Job summary
An exciting and rare development opportunity to join our supportive and highly skilled safeguarding service.
We are seeking two motivated and passionate practitioners who would like to develop their skills in safeguarding practice. We would welcome applicants with a background in either adults or children's services that have an interest in safeguarding and have had experience in supporting vulnerable children/ families and adults.
Main duties of the job
The core function of this post is to support the provision and implementation of safeguarding policies and procedures in the Trust. This includes active participation in the work safeguarding children's partnerships (MASH), provision of training (to staff working in the Trust and to multi-agency groups), implementation of audit and the provision of specialist advice, information, guidance, and supervision.
The post holder will work with a range of key professionals to contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of services designed to protect children and young people from harm and promote their welfare through safeguarding processes. These include local and national agencies for example LSCB, Midwives, acute colleagues, GP's, local authority partners, police, fire and ambulance services.
To proactively support Safeguarding Service work with all services within Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with other Service Managers to ensure safeguarding is embedded in clinical practice across the Organisation.
About us
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Job description
Job responsibilities
Staff Management To work closely with the Safeguarding team, line manager, and the wider safeguarding service and other relevant parties (partner agencies) to provide a highly developed specialist Safeguarding Service to Trust staff which is consistent and co-ordinated approach To support safe and effective practice by working in partnership with staff and line managers to address performance management issues with the aim of achieving improved outcomes for children and adults at riskPolicy/ Strategy Responsibility
Job description
Job responsibilities
Staff Management To work closely with the Safeguarding team, line manager, and the wider safeguarding service and other relevant parties (partner agencies) to provide a highly developed specialist Safeguarding Service to Trust staff which is consistent and co-ordinated approach To support safe and effective practice by working in partnership with staff and line managers to address performance management issues with the aim of achieving improved outcomes for children and adults at riskPolicy/ Strategy Responsibility
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant practical experience of working with service users.
- Experience of working with children and families
- Experience of dealing with complex child protection issues, including attendance at case conference/core groups
- Understanding of domestic abuse, substance misuse and mental health risk factors for children and adults
- Practical experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team
- Evidence of undertaking risk assessments
- Practical experience of presenting to groups
- Confident in your knowledge of children safeguarding processes and relevant documents relating to safeguarding children
Desirable
- Practical experience of developing, implementing and evaluating training
- Experience of report writing
- Practical experience of clinical audit
- Has an awareness of Mental health Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Evidence of contributing to the development of local policies and procedures
Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional
Essential
- Professional health or social care registration (e.g. NMC/HCPC)
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Teaching/assessing qualification and experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development including Level 3 training in Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Adults
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification
Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
Essential
- IT skills commensurate with duties of the post.
- Ability to maintain accurate records within local and national policy
- Ability to challenge practice constructively and effectively
- Ability to influence and engage with professionals to achieve identified goals
Experience
Essential
- Practical experience of mentoring, supervision , coaching colleagues
- Ability to respond and manage different perspectives and develop a consensus
- Evidence of a person-centred approach in practice
Personal Qualities
Essential
- To work independently and have the confidence to make sound clinical judgements and decisions
- Ability to manage your own time and competing priorities, escalating issues as required
- Ability to work as part of a team in a collaborative manner to promote partnerships across organisational boundaries
- Ability to identify your own learning needs and negotiate how these are met
- Ability to demonstrate how you have been accountable for your practice and how this has developed your learning/ influenced your practice
- Willingness to work flexibly, basing yourself with teams in OHFT as required
- Awareness of self care strategies to maintain resilience
Contractual Requirements or other requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel between sites and work at different location as required.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Relevant practical experience of working with service users.
- Experience of working with children and families
- Experience of dealing with complex child protection issues, including attendance at case conference/core groups
- Understanding of domestic abuse, substance misuse and mental health risk factors for children and adults
- Practical experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team
- Evidence of undertaking risk assessments
- Practical experience of presenting to groups
- Confident in your knowledge of children safeguarding processes and relevant documents relating to safeguarding children
Desirable
- Practical experience of developing, implementing and evaluating training
- Experience of report writing
- Practical experience of clinical audit
- Has an awareness of Mental health Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Evidence of contributing to the development of local policies and procedures
Qualifications - Academic/Skills/Professional
Essential
- Professional health or social care registration (e.g. NMC/HCPC)
- Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
- Teaching/assessing qualification and experience
- Evidence of continuous professional development including Level 3 training in Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Adults
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification
Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
Essential
- IT skills commensurate with duties of the post.
- Ability to maintain accurate records within local and national policy
- Ability to challenge practice constructively and effectively
- Ability to influence and engage with professionals to achieve identified goals
Experience
Essential
- Practical experience of mentoring, supervision , coaching colleagues
- Ability to respond and manage different perspectives and develop a consensus
- Evidence of a person-centred approach in practice
Personal Qualities
Essential
- To work independently and have the confidence to make sound clinical judgements and decisions
- Ability to manage your own time and competing priorities, escalating issues as required
- Ability to work as part of a team in a collaborative manner to promote partnerships across organisational boundaries
- Ability to identify your own learning needs and negotiate how these are met
- Ability to demonstrate how you have been accountable for your practice and how this has developed your learning/ influenced your practice
- Willingness to work flexibly, basing yourself with teams in OHFT as required
- Awareness of self care strategies to maintain resilience
Contractual Requirements or other requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel between sites and work at different location as required.
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
