actions, and outcomes across the Trust.
• To assist the Safeguarding Specialist Practitioner / Named Nurse / Professional for Safeguarding to embed a Family Approach towards safeguarding across the trust.
• To maintain and improve the understanding of what constitutes a safeguarding referral and ensure the quality of safeguarding referrals
• To work in collaboratively with Divisions supporting the Section 42 enquiry process and ensuring learning is embedded within operational practice.

For full job details, please refer to enclosed Job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Qualification in Social Work
• Allied health professional Qualification i.e., Speech and Language Therapy, Specialist Dentistry, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Desirable

• Teaching and assessment qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Post registration experience of safeguarding adults.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of national and local safeguarding adult polices guidelines and recommendations
• Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to safeguarding adults
• Demonstrates knowledge of abuse and neglect
• Knowledge of the Local Authority Multi-Agency Safeguarding Adult Hub (MASH) agenda
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Good IT skills, email, word and excel
• Presentation skills
• Ability to prioritise, work flexibly and to tight deadlines
• Completion of audits, reports, and chronologies
• Non-judgemental and self-motivated.

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Qualification in Social Work
• Allied health professional Qualification i.e., Speech and Language Therapy, Specialist Dentistry, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Desirable

• Teaching and assessment qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Post registration experience of safeguarding adults.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of national and local safeguarding adult polices guidelines and recommendations
• Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to safeguarding adults
• Demonstrates knowledge of abuse and neglect
• Knowledge of the Local Authority Multi-Agency Safeguarding Adult Hub (MASH) agenda
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Good IT skills, email, word and excel
• Presentation skills
• Ability to prioritise, work flexibly and to tight deadlines
• Completion of audits, reports, and chronologies
• Non-judgemental and self-motivated.

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.
UK Registration

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

Additional information
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.
UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Address

St Mary's Hospital

Parkhurst Road

Newport

Isle of Wight

PO30 5TG

United Kingdom

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