Safeguarding Children Practitioner (MASH)

Main duties of the job

Step into a pivotal safeguarding role where your professional expertise directly strengthens the protection of children, young people and families. As a key member of the MultiAgency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), you will use your clinical and analytical judgement to assess, interpret and share essential health information that informs timely, proportionate and effective decisionmaking. Your work will be central to identifying risk, understanding vulnerability and ensuring that children at greatest risk receive the right support at the right time.

In this fastpaced, collaborative environment, you will work closely with colleagues across health, social care, police, education and other partner agencies. You will contribute to multiagency discussions, evaluate presenting concerns, and help determine the most appropriate safeguarding pathway. Your professional insight will support early identification of harm, escalation where necessary, and the development of protective interventions that prevent children from slipping through the net.

Your responsibilities will be varied and meaningful from reviewing referrals and analysing complex information, to offering clear, evidencebased advice that shapes safeguarding outcomes. You will contribute to threshold decisionmaking, ensure accurate and timely informationsharing, and uphold high standards of professional curiosity, challenge and accountability.

Job Specific Requirements

Essential

• Ability to work autonomously and direct others
• Enthusiasm and commitment to the safeguarding agenda
• Ability to travel independently across the Trust
• Ability to work flexibly weekends/evenings according to service requirements as part of an all year round service.

Desirable

• Flexible and motivated team player approach
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to communicate across organisational boundaries.

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of recent community health provider experience
• Knowledge and implementation of national and local Safeguarding Policies, guidelines and recommendations.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation relating to Safeguarding
• Demonstrates knowledge relevant to patterns of abuse and neglect.
• In depth post registration experience
• Experience of working with client groups including complex needs and child protection
• Experience of working in a constantly changing clinical environment
• Experience of or understanding of the Multi-agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH)
• Ability to give and receive positive challenge and open discussion about practice, cases and decision making.
• Ability to respond appropriately to sensitive and /or difficult situation.
• Be able to work independently, be flexible, and adaptable at work to meet competing priorities and deadlines.
• Maintain personal/professional development.
• Compliance with mandatory training and understanding mandatory procedures.
• Understanding of personal health and safety responsibilities
• Good understanding of the meaning of clinical and safeguarding supervision/mentoring

Desirable

• Experience of working in a multi-agency environment
• Ability to appraise and analyse health information and share information proportionally in a Multi-Agency environment
• Ability to work closely as part of a highly skilled safeguarding adult and children team.