Job summary
Safeguarding partners are establishing new expert-led Multi-Agency Child Protection Teams (MACPTs) to support local authorities in discharging their Section 47 Children Act 1989 duties. As Wolverhampton and Walsall are pathfinder sites, the MACPTs will include dedicated health resource as part of the test-and-learn approach.
The post holder will work equally across both MACPTs and will:o Act as a visible Lead Named Nurse within the MACPT.o Provide operational health leadership and ensure safe, effective child protection practice.o Work with the FFCP Health Coordinator and Heads of Safeguarding across RWT, WHT and BCHFT.o Model proactive, positive leadership.o Collaborate with ICB, health providers, local authorities, and safeguarding professionals to meet statutory duties.o Support the development and delivery of specialist child protection training with Trust education teams and safeguarding partnerships.o Provide day-to-day child protection advice within the MACPT.o Contribute to internal reviews and Safeguarding Children Practice Reviews.o Maintain high professional standards and drive improvements in patient safety, experience, and service effectiveness.o Offer expert safeguarding advice, analyse complex situations, and make informed recommendations.o Use strong interpersonal, negotiation, and partnership skills to achieve effective multi-agency collaboration.
Main duties of the job
Ensuring safe and effective child protection practice across health services.
Enhancing the child, young person and parents experience by ensuring safeguarding systems and processes are in place.
Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of the health organisation's objectives
Managing and developing the health performance of the MACPT
Ensuring there are appropriate reports available which demonstrate MACPT activity to a variety of groups and committees as requested by FFCP Health Coordinator, respective Head of Safeguarding in the Trusts or other stakeholders.
About us
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 284,300, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities.
A new Urgent Emergency Care Centre was opened in March 2023. The two-storey development has significantly improved emergency care facilities and capacity and has provided almost 5,000 square metres of additional clinical space.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Families First for Children Pathfinder (FFCP) was announced in February 2023 as part of the governments childrenssocial care implementation strategy, Stable homes, built on love.It responds to recommendations from the Independent review of childrens social care, the Child Safeguarding PracticeReview Panel report on child protection in England and the Competitions and Market Authoritys market study of childrenssocial care provision. The pathfinder will test delivery of key strategy commitments.The programme is designing and testing radical reforms in a number of local areas, across the following policies:1. Family help2. Child protection via Multi-agency Child Protection Teams (MACPTs)3. Family network support packages (FNSPs)4. Safeguarding partners
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Families First for Children Pathfinder (FFCP) was announced in February 2023 as part of the governments childrenssocial care implementation strategy, Stable homes, built on love.It responds to recommendations from the Independent review of childrens social care, the Child Safeguarding PracticeReview Panel report on child protection in England and the Competitions and Market Authoritys market study of childrenssocial care provision. The pathfinder will test delivery of key strategy commitments.The programme is designing and testing radical reforms in a number of local areas, across the following policies:1. Family help2. Child protection via Multi-agency Child Protection Teams (MACPTs)3. Family network support packages (FNSPs)4. Safeguarding partners
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registration with Nursing Midwifery Council
- Educated to Degree Level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Degree Course
Experience / Skills
Essential
- Experience of leading a safeguarding service at Named Nurse level or equivalent.
- Experience of facilitating/teaching to both large and small groups.
- Substantive experience as a Named Nurse / Professional Safeguarding
- Substantive Experience of managing a Safeguarding Child caseload
- Complex reasoning skill
- Critical thinking, reflection and analysis.
- Knowledge and skills of a broad range of clinically and professionally challenging and complex situations related to safeguarding
- Suitability to work with adults/children at risk of abuse
- Use of databases
- Standard keyboard skills and knowledge of a number of IT packages such as excel, Word, PAS, e-rostering etc
- Able to work under pressure across competing priorities
Desirable
- Experience of working as a clinical/safeguarding supervisor
- Evidence of leading organisational change in practice
- Service development
- Data input, collection, analysis, audit and evaluation
- Knowledge of current NHS policy and their implication for services
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ambition in expectations of self and colleagues in delivering high-quality care.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Ability to communicate with senior staff within the professional, and other professions and patients/carers, on a range of highly complex and sensitive issues requiring both persuasive and empathetic skills
- Ability to communicate with staff in respect of unwelcome news [poor performance, complaints and incidents. ]
Desirable
- Presentation skills to large and small groups within and external to the Trust
Flexibility
Essential
- Flexible approach to working hours to align to service need
- Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
Desirable
- Evidence of a flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level registration with Nursing Midwifery Council
- Educated to Degree Level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Specialist Community Public Health Nursing Degree Course
Experience / Skills
Essential
- Experience of leading a safeguarding service at Named Nurse level or equivalent.
- Experience of facilitating/teaching to both large and small groups.
- Substantive experience as a Named Nurse / Professional Safeguarding
- Substantive Experience of managing a Safeguarding Child caseload
- Complex reasoning skill
- Critical thinking, reflection and analysis.
- Knowledge and skills of a broad range of clinically and professionally challenging and complex situations related to safeguarding
- Suitability to work with adults/children at risk of abuse
- Use of databases
- Standard keyboard skills and knowledge of a number of IT packages such as excel, Word, PAS, e-rostering etc
- Able to work under pressure across competing priorities
Desirable
- Experience of working as a clinical/safeguarding supervisor
- Evidence of leading organisational change in practice
- Service development
- Data input, collection, analysis, audit and evaluation
- Knowledge of current NHS policy and their implication for services
- Ability to work autonomously
- Ambition in expectations of self and colleagues in delivering high-quality care.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Ability to communicate with senior staff within the professional, and other professions and patients/carers, on a range of highly complex and sensitive issues requiring both persuasive and empathetic skills
- Ability to communicate with staff in respect of unwelcome news [poor performance, complaints and incidents. ]
Desirable
- Presentation skills to large and small groups within and external to the Trust
Flexibility
Essential
- Flexible approach to working hours to align to service need
- Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
Desirable
- Evidence of a flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
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).
