Job summary
The post holder will provide expert clinical leadership and highly specialist advice on all matters relating to the safeguarding of children and young people across the Trust. Working as part of the children safeguarding team to ensure that all staff understand and meet their responsibility in relation to safeguarding the welfare of children in line with local and national guidance.Working closely with the Named Nurse team, you will ensure the organisation fulfils its statutory requirements as defined by Working Together (2023) and the RCN Intercollegiate Document.Based primarily at Northwick Park Hospital, you will join a forward-thinking team committed to the "Think Family" model and Transitional / Contextual Safeguarding, ensuring a child-centred and every contact counts approach is embedded across all Trust services.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated individual with substantial safeguarding expertise to join our proactive Integrated Safeguarding Children Team at LNWH.
This role involves ensuring robust safeguarding policies and information sharing is completed by working collaboratively with the Safeguarding Children team, Named nurses and doctors and multi agency partners to ensure the Trust meets its Safeguarding Children responsibilities and effectively Safeguarding children.
The post holder will be expected to provide highly specialist advice and clinical support to all healthcare staff in the organisation and to take a leading role in facilitating training and supervision in line with guidelines and legislation.
The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop their own knowledge and potential with support from our Integrated team.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse: e.g. RGN,RSCN, RMN, RM, appropriate to the role
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) - Health Visitor or School Nurse.
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent.
- Level 3 safeguarding children training
- Evidence of professional development within the safeguarding children field
Desirable
- Qualification in Mental Health for children and young people.
- Accredited safeguarding children supervision course.
- Teaching qualification.
- Studies at Post graduate level.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Specialist Knowledge of the Children Act, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 and other relevant national guidance
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the connections between Children and Adult safeguarding
- A working knowledge of the Safeguarding children's agenda, national and local key policy drivers and legislative framework.
- Experience of working with children and young people subject to Child in Need / Child Protection Plans and those Looked After
- Evidence of facilitating groups and /or delivering training.
- Experience in working collaboratively with other professionals and agencies with complex issues and in complex situations.
- Knowledge and understanding of care planning, risk assessment and management of complex cases.
- Experience of undertaking audit to support practice and service improvement
- Proven verbal and written communication skills
- Able to demonstrate leadership skills
Desirable
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting.
- Experience of working in CAMHs or Tier 4 provision.
- Experience of working with adolescents in a health setting
- Knowledge of the wider health community.
- Domestic Abuse/MARAC experience
- Facilitation Skills training.
- Experience of report writing and serious incident investigation
Experience
Essential
- 2 years experience working with children and young people subject to Child protection or looked after child plans
- Ability to challenge within a multi-agency arena in order to safeguard children
Skills, abilities and attributes
Essential
- Able to effectively manage risk within a safeguarding context.
- Ability to provide high level reports.
- Ability to analyse issues and think critically.
- Be able to concentrate at high level when reviewing information, undertaking complex work and formulating responses to information provided.
- I.T skills, including Word and Excel.
- Skills and ability for line management for junior members of the team eg management of attendance, appraisals etc.
- Ability to represent Trust at multi-agency forums.
- Able to prioritise and work under pressure to deliver to targets and timescales.
Desirable
- Having a working knowledge of Cerner (electronic patient record).
- Data base Management.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse: e.g. RGN,RSCN, RMN, RM, appropriate to the role
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) - Health Visitor or School Nurse.
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent.
- Level 3 safeguarding children training
- Evidence of professional development within the safeguarding children field
Desirable
- Qualification in Mental Health for children and young people.
- Accredited safeguarding children supervision course.
- Teaching qualification.
- Studies at Post graduate level.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Specialist Knowledge of the Children Act, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 and other relevant national guidance
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the connections between Children and Adult safeguarding
- A working knowledge of the Safeguarding children's agenda, national and local key policy drivers and legislative framework.
- Experience of working with children and young people subject to Child in Need / Child Protection Plans and those Looked After
- Evidence of facilitating groups and /or delivering training.
- Experience in working collaboratively with other professionals and agencies with complex issues and in complex situations.
- Knowledge and understanding of care planning, risk assessment and management of complex cases.
- Experience of undertaking audit to support practice and service improvement
- Proven verbal and written communication skills
- Able to demonstrate leadership skills
Desirable
- Experience of working in an acute hospital setting.
- Experience of working in CAMHs or Tier 4 provision.
- Experience of working with adolescents in a health setting
- Knowledge of the wider health community.
- Domestic Abuse/MARAC experience
- Facilitation Skills training.
- Experience of report writing and serious incident investigation
Experience
Essential
- 2 years experience working with children and young people subject to Child protection or looked after child plans
- Ability to challenge within a multi-agency arena in order to safeguard children
Skills, abilities and attributes
Essential
- Able to effectively manage risk within a safeguarding context.
- Ability to provide high level reports.
- Ability to analyse issues and think critically.
- Be able to concentrate at high level when reviewing information, undertaking complex work and formulating responses to information provided.
- I.T skills, including Word and Excel.
- Skills and ability for line management for junior members of the team eg management of attendance, appraisals etc.
- Ability to represent Trust at multi-agency forums.
- Able to prioritise and work under pressure to deliver to targets and timescales.
Desirable
- Having a working knowledge of Cerner (electronic patient record).
- Data base Management.
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).
