Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Registered Midwife with safeguarding experience related to children and adults to work within the maternity safeguarding team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
The post holder will support all activities to ensure the organisation meets its safeguarding responsibilities in regard to pregnant women/birthing people, new mothers and unborn and new-born babies within the care of the acute and community services.
The post holder will support the Named Midwife for Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Families to ensure the organisation meets its safeguarding responsibilities throughout the childbirth continuum. They will ensure the pregnant persons and their families with safeguarding issues receive appropriate care, support, and guidance to ensure the best outcomes for their unborn/new-born babies.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work across acute and community maternity services including the High Peak and within a multi-agency arena, providing advice and support to Trust staff on safeguarding issues.
Under the direction of the Named Midwife for Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Families, the post holder will participate in safeguarding supervision and the training of staff on safeguarding issues using a 'Think Family' approach inclusive of safeguarding children, adults and unborn babies
The post holder will be expected to attend strategy discussions, discharge planning meetings and child protection conferences when required as well as supporting the wider midwifery teams with plans based on the outcomes of these meetings.
To assess the full range of care and support needs - develops, implements and evaluatesprogrammes of care in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period for women with complex safeguarding needs and/or identified vulnerabilities.
Provide appropriate feedback and supportive challenge to practitioners where necessary, taking a trauma based approach.
Support the named midwife for safeguarding children and vulnerable families in investigations and responses to any complaint or investigations that may have a safeguarding element.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
NHS pension scheme membership
Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
NHS Staff discounts
Cycle to work scheme
Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice 3033
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will have a remit to help coordinate maternity care for pregnant people with safeguarding issues, ensuring staff respond in a professional, kind, caring and sensitive manner.
The post holder will support the development of current safeguarding systems within maternity services to ensure adequate communication of safeguarding issues to all levels of staff, escalating where necessary to ensure optimum care.
The post holder will be expected to demonstrate leadership and specialist knowledge to all midwifery staff to ensure excellence in safeguarding is embedded throughout the maternity team.
Facilitate discussions with the local authority supporting with information sharing between agencies ensuring to adhere to the Caldicott Principles.
Support the Named Midwife for Safeguarding and Vulnerable Families with implementing and maintaining a robust safeguarding supervision provision across the Trust maternity service that facilitates highly complex, contentious, sensitive and high-risk decision making.
Attend child protection conferences (where necessary)/strategy meetings and other interagency meetings and/or supports practitioners who are required to attend.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will have a remit to help coordinate maternity care for pregnant people with safeguarding issues, ensuring staff respond in a professional, kind, caring and sensitive manner.
The post holder will support the development of current safeguarding systems within maternity services to ensure adequate communication of safeguarding issues to all levels of staff, escalating where necessary to ensure optimum care.
The post holder will be expected to demonstrate leadership and specialist knowledge to all midwifery staff to ensure excellence in safeguarding is embedded throughout the maternity team.
Facilitate discussions with the local authority supporting with information sharing between agencies ensuring to adhere to the Caldicott Principles.
Support the Named Midwife for Safeguarding and Vulnerable Families with implementing and maintaining a robust safeguarding supervision provision across the Trust maternity service that facilitates highly complex, contentious, sensitive and high-risk decision making.
Attend child protection conferences (where necessary)/strategy meetings and other interagency meetings and/or supports practitioners who are required to attend.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
Person Specification
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Comfortable with adapting and speaking with people from varying professions and communities
Desirable
- Works well as a team player
Safegarding Experience
Essential
- Experience with working with Safeguarding in midwifery
Desirable
- Experience with undertaking Early Help Assessments
Documentation Skills
Essential
- Experience with writing safeguarding reports
Desirable
- Court Report writing experience
- Undertaking Supervision
Communication
Essential
- Evidence of good communication skills
- Has engaged in sensitive conversations
Desirable
- Has led multi agency meetings
Person Specification
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Comfortable with adapting and speaking with people from varying professions and communities
Desirable
- Works well as a team player
Safegarding Experience
Essential
- Experience with working with Safeguarding in midwifery
Desirable
- Experience with undertaking Early Help Assessments
Documentation Skills
Essential
- Experience with writing safeguarding reports
Desirable
- Court Report writing experience
- Undertaking Supervision
Communication
Essential
- Evidence of good communication skills
- Has engaged in sensitive conversations
Desirable
- Has led multi agency meetings
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).
