Safeguarding Practitioner

Job description

Job summary

The Health Team within the Gloucestershire Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) is recruiting. We are therefore looking for calm, and motivated practitioners, who are experienced and passionate about safeguarding children, to become MASH Safeguarding Practitioners. The post holder(s) will contribute to the health component of the MASH service, working alongside partner agencies to ensure that effective integrated and well-informed decision-making leads to early help and responsive safeguarding. An excellent knowledge and significant experience of safeguarding children practice and process in Gloucestershire is essential.

As part of Gloucestershire Health and Care's Safeguarding Team, the post holder(s) will be provided with a thorough induction package and considerable professional development opportunities in the area of Safeguarding.

When applying for this position please ensure you make it clear how you meet the requirements of the person specification.

Main duties of the job

• Through liaison identify and collate the relevant health information to add to the multi-agency risk assessment.
• Record, interpret and present health information and issues that can impact on the risk or needs assessment of child/children and young people from a range of health perspectives. This may involve disclosing relevant information about the parents or carers in ensuring the information is processed fairly and proportionately.
• Collate relevant health information and attend strategy meetings representing health.
• Participate in the MASH multi-agency risk assessment to inform the decisions, advising where necessary and challenging decisions when appropriate.
• Disseminate and communicate decisions and appropriate health information to relevant health professionals including the Named Nurse and/or Doctor where appropriate and for sharing best practice.
• Promote appropriate and effective communication by all health professionals within GHC, Primary Care and other health providers.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

Through liaison and clinical systems research identify and collate the relevant health information to add to the multi-agency risk assessment.

Record, Interpret and present health information and issues that can impact on the risk or needs assessment of child/children and young people from a range of health perspectives. This may involve disclosing relevant information about the parents or carers in ensuring the information is processed fairly and proportionately.

Participate in the MASH multi-agency risk assessment to inform the decisions, advising where necessary and challenging decisions when appropriate.

Represent health at safeguarding strategy discussions, sharing relevant health information and contributing to threshold decision making, in line with the Gloucestershire Levels of Intervention and the Children Act.

Disseminate and communicate decisions and appropriate health information to relevant health professionals including the Named Nurse and/or Doctor where appropriate and for sharing best practice

Promote appropriate and effective communication by all health professionals within GHC, Primary Care and other health providers

Actively participate in Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership sub groups, other working groups and committees as appropriate.

Contribute to multi -agency/ internal case reviews specifically in the implementation of the

findings and recommendations.

Contribute to the on-going collection of data for performance monitoring purposes

Participate in reflective safeguarding supervision

Mentor and supervise students and learners

Job description
Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

Through liaison and clinical systems research identify and collate the relevant health information to add to the multi-agency risk assessment.

Record, Interpret and present health information and issues that can impact on the risk or needs assessment of child/children and young people from a range of health perspectives. This may involve disclosing relevant information about the parents or carers in ensuring the information is processed fairly and proportionately.

Participate in the MASH multi-agency risk assessment to inform the decisions, advising where necessary and challenging decisions when appropriate.

Represent health at safeguarding strategy discussions, sharing relevant health information and contributing to threshold decision making, in line with the Gloucestershire Levels of Intervention and the Children Act.

Disseminate and communicate decisions and appropriate health information to relevant health professionals including the Named Nurse and/or Doctor where appropriate and for sharing best practice

Promote appropriate and effective communication by all health professionals within GHC, Primary Care and other health providers

Actively participate in Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership sub groups, other working groups and committees as appropriate.

Contribute to multi -agency/ internal case reviews specifically in the implementation of the

findings and recommendations.

Contribute to the on-going collection of data for performance monitoring purposes

Participate in reflective safeguarding supervision

Mentor and supervise students and learners

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Registered Nurse / Specialist Public Health Nurse/midwife/ Allied Health Professional / Social Worker
• First degree or equivalent

Desirable

• Post Registration Qualification within specialty or equivalent

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Supporting Evidence of Post Registration Education relevant to safeguarding
• Possess professionally relevant & core specific competencies

Desirable

• Experience of working within a Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
• To provide recent evidence of involvement in service development and service improvement

Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Registered Nurse / Specialist Public Health Nurse/midwife/ Allied Health Professional / Social Worker
• First degree or equivalent

Desirable

• Post Registration Qualification within specialty or equivalent

LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Supporting Evidence of Post Registration Education relevant to safeguarding
• Possess professionally relevant & core specific competencies

Desirable

• Experience of working within a Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH)
• To provide recent evidence of involvement in service development and service improvement

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 .

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. .
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.
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 .

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. .
UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address

GTEC building

Waterwells Drive Quedgeley

Gloucester

GL2 2AN

United Kingdom

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