Band 7 Senior Practitioner -Safeguarding Children

Job overview

We currently have an exciting opportunity for two Band 7 Senior Practitioners for Safeguarding Children to joining our Safeguarding team within the Trust.

You have a proven track record in safeguarding and are able to demonstrate extensive knowledge and skills relevant to safeguarding children. You will have a working knowledge of the relevant legal framework. A Professional Qualification in health and social care would be an advantage.

You will be operating as a lead practitioner for safeguarding within a defined geographical area and may have a thematic trust wide lead for a specific area of safeguarding practice e.g. complex presentations or exploitation.

You will be responsible for co-ordination of Trust safeguarding activity within your area including:

• Representing the trust at Safeguarding Partnership subgroups with responsibility for participating in safeguarding developments.
• Delivering training including the L3 Children's/adults online and face to face training.
• Delivering Safeguarding Supervision to teams and localities.
• Taking part in the Duty Rota at least once per week.
• Participation in Multi agency review.
• Providing Safeguarding advice and support to practitioners across AWP.

This vacancy is being re-advertised. Previous applicants need not apply, as their applications have already been considered.

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About you

The ideal candidate will be forward thinking, innovative and looking to further develop their career in the Safeguarding arena.

Have experience of working within mental health and learning disabilities.

For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see attached job description.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

Safeguarding

• Working within a designated locality the post holder will. Provide specialist professional advice on managing safeguarding children and domestic abuse cases, and work to assist in developing effective multiagency working in these safeguarding areas, including through representation in multiagency partnership groups and meetings.
• Provide professional advice on managing MAPPA and Prevent cases.
• Deputise for the Safeguarding Lead for Children at Trust governance groups/committees in an advisory capacity.
• Be an active member of the local and regional safeguarding networks and working groups.
• Work with the clinical audit department to ensure effective rollout of trust audit programs in the area(s) of responsibility and assure follow through on recommended actions.
• Participate in the development and implementation of appropriate policy and performance frameworks, to support staff to recognise, understand and meet their duties of care in relation to relevant legislation, in areas of responsibility.
• Participate in the development of, and the delivery of specialist safeguarding training and practice development.
• Participate in the development and implementation of Trust work plans, to assist the trust in meeting statutory, regulatory, and performance standards.
• Support the development of specific Trust policies, procedures and guidance for safeguarding, as directed.
• Facilitate effective working arrangements both directly and through PALS, in relation to safeguarding.
• Provide cover for other senior practitioners- safeguarding, as required, including acting as named nurse for child protection (where directed and professionally appropriate).
• Act as deputy to the named nurse/professional for child protection (as professionally appropriate).

We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with ‘lived-experience’ of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,– we are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’ offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

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Adverts normally close for application a few minutes before midnight on the closing date and we will let you know if we are offering you an interview by email via our recruitment system ‘TRAC’. We contact all applicants within 4 weeks after the closing date, so please check your emails regularly once you have submitted your application; you are welcome to contact us, via the TRAC system, if you have any queries about your application.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse, Social Worker or other appropriate professional registration, with substantial clinical experience, and management experience in a specialist safeguarding role.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Advanced/expert understanding/application of relevant practice/standards/audit in relation to Safeguarding Children.
• Knowledge and experience of the legal, professional and planning framework for children's and adult services, at a senior level within the NHS.
• Experience of developing others through education, mentorship, coaching, teaching, assessing, presentations.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Detailed and up-to-date knowledge of policies, statutory regulations and guidance relating to Safeguarding Vulnerable people, especially children and young adults and a working knowledge of guidance relating to Safeguarding Adults at risk.

Documents

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 504.5KB)
• Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List (PDF, 78.9KB)
• Financial Support & Discounts (PDF, 919.6KB)
• Value of the NHS Pension Scheme (PDF, 279.0KB)