Job summary
Are you passionate about safeguarding children, and do you have a dynamic and innovative approach to engaging children and adolescents?
We are offering an exciting opportunity to join HDFT's Safeguarding Children's Team to support in Hartlepool's and Stockton's Children's Hub
Are you a Registered Nurse with experience of working with vulnerable children and young people in the community?
If you are successful, you will receive a comprehensive preceptorship package to further develop your skills and ongoing training and support is available.
As a Safeguarding Nurse within the Hartlepool and Stockton Children's Hub the post holder will have a key role in the delivery of the Multi Agency Safeguarding function whilst contributing to the wider HDFT Safeguarding Children Team. The post holder will work as part of a multi-agency integrated team contributing their expertise to the safeguarding case management discussions within the Chub. This includes gathering and collating relevant health information for children and helping identify those services which are best placed to support the children, adults and families concerned.
Main duties of the job
The contribution of the health role in the Chub includes:
- To gather relevant and proportionate 0-19 health information
- To support interagency decision making with partner agencies, providing specialist health knowledge and analysis of risk when advising on interventions for individual children and young people.
- To contribute to multiagency decision making based on a shared understanding of risk.
- Offer appropriate challenge to partner agencies, as necessary, based on all available information to secure appropriate outcomes for the child.
- To take forward any daily actions delegated by the Specialist Nurse for Child Protection such as informing 0-19 practitioners of safety issues and to record these in the child's electronic record.
- Where appropriate liaise with other Safeguarding Teams to ensure relevant and proportionate information is available to those working with the children and families
- To support the Specialist Nurse Child protection with audit to gather any themes and support with identifying learning.
- Undertake any other Safeguarding duties as directed by the Specialist Nurse Child Protection, Named Nurse or Head of Safeguarding
About us
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues:
- A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
- Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
- Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Please note:
- Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
- Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
- Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will need excellent communication skills and a passion for public health, alongside good organisational skills, flexibility to meet the needs of the service, and ability to travel independently to meet service delivery as required.
The applicant will need to demonstrate strong leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to delegate and supervise staff, as well as the ability to recognise and escalate risk and contribute to control measures.
Experience of working with children and young people with complex health and social needs in the community would be an advantage.
You must possess a full UK driving licence and have access to your own transport in order to meet service needs.
-see attached job description for full details
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will need excellent communication skills and a passion for public health, alongside good organisational skills, flexibility to meet the needs of the service, and ability to travel independently to meet service delivery as required.
The applicant will need to demonstrate strong leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to delegate and supervise staff, as well as the ability to recognise and escalate risk and contribute to control measures.
Experience of working with children and young people with complex health and social needs in the community would be an advantage.
You must possess a full UK driving licence and have access to your own transport in order to meet service needs.
-see attached job description for full details
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Current NMC registration
- Continuing professional development within the last 12 months
- Post registration qualification in Health Visiting or School Nursing degree or equivalent experience with a wide range of child protection experience
Desirable
- Additional relevant qualification of working with vulnerable children or ability to demonstrate having gained equivalent knowledge
- Previous experience of working in MASH/MAST/CHUB/ICRT
essential
Essential
- Up to date level 3 safeguarding children training
- Evidence of attending multiagency meetings - including child protection and strategy meetings
Desirable
- Awareness of contextual safeguarding
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Current NMC registration
- Continuing professional development within the last 12 months
- Post registration qualification in Health Visiting or School Nursing degree or equivalent experience with a wide range of child protection experience
Desirable
- Additional relevant qualification of working with vulnerable children or ability to demonstrate having gained equivalent knowledge
- Previous experience of working in MASH/MAST/CHUB/ICRT
essential
Essential
- Up to date level 3 safeguarding children training
- Evidence of attending multiagency meetings - including child protection and strategy meetings
Desirable
- Awareness of contextual safeguarding
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).
