Job summary
This post offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to expand on their existing safeguarding children and adult's knowledge and skills whilst also being part of a progressive and supportive leadership team. If successful, you will work closely with the wider safeguarding team to innovatively drive the sexual safety, safeguarding and public protection agenda within the organisation and would become part of a 'Think Family' whole of life safeguarding service which provides advice and support to all disciplines across the trust.
The Trust is committed to ensuring it has robust systems in place for safeguarding adults and children and as such we are looking for a confident, passionate colleague with extensive experience in safeguarding and sexual safety to join our leadership team.
Main duties of the job
To advise and support the Trust and workforce in designing and providing services for safeguarding children and adults consistent with national, regional and local legislation, policies and best practice, with a focus on sexual safety.
This post is key to maintaining effective working relationships across the Trust and with multi-agency partners across the wide system
A significant proportion of time will be spent in clinical areas to deliver the role effectively within the Trust.
About us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensuring structures and systems are in place around sexual safety.Provide professional advice and leadership to all aspects of safeguarding, public protection, with a focus on sexual safety.Close working relationships with partnership agencies.Develop sexual safety strategies in line with national guidance and ensure these are embedded within the Trust.Provide sexual safety leadership and advice to staff across the Trust.Responsible for ensuring the Trust achieves full compliance against local and national standards.Identifying gaps in knowledge and training needs.Represent the organisation on sexual safety matters, working with all relevant statutory and non statutory agencies.Ensure the patient and carer voices are heard.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensuring structures and systems are in place around sexual safety.Provide professional advice and leadership to all aspects of safeguarding, public protection, with a focus on sexual safety.Close working relationships with partnership agencies.Develop sexual safety strategies in line with national guidance and ensure these are embedded within the Trust.Provide sexual safety leadership and advice to staff across the Trust.Responsible for ensuring the Trust achieves full compliance against local and national standards.Identifying gaps in knowledge and training needs.Represent the organisation on sexual safety matters, working with all relevant statutory and non statutory agencies.Ensure the patient and carer voices are heard.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Person Specification
Training
Essential
- Experience in developing and delivering training packages for sexual safety
- Commitment to ongoing personal development and regular supervision in relation to sexual safety
- Have attended wide range of recent multi and single agency safeguarding and Public Protection training
- Evidence of completion of broad range of post registration training courses in subjects such as teaching, supervision, report writing and leadership skills development
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Promote sexual safety, children's safeguarding and adult safeguarding
- Strategic leadership in sexual safety within clinical areas
- Experience of leading evidence based practice initiatives in sexual safety
Desirable
- Working with sexual safety partners
- Relevant and recent experience in working within both physical and mental health settings
- Ability to undertake or use research to benefit children, adults and their carers
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialised knowledge of sexual safety
- Evidence of high level knowledge and experience in safeguarding children and adults
- Understanding of how sexual safety principles apply in healthcare settings
- Evidence of designing and embedding policies and procedures in relation to sexual safety
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Professional qualification or equivalent broad and significant experience in sexual safety
- Degree supplemented by post graduate training or equivalent experience to masters level
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Skills
Essential
- Able to provide safeguarding and Public Protection leadership across a diverse healthcare setting
- Able to negotiate, mediate and challenge in relation to complex, emotive subjects
- Analyse information and make crucial decisions in stressful and complex situations
- Able to work autonomously and make decisions in challenging situations
Desirable
- Demonstrate a person centred approach to safeguarding
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post. However reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010
Person Specification
Training
Essential
- Experience in developing and delivering training packages for sexual safety
- Commitment to ongoing personal development and regular supervision in relation to sexual safety
- Have attended wide range of recent multi and single agency safeguarding and Public Protection training
- Evidence of completion of broad range of post registration training courses in subjects such as teaching, supervision, report writing and leadership skills development
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Promote sexual safety, children's safeguarding and adult safeguarding
- Strategic leadership in sexual safety within clinical areas
- Experience of leading evidence based practice initiatives in sexual safety
Desirable
- Working with sexual safety partners
- Relevant and recent experience in working within both physical and mental health settings
- Ability to undertake or use research to benefit children, adults and their carers
Knowledge
Essential
- Highly specialised knowledge of sexual safety
- Evidence of high level knowledge and experience in safeguarding children and adults
- Understanding of how sexual safety principles apply in healthcare settings
- Evidence of designing and embedding policies and procedures in relation to sexual safety
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Professional qualification or equivalent broad and significant experience in sexual safety
- Degree supplemented by post graduate training or equivalent experience to masters level
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Skills
Essential
- Able to provide safeguarding and Public Protection leadership across a diverse healthcare setting
- Able to negotiate, mediate and challenge in relation to complex, emotive subjects
- Analyse information and make crucial decisions in stressful and complex situations
- Able to work autonomously and make decisions in challenging situations
Desirable
- Demonstrate a person centred approach to safeguarding
Contractual Requirements
Essential
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post. However reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
