Safeguarding Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust Corporate Safeguarding Team in the role of Safeguarding Practitioner.

As a member of the team, the postholder will contribute to ensuring that the Trust fulfils its statutory duties and responsibilities, and that staff are aware of their responsibilities in relation to the safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk.

This post is full time 37.5 hours per week.

When writing your application, we encourage you to reflect on how your experience and values align with the Trusts 6 Cs: Care, Compassion, Courage, Communication, Commitment, and Competence. These values are central to everything we do at CWP, and we're looking for individuals who demonstrate them in their everyday work and interactions.

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

Main duties of the job:

To support the Head of Safeguarding, Named Nurse and Specialist Practitioners in the execution of statutory roles and responsibilities.

To promote quality and effectiveness of health workers responses to safeguard children and adults at risk.

To take part in developing and implementing policies and procedures and audit in partnership with other organisations.

To be knowledgeable in Safeguarding Children and Adults agenda with specific knowledge of Domestic Abuse and Child Exploitation / Contextual Safeguarding agendas, PREVENT, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking.

With the support from the wider safeguarding team, they will work with complex safeguarding issues requiring strong communication skills, confidence in working and engaging with external agencies, and be alert to and supportive of measures to improve standards and practice.

To interpret and apply relevant, up to date research to clinical practice in consultation with the senior safeguarding team.

To promote high standards of practice relating to the safety and welfare of children and adults at risk in all areas of service provision .

We would welcome individuals with an interest in safeguarding children and adults who are passionate in leading on this exciting agenda.

Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.