Specialist Practitioner in Safeguarding Children
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Job overview
We are delighted to advertise positions within the Safeguarding Children Team (full & part time).
The post holders will be a key member of the Safeguarding Children Team and work closely with the Head of Safeguarding Children and Named Professionals in delivering the Safeguarding Children Strategy and associated action plans for the Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT)
The post holder will be responsible for delivering safeguarding supervision, providing safeguarding advice and support and training.
Main duties of the job
The post holders will:
- Provide one to one and group safeguarding children supervision to a defined group of staff.
- Support practitioners to identify and refer vulnerable children and young people at risk or suffering from harm to the appropriate agencies
- Provide advice and support for all staff working with complex families in complex situations involving the death or serious injury of a child.
- Ensure evidence based advice is provided to all staff requesting or requiring professional support with decision making/complex issues.
- Ensure that risk assessment are carried and that the health intervention is clearly recorded, reviewed and amended
- Support staff as required by attending a range of safeguarding children meetings including child protection conferences
- Deliver statutory and mandatory safeguarding training
- Work with the Named Nurse training lead to evaluate training and adapt provision according to feedback from participants
- The post holders will work with the Named Professionals to ensure that lessons learnt from audit and serious case reviews/case management reviews/significant case reviews are disseminated to staff and embedded to improve clinical practice.
Working for our organisation
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria- Current registration on part 1 of the NMC register as a registered children’s nurse or Part 3 as a specialist community public health nurse (health visitor or school nurse)
- First level degree or equivalent in a health related subject.
- Evidence of further training in safeguarding children
- Completed an accredited Supervisors Skills course or willing to do so
- Completed post registration training in safeguarding children and young people or willing to do so
Skills/ Abilities
Essential criteria- Contribute to, and make considered judgements about how to act to safeguard/protect a child or young person
- Work with children, young people and families where there are safeguarding concerns as part of the multi-disciplinary team and with other disciplines,
- Present safeguarding/child protection concerns verbally and in writing for professional and legal purposes
- Give effective feedback to colleagues and take appropriate action
- Challenge other professionals when required and provide supporting evidence take appropriate action
- Deliver training and provide support and safeguarding supervision to colleagues and peers
- Contribute to and make considered decisions on whether concerns can be addressed by providing or signposting to sources of information or advice
- Participate and chair multi-disciplinary meetings as required
- Contribute to risk assessments
- Prepare chronologies and reviews that summarise and interpret information about • individual children and young people from a range of sources
- Assess the role the impact of parental issues on children, young people, and the family,
- Lead on or participate in audits • assurance processes
- Good understanding of IT systems such as searching and retrieving data
- Ability to use Microsoft packages.
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
- Sound Knowledge of Safeguarding Children statutory and local threshold framework, policies and procedures
- Knowledge/understanding of information sharing and confidentiality issues
- Understand the importance of children’s rights in the safeguarding/child protection context, and related legislation
- Recognises the impact of a family’s cultural and religious background when assessing risk to a child or young person, and managing concerns
- Understand the needs and legal position of young people, particularly 16-18 year olds, and • the transition between children’s and adult legal frameworks and service provision
- Understand processes for identifying whether a child or young person is known to professionals in Children’s Social Care and other agencies
- Know when to escalate safeguarding concerns
- An understanding child death process
Other Requirements
Essential criteria- Commitment and adherence to the Equality Act
- Understanding of the Trust values
- Commitment to on-going personal development engagement in annual appraisal and regular effective supervision
General Guidance for Applicants
Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.
Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self.We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.
If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.
Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.
We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.