Job summary
This is an exciting new post to work across South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in order to improve the response to Domestic Abuse and Exploitation. The post holder will work as a member of the Trust's Centralised Safeguarding Team with the Associate Director for Safeguarding to ensure the organisation meets its organisational, statutory and regulatory requirements and responsibilities to safeguard adults and children.
The post will have a direct impact on the way the Trust delivers services to service users and carers, working to embed a robust culture of safeguarding. The post holder will report to either the Trust's Safeguarding Adults and Prevent Lead or Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, promoting exemplar safeguarding practice and incorporating a 'Think Family' approach.
The post holder will lead on ensuring timely preparation and participation into Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC), Domestic Violence Intervention Programme (DVIP), and Prevent and Change (PAC) arrangements in collaboration with the Borough Safeguarding Leads and Trust wide CAMHS Safeguarding Lead. Lead the co-ordination of a whole Trust Domestic Abuse and Exploitation Model within Mental Health Services to improve the safety and well-being of children and adult patients, their families/relations and staff members experiencing Domestic Abuse and or Exploitation.
Main duties of the job
- To collaborate with the Safeguarding Teams and Domestic Abuse Lead in managing Domestic Abuse, sexual safety, sexual exploitation, serious violence and other forms of exploitation across the Trusts.
- To champion the Trust wide agenda for domestic abuse and exploitation as a form of abuse which occurs where an individual or group takes advantage of an imbalance of power to coerce, manipulate or deceive a child, young person or an adult. This includes all types of exploitation and harmful practices such as, Modern Slavery (including human trafficking), Sexual Exploitation, Criminal Exploitation, Radicalisation / Prevent, Mate Crime, Cuckooing, Serious Violence and Financial Exploitation.
- To contribute to the Trust safeguarding agenda through modelling excellent domestic abuse and exploitation practice, ensuring that Trust staff are appropriately trained & supported to effectively cascade practice and knowledge to teams throughout all Trust services.
- To develop and facilitate a comprehensive Domestic Abuse and Exploitation training and supervision programme including the co-ordination of Domestic abuse Champions.
- To provide expert level of knowledge, leadership and professional advice and supervision in relation to domestic abuse and exploitation to safeguard vulnerable children and adults at risk, using lessons learnt from national and local case reviews, best practice evidence and research.
About us
We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated therefore have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.Some of our amazing benefits are highlighted here:-Generous pay, pensions and annual leave.-Work life balance and supportive of a range of flexible working options- Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes.-Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars-Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites-NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.Other benefits include:o Counselling services.o Wellbeing events.o Long service awards.o Cycle to work scheme.o Season ticket loan.o Staff restaurants.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Safeguarding Training and Supervision
- To contribute to the design, development, co-ordination, delivery and evaluation of a safeguarding training strategy and programme, in conjunction with other Trust named professionals, the Trusts Learning and Development Department, Local Safeguarding Adult Board sub-committees, health commissioners and NHS England.
- Responsible for developing, planning and delivering safeguarding, domestic abuse and exploitation training to Trust staff and multi agency professionals.
- To ensure all training is evaluated to ensure the highest quality of training and maintenance of standards
- To contribute to mapping of staff to correct level of safeguarding training
- To maintain own professional standards through attendance on relevant training and education program.
- To implement Trust wide domestic abuse and exploitation policies and protocols in conjunction with the Trust wide Centralised Safeguarding Team.
- Deliver and receive safeguarding supervision and be able to recognise the potential personal impact of safeguarding work on colleagues and staff.
- Provide one to one and group safeguarding children and adults supervision to a defined group of staff and ensure that supervision is recorded.
Service Development/Research & Evaluation
- The post holder will use expert knowledge and experience in recognising and responding to allegations of abuse and demonstrate that all advice is underpinned by relevant theory and evidence-based practice.
- Support the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults on the implementation and evaluation of the Trusts Integrated Safeguarding Strategy and Safeguarding quality improvement programmes.
- Lead on the development of evidence-based standards, policies and guidelines
- Contribute to the on-going development of Safeguarding service, staying abreast of contemporary safeguarding practice developments and themes.
- Analyse and respond to situations and trends within service provision and contribute to the development of the domestic Abuse and Exploitation processes.
Performance and Quality
- Contribute to identification, analysis and respond to situations and trends within
- To report on a range of information and data for service directorates within SLaM in line with internal and external performance standards and requirements, including those of the Care Quality Commission, Local Safeguarding Adult Boards and Integrated Care Boards in a timely manner.
- To contribute to the development of standards for safeguarding adults / Think Family and an audit programme which will monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality and effectiveness of safeguarding practice within the Trust.
- Contribute to CQC and other inspections (internal and external) and subsequent action plans and regular data required for the Safeguarding Assurance Framework.
- Disseminate lessons learnt from all types of internal and multiagency case reviews and ensure recommendations are embedded in practice.
- Promote innovations and practice developments, both internal and external to the
4. Management support functions
- To work with the Associate Director for Safeguarding Children and Adults and the appropriate Service Directors and operational managers to ensure working practices of the safeguarding service are maintained to a high standard throughout the Trust.
- To be responsible for line managing delegated junior safeguarding practitioners/ leads within the safeguarding team.
- Manage and develop staff and Domestic Abuse Champions in accordance with Trust policies including appraisals, development, performance, sickness and other related issues.
- Effectively induct new staff into the Trust/department in accordance with the Trusts induction programme.
- Develop and maintain a learning culture within the service that challenges practice, behavior and beliefs in ways that facilitate change through effective learning and in improve working relationships and services.
To be responsible for physical and financial resources as delegated and within area of responsibility such as being an authorised signatory for small payments, managing physical / IT resources, contributing to drawing up teams cost improvement plans, and other as agreed by the Associate Director for Safeguarding Children and Adults
Job description
Job responsibilities
Safeguarding Training and Supervision
- To contribute to the design, development, co-ordination, delivery and evaluation of a safeguarding training strategy and programme, in conjunction with other Trust named professionals, the Trusts Learning and Development Department, Local Safeguarding Adult Board sub-committees, health commissioners and NHS England.
- Responsible for developing, planning and delivering safeguarding, domestic abuse and exploitation training to Trust staff and multi agency professionals.
- To ensure all training is evaluated to ensure the highest quality of training and maintenance of standards
- To contribute to mapping of staff to correct level of safeguarding training
- To maintain own professional standards through attendance on relevant training and education program.
- To implement Trust wide domestic abuse and exploitation policies and protocols in conjunction with the Trust wide Centralised Safeguarding Team.
- Deliver and receive safeguarding supervision and be able to recognise the potential personal impact of safeguarding work on colleagues and staff.
- Provide one to one and group safeguarding children and adults supervision to a defined group of staff and ensure that supervision is recorded.
Service Development/Research & Evaluation
- The post holder will use expert knowledge and experience in recognising and responding to allegations of abuse and demonstrate that all advice is underpinned by relevant theory and evidence-based practice.
- Support the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults on the implementation and evaluation of the Trusts Integrated Safeguarding Strategy and Safeguarding quality improvement programmes.
- Lead on the development of evidence-based standards, policies and guidelines
- Contribute to the on-going development of Safeguarding service, staying abreast of contemporary safeguarding practice developments and themes.
- Analyse and respond to situations and trends within service provision and contribute to the development of the domestic Abuse and Exploitation processes.
Performance and Quality
- Contribute to identification, analysis and respond to situations and trends within
- To report on a range of information and data for service directorates within SLaM in line with internal and external performance standards and requirements, including those of the Care Quality Commission, Local Safeguarding Adult Boards and Integrated Care Boards in a timely manner.
- To contribute to the development of standards for safeguarding adults / Think Family and an audit programme which will monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality and effectiveness of safeguarding practice within the Trust.
- Contribute to CQC and other inspections (internal and external) and subsequent action plans and regular data required for the Safeguarding Assurance Framework.
- Disseminate lessons learnt from all types of internal and multiagency case reviews and ensure recommendations are embedded in practice.
- Promote innovations and practice developments, both internal and external to the
4. Management support functions
- To work with the Associate Director for Safeguarding Children and Adults and the appropriate Service Directors and operational managers to ensure working practices of the safeguarding service are maintained to a high standard throughout the Trust.
- To be responsible for line managing delegated junior safeguarding practitioners/ leads within the safeguarding team.
- Manage and develop staff and Domestic Abuse Champions in accordance with Trust policies including appraisals, development, performance, sickness and other related issues.
- Effectively induct new staff into the Trust/department in accordance with the Trusts induction programme.
- Develop and maintain a learning culture within the service that challenges practice, behavior and beliefs in ways that facilitate change through effective learning and in improve working relationships and services.
To be responsible for physical and financial resources as delegated and within area of responsibility such as being an authorised signatory for small payments, managing physical / IT resources, contributing to drawing up teams cost improvement plans, and other as agreed by the Associate Director for Safeguarding Children and Adults
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in relevant health / Social Care / RGN / RMN/ RGM / RN Child Branch Part 1 and 3 of NMC Register or Degree in Social Work approved by Social Work England or Occupational Therapist (HCPC) l Therapy Psychologist and registered with a professional body.
- Evidence of continuing professional development including recently in safeguarding adults / children, domestic abuse and or exploitation practice.
- Completed specific post-registration training in safeguarding, domestic abuse and or exploitation prior to commencement in the post.
Desirable
- Completed research in the area of safeguarding practice.
- Mentorship orequivalent training qualification.
- Advancedsafeguardingtraining (Investigating Officer and/or Safeguarding Manager Adults/ LADO, etc.)
- Safeguarding supervision skills training.
- Qualification in mental health field or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a senior practitioner in a health or social care related setting.
- Experience related to Safeguarding Children and be currently practising in the field of safeguarding.
- Experience of working within MASH, Exploitation Panels & MARAC.
- Experience of delivering safeguarding supervision to a variety of staff members and in the appropriate format.
- Experience of delivering safeguarding training to health and/or social care professionals.
- Knowledge of current relevant legislation and statutory duties, responsibilities and the best practice in mental health, children's and adult social care including in relation to safeguarding and personalisation.
- Excellent grasp of the strategic and policy context relating to health and social care, and the ability to conceptualise these to the role.
- Detailed knowledge and functioning of the Social Services/NHS services in general and mental health services in particular and statutory responsibilities and legislation e.g. Mental Health Act, Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, DOLS Amendments 2007, Children Act, etc.
- Previous involvement with Children Safeguarding Practice reviews and/ or Domestic Homicide Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews, IMR's.
- Experience of integrating 'Lessons Learnt' through Safeguarding reviews into operational practice and guidance.
- Experience of supervising workforce in a health or social care setting.
- Policy development and implementation.
Desirable
- Writing reports for Child Protection proceedings and court.
- Experience with writing Court reports and with the Court of Protection.
- Experience of working with abuse victims and / or perpetrators.
- Experience of undertaking qualitative and quantitative research methodology.
- Experience of working within a child and young people setting.
- Understanding of Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR's) under S44 Care Act 2014.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in relevant health / Social Care / RGN / RMN/ RGM / RN Child Branch Part 1 and 3 of NMC Register or Degree in Social Work approved by Social Work England or Occupational Therapist (HCPC) l Therapy Psychologist and registered with a professional body.
- Evidence of continuing professional development including recently in safeguarding adults / children, domestic abuse and or exploitation practice.
- Completed specific post-registration training in safeguarding, domestic abuse and or exploitation prior to commencement in the post.
Desirable
- Completed research in the area of safeguarding practice.
- Mentorship orequivalent training qualification.
- Advancedsafeguardingtraining (Investigating Officer and/or Safeguarding Manager Adults/ LADO, etc.)
- Safeguarding supervision skills training.
- Qualification in mental health field or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a senior practitioner in a health or social care related setting.
- Experience related to Safeguarding Children and be currently practising in the field of safeguarding.
- Experience of working within MASH, Exploitation Panels & MARAC.
- Experience of delivering safeguarding supervision to a variety of staff members and in the appropriate format.
- Experience of delivering safeguarding training to health and/or social care professionals.
- Knowledge of current relevant legislation and statutory duties, responsibilities and the best practice in mental health, children's and adult social care including in relation to safeguarding and personalisation.
- Excellent grasp of the strategic and policy context relating to health and social care, and the ability to conceptualise these to the role.
- Detailed knowledge and functioning of the Social Services/NHS services in general and mental health services in particular and statutory responsibilities and legislation e.g. Mental Health Act, Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, DOLS Amendments 2007, Children Act, etc.
- Previous involvement with Children Safeguarding Practice reviews and/ or Domestic Homicide Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews, IMR's.
- Experience of integrating 'Lessons Learnt' through Safeguarding reviews into operational practice and guidance.
- Experience of supervising workforce in a health or social care setting.
- Policy development and implementation.
Desirable
- Writing reports for Child Protection proceedings and court.
- Experience with writing Court reports and with the Court of Protection.
- Experience of working with abuse victims and / or perpetrators.
- Experience of undertaking qualitative and quantitative research methodology.
- Experience of working within a child and young people setting.
- Understanding of Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR's) under S44 Care Act 2014.
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).
