Job summary
Are you a highly motivated and experienced Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional, or Social Worker with a passion for safeguarding?
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) Safeguarding Team is offering an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated team as a Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner for Children and Adults.
In this role, you will provide expert safeguarding advice and operational support to the Deputy Head of Safeguarding, working across all aspects of safeguarding for both children and adults.
You will collaborate closely with the Head of Safeguarding, Deputy Head of Safeguarding/Named Nurse for Children and Adults, and the Named Doctor for Safeguarding Children to contribute to the professional leadership of the health service's safeguarding responsibilities. This includes ensuring high standards of practice, promoting partnership working, and supporting the delivery of statutory safeguarding duties across the Trust.
This role is offered on a hybrid working basis, providing flexibility to work both remotely and from the office.
Interviews for this position will be held across the 11th and 12th of February.
Main duties of the job
As a Safeguarding Specialist Practitioner, you will hold a pivotal position in promoting safe and inclusive care across the Trust. This role involves providing expert advice and intervention in complex safeguarding cases concerning both adults and children, including matters related to domestic abuse, sexual safety, and high-risk scenarios.
You will actively participate in statutory safeguarding processes, ensuring compliance with legislation, statutory guidance, and national standards. Working collaboratively with multi-agency partners on areas such as SEND and MAPPA, you will contribute to robust risk management and safeguarding planning.
In addition, you will deliver safeguarding training and supervision, support policy development, and champion best practice across the organisation. Your work will directly safeguard service users and their families, mitigate risks of harm, and strengthen the Trust's safeguarding culture. By ensuring timely, expert intervention and promoting inclusive practice, you will help maintain patient safety, uphold legal and regulatory obligations, and build staff confidence in managing safeguarding concerns.
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.net
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read theCandidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.net
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read theCandidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered practitioner with extensive experience within a related professional field (NHS or other statutory partners of the Local Safeguarding Board). Post registration training in safeguarding. Evidence of ongoing professional development at degree level.
Skills
Essential
- The individual should be able to communicate effectively including negotiating skills and conflict management. The post holder must have demonstrable experience of audit design, implementation and evaluation. The post holder will be able to demonstrate knowledge of risk management process and systems and have experience of the wider public health agenda. The post holder will have experience of teaching or training.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk. Experience of working in clinical care settings with children/families whose needs are complex and varied. Experience of critically analysing practice in order to improve outcomes for children, young people and adults at risk.
Knowledge
Essential
- The post holder should have and detailed understanding of inter-agency safeguarding procedures and have in depth understanding of the statutory responsibilities to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk. Have an awareness of the importance of effective interagency collaboration. The post holder should have understanding of NHS organisations and contemporary NHS issues
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered practitioner with extensive experience within a related professional field (NHS or other statutory partners of the Local Safeguarding Board). Post registration training in safeguarding. Evidence of ongoing professional development at degree level.
Skills
Essential
- The individual should be able to communicate effectively including negotiating skills and conflict management. The post holder must have demonstrable experience of audit design, implementation and evaluation. The post holder will be able to demonstrate knowledge of risk management process and systems and have experience of the wider public health agenda. The post holder will have experience of teaching or training.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk. Experience of working in clinical care settings with children/families whose needs are complex and varied. Experience of critically analysing practice in order to improve outcomes for children, young people and adults at risk.
Knowledge
Essential
- The post holder should have and detailed understanding of inter-agency safeguarding procedures and have in depth understanding of the statutory responsibilities to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk. Have an awareness of the importance of effective interagency collaboration. The post holder should have understanding of NHS organisations and contemporary NHS issues
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
