Safeguarding Practitioner

Job summary

You will work as part of the Safeguarding team to ensure that the Trust achieves full compliance against key local and national standards for the safeguarding of children and adults; and will have the knowledge and skills to be able to provide expert, relevant and tested advice and support in line with statutory duties and NHS contractual requirements to frontline staff and managers.

You will be a highly developed clinical specialist for safeguarding adults and children as defined in the intercollegiate documents for adults and children[1]. The post holder will work autonomously and provide specialist safeguarding advice within the organisation, working in collaboration with partner agencies, on health and social care issues to support and facilitate the safeguarding of adults and children in line with national legislation and local guidelines. You will be required to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information where significant barriers to acceptance may need to be overcome using the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills.

Main duties of the job

• To provide highly specialist expert safeguarding children and adult advice, clinical and supervisory support to staff within an integrated health organisation on safeguarding issues.
• To Provide and maintain a framework for safeguarding supervision ensuring that advice, support and guidance is given to enable and empower practitioners.
• To be the health representative and work as part of the Multiagency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).
• To provide 1:1 and group safeguarding supervision staff working at level 3 as identified in the Intercollegiate documents for adults and children.
• The review and implementation of nationally agreed best practice, working in collaboration with the Care Group and its services to implement changes to practice which will improve the delivery, effectiveness and efficiencies of safeguarding practice ensuring any changes are regularly reviewed evaluated and reported upon.
• Attend multi-agency meetings as and when required.
• Undertake and participate in internal and multi-agency reviews, audits and inspections of the organisation as necessary.
• To establish relationships and networks within the care Group to ensure that there is clear guidance as to whom individuals within the organisation need to contact for advice and support.
• To attend as directed and requested multi-agency safeguarding meetings, to assist and support in the development of inter-agency learning and service development.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.