Job summary
An
exciting opportunity has arisen to work as part of the Safeguarding Children
Team at CDDFT. The team are well established, dynamic and innovative. This role
is a Band 7 Senior Nurse within the organisation, who will work closely with
staff, stakeholders and support teams to safeguard children and families.
The Senior Nurse
Safeguarding will work closely with the Named Nurse & Named Midwife; the
wider safeguarding teams & the senior leadership team, to support assurance
that the organisation is meeting statutory safeguarding requirements. They will
also ensure the achievement of key performance indicators for safeguarding
across the organisation.
We
are seeking to recruit a highly motivated practitioner, who is passionate about
safeguarding, with a focus of providing leadership across the service
pertaining to this specialised area. The successful candidate will demonstrate
robust knowledge, skills and experience within safeguarding practice; they will
be aware of the current safeguarding priorities across the service; including
the importance of effective and collaborative working with internal
stakeholders, multi-agency Partners and Designated Safeguarding Professionals.
In this role you will be working Trust-Wide.
Main duties of the job
The
successful candidate will demonstrate robust evidence based knowledge of
national and local procedures, guidance and key safeguarding children
legislation. They will possess a keen desire to improve outcomes for vulnerable
children and their families. They will have a wealth of experience in the field
of safeguarding children, with a child-centred and family focused approach;
experience in teaching and the confidence to pursue positive outcomes,
providing support and ensuring the progression of local improvement plans.
As a safeguarding
specialist you will be a highly motivated practitioner, who is passionate about
safeguarding children, with a drive and enthusiasm to implement change and
educate staff.
You
will be part of a dynamic team of specialists, who work across the trust to
lead in the development and delivery of safeguarding children training
programme. You will provide safeguarding children supervision, advice, guidance
and support. You will support the Named Nurse Safeguarding Children, to drive
forward the safeguarding children agenda and contribute to multi-agency
safeguarding children activities, across local safeguarding partnerships.
About us
If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.
You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.
We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.
Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.
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From April 9th 2025 - Healthcare assistants - You must have been employed for a minimum of two years
of as a HCA within the NHS for the Trust to consider
sponsorship (we will only consider sponsorship if you meet this criteria and
have a current visa expiring within 3 months).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please
see full Job Description attached.
This post is a specialist
role, which is Trust-wide, and requries specialist knowledge regarding
safeguarding children practice. The professional will work with a high degree
of autonomy and lead the safeguarding agenda across the whole Trust, providing
support, advice, guidance and supervision to staff, to empower them to
safeguard children within their own practice. The Senior Nurse Safeguarding
Children role provides support from a leadership and operational perspective to
the Trust, ensuring that the statutory requirements for the organisation are
upheld. It is crucial that the practitioner works with a Think Family and
child-centred approach, with a knowledge and understanding of the key and
current evidence-base, the current local and national themes from learning,
leading on the development and delivery of training, briefing sessions and
innovative methods to embed learning. Quality assurance is integral to this
role, to ensure ongoing improvement, which will be performed internally within
the organisation and also often takes place collaboratively with the
Safeguarding Partnerships.
It is essential that the
post holder works in close collaboration with the Named Professionals for
Safeguarding, the safeguarding children team and the wider teams within the
Trust. The role also involves working closely with members of the multi-agency safeguarding
partnership teams and key stakeholders across the locality, to meet local
safeguarding priorities.
The Senior Nurse
Safeguarding Children is a senior role within the organisation and therefore is
responsible for supporting the embedding of safeguarding strategy, leading on
the development of policies and contributing to wider clinical policies, where appropriate.
The key role of the Senior Nurse Safeguarding Children is to support staff,
equip them with the knowledge and skills, to empower them to independently
safeguard children.
To work collaboratively, as an integral
member of the safeguarding children team, to empower staff and equip them with
the skills and knowledge to safeguard children. This is in line with their
statutory responsibilities.
To work collaboratively
with the wider safeguarding teams within the Trust and locally.
To provide highly
specialised safeguarding advice, guidance and support on all aspects of
safeguarding children to health staff within County Durham and Darlington NHS
Foundation Trust.
To provide support around
highly complex safeguarding situations, including for example; perplexing
presentations and fabricated and induced illness, child exploitation, neglect
To work with the Named
Nurse Safeguarding Children and Named Midwife Safeguarding, to ensure that
robust procedures for Safeguarding Children are implemented.
Deliver a high quality of
safeguarding training, education and development to staff members within the
Trust and collaborating with the local Partners to provide multi-agency
training, education and development.
To work with the Named
Nurse Safeguarding Children & Named Midwife Safeguarding to develop the
Safeguarding Children Training Strategy.
Demonstrate a specialised
knowledge of cumulative harm within safeguarding practice, to inform critical
analysis and evaluation.
Awareness of the
escalation process, when disagreements occur within the organisation and also
with partners, applying the appropriate tools and resources, to ensure a
consistent, respectful and confident approach to professional
disagreement/challenge; whilst advocating a child-focussed and Think Family
approach, which is trauma-informed.
To support County Durham
and Darlington Foundation Trusts function in the delivery of MASH, MAPPA and
MARAC, attending meetings and providing robust analysis and appropriate sharing
of information, where appropriate.
Demonstrate the ability
to recognise areas of risk, including within areas, which may impact on the
safety of children/young people, service users and staff, who are accessing the
organisation. Supporting in the development of robust risk management plans, to
safeguard in this instance.
To ensure that Local
Safeguarding Partnership Procedures; CDDFT NHS Safeguarding Children
Procedures; current and new legislation; learning from incidents and
Safeguarding Children Practice Reviews are embedded throughout all training
methods and supervision.
To undertake the planning and development of training packages, which are
evidence-based and correlate to current learning.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please
see full Job Description attached.
This post is a specialist
role, which is Trust-wide, and requries specialist knowledge regarding
safeguarding children practice. The professional will work with a high degree
of autonomy and lead the safeguarding agenda across the whole Trust, providing
support, advice, guidance and supervision to staff, to empower them to
safeguard children within their own practice. The Senior Nurse Safeguarding
Children role provides support from a leadership and operational perspective to
the Trust, ensuring that the statutory requirements for the organisation are
upheld. It is crucial that the practitioner works with a Think Family and
child-centred approach, with a knowledge and understanding of the key and
current evidence-base, the current local and national themes from learning,
leading on the development and delivery of training, briefing sessions and
innovative methods to embed learning. Quality assurance is integral to this
role, to ensure ongoing improvement, which will be performed internally within
the organisation and also often takes place collaboratively with the
Safeguarding Partnerships.
It is essential that the
post holder works in close collaboration with the Named Professionals for
Safeguarding, the safeguarding children team and the wider teams within the
Trust. The role also involves working closely with members of the multi-agency safeguarding
partnership teams and key stakeholders across the locality, to meet local
safeguarding priorities.
The Senior Nurse
Safeguarding Children is a senior role within the organisation and therefore is
responsible for supporting the embedding of safeguarding strategy, leading on
the development of policies and contributing to wider clinical policies, where appropriate.
The key role of the Senior Nurse Safeguarding Children is to support staff,
equip them with the knowledge and skills, to empower them to independently
safeguard children.
To work collaboratively, as an integral
member of the safeguarding children team, to empower staff and equip them with
the skills and knowledge to safeguard children. This is in line with their
statutory responsibilities.
To work collaboratively
with the wider safeguarding teams within the Trust and locally.
To provide highly
specialised safeguarding advice, guidance and support on all aspects of
safeguarding children to health staff within County Durham and Darlington NHS
Foundation Trust.
To provide support around
highly complex safeguarding situations, including for example; perplexing
presentations and fabricated and induced illness, child exploitation, neglect
To work with the Named
Nurse Safeguarding Children and Named Midwife Safeguarding, to ensure that
robust procedures for Safeguarding Children are implemented.
Deliver a high quality of
safeguarding training, education and development to staff members within the
Trust and collaborating with the local Partners to provide multi-agency
training, education and development.
To work with the Named
Nurse Safeguarding Children & Named Midwife Safeguarding to develop the
Safeguarding Children Training Strategy.
Demonstrate a specialised
knowledge of cumulative harm within safeguarding practice, to inform critical
analysis and evaluation.
Awareness of the
escalation process, when disagreements occur within the organisation and also
with partners, applying the appropriate tools and resources, to ensure a
consistent, respectful and confident approach to professional
disagreement/challenge; whilst advocating a child-focussed and Think Family
approach, which is trauma-informed.
To support County Durham
and Darlington Foundation Trusts function in the delivery of MASH, MAPPA and
MARAC, attending meetings and providing robust analysis and appropriate sharing
of information, where appropriate.
Demonstrate the ability
to recognise areas of risk, including within areas, which may impact on the
safety of children/young people, service users and staff, who are accessing the
organisation. Supporting in the development of robust risk management plans, to
safeguard in this instance.
To ensure that Local
Safeguarding Partnership Procedures; CDDFT NHS Safeguarding Children
Procedures; current and new legislation; learning from incidents and
Safeguarding Children Practice Reviews are embedded throughout all training
methods and supervision.
To undertake the planning and development of training packages, which are
evidence-based and correlate to current learning.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in health care provision, including significant experience working with children, young people and their families.
- Experience of working with families who have complex safeguarding needs.
- Experience in managing safeguarding processes, safeguarding case work, and contributing to multi-agency working to safeguarding children families
- Experience of teaching or training provision to a range of professional groups.
- Experience of effective multi-agency working; including forming and sustaining professional relationships, across a range of partnership agencies, working together to safeguard children.
- Experience of safeguarding supervision and evidence of reflective practice.
- Experience of safeguarding children policies and procedures.
- Experience of compiling reports, applying critical thinking and analytical skills, to identify and respond appropriately to risks and implement proportionate safeguarding actions.
- Experience of working with local safeguarding frameworks including Signs of Safety.
- Experience of attending and providing meaningful contribution to multi-agency safeguarding meetings.
- Experience of responding to complex contextual safeguarding issues.
- Experience of capturing and responding to the child's lived experience.
- Experience of applying a Think Family Approach to practice.
- Experience of audit and quality assurance methods.
- Experience of risk management.
- Experience of identifying and responding to incident reporting to recognise and respond to learning.
Desirable
- Experience working in a specialist safeguarding role.
- Experience of facilitating safeguarding supervision
- Evidence of developing and delivering safeguarding children training.
- Experience of leading on the risk management of highly complex safeguarding situations.
- Experience in court proceedings,including preparing reports or statements and attendance at court.
Special Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- High level of communication skills.
- Ability to work in collaboration with teams and also to demonstrate autonomy.
- Robust knowledge and understanding of the safeguarding legislation and statutory frameworks, which underpin safeguarding practice including, but not limited to, the Children Act 1989 & 2004, Working Together 2023, Intercollegiate Document 2019.
- Understanding of local and national safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Skills in risk assessment, analysis and critical thinking to ensure that safeguarding risks are identified, analysed and responded to apropriately.
- Evidence of time management and organisation skills, including the ability to prioritise complex workload with competing challenges.
- Robust knowledge and understanding of local safeguarding partnerships and their functions.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the processes regarding safer recruitment and management of allegations, including LADO.
- Contributes to influencing change in safeguarding practice through education, supervision and support.
- Ability to analyse complex information, apply critical thinking within risk assessment and make crucial decisions, in complex situations.
- Ability to follow escalation process, when necessary and engage in respectful professional challenge, in safeguarding practice, when there are concerns for the children, young people or families.
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding regarding current safeguarding children themes from research, including a robust understanding of current key priorities for safeguarding children.
- Demonstrates a robust understanding of MASH, MARAC and MAPPA functions and their importance within the safeguarding children agenda.
- Evidence of continual professional development within safeguarding.
- Understanding of the importance of engaging stakeholders.
- Understanding of regulation and frameworks surrounding information sharing.
- Ability to lead on projects.
- Presentation skills
- IT skills
Desirable
- Evidence of contribution to MASH
- Evidence of experience in attending MARAC and/or MAPPA
Special Requirements
Essential
- Full UK Driving Licence & ability travel across Trust sites to meet the demands of the role
Statutory Registration
Essential
- Registered Nurse (adult or Child) on part 1 of the NMC register
- Valid UK NMC PIN
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in health with a professional qualification in nursing or midwifery
- Evidence of study at Masters Level
- Teaching qualification or training certificate
- Qualification or significant highly developed safeguarding knowledge and experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Safeguarding Children Training at Specialist Level 3 competence
Desirable
- Masters Degree
- Safeguarding Supervision Training Safeguarding Education
- Court skills training
- Leadership course
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience in health care provision, including significant experience working with children, young people and their families.
- Experience of working with families who have complex safeguarding needs.
- Experience in managing safeguarding processes, safeguarding case work, and contributing to multi-agency working to safeguarding children families
- Experience of teaching or training provision to a range of professional groups.
- Experience of effective multi-agency working; including forming and sustaining professional relationships, across a range of partnership agencies, working together to safeguard children.
- Experience of safeguarding supervision and evidence of reflective practice.
- Experience of safeguarding children policies and procedures.
- Experience of compiling reports, applying critical thinking and analytical skills, to identify and respond appropriately to risks and implement proportionate safeguarding actions.
- Experience of working with local safeguarding frameworks including Signs of Safety.
- Experience of attending and providing meaningful contribution to multi-agency safeguarding meetings.
- Experience of responding to complex contextual safeguarding issues.
- Experience of capturing and responding to the child's lived experience.
- Experience of applying a Think Family Approach to practice.
- Experience of audit and quality assurance methods.
- Experience of risk management.
- Experience of identifying and responding to incident reporting to recognise and respond to learning.
Desirable
- Experience working in a specialist safeguarding role.
- Experience of facilitating safeguarding supervision
- Evidence of developing and delivering safeguarding children training.
- Experience of leading on the risk management of highly complex safeguarding situations.
- Experience in court proceedings,including preparing reports or statements and attendance at court.
Special Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- High level of communication skills.
- Ability to work in collaboration with teams and also to demonstrate autonomy.
- Robust knowledge and understanding of the safeguarding legislation and statutory frameworks, which underpin safeguarding practice including, but not limited to, the Children Act 1989 & 2004, Working Together 2023, Intercollegiate Document 2019.
- Understanding of local and national safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Skills in risk assessment, analysis and critical thinking to ensure that safeguarding risks are identified, analysed and responded to apropriately.
- Evidence of time management and organisation skills, including the ability to prioritise complex workload with competing challenges.
- Robust knowledge and understanding of local safeguarding partnerships and their functions.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the processes regarding safer recruitment and management of allegations, including LADO.
- Contributes to influencing change in safeguarding practice through education, supervision and support.
- Ability to analyse complex information, apply critical thinking within risk assessment and make crucial decisions, in complex situations.
- Ability to follow escalation process, when necessary and engage in respectful professional challenge, in safeguarding practice, when there are concerns for the children, young people or families.
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding regarding current safeguarding children themes from research, including a robust understanding of current key priorities for safeguarding children.
- Demonstrates a robust understanding of MASH, MARAC and MAPPA functions and their importance within the safeguarding children agenda.
- Evidence of continual professional development within safeguarding.
- Understanding of the importance of engaging stakeholders.
- Understanding of regulation and frameworks surrounding information sharing.
- Ability to lead on projects.
- Presentation skills
- IT skills
Desirable
- Evidence of contribution to MASH
- Evidence of experience in attending MARAC and/or MAPPA
Special Requirements
Essential
- Full UK Driving Licence & ability travel across Trust sites to meet the demands of the role
Statutory Registration
Essential
- Registered Nurse (adult or Child) on part 1 of the NMC register
- Valid UK NMC PIN
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in health with a professional qualification in nursing or midwifery
- Evidence of study at Masters Level
- Teaching qualification or training certificate
- Qualification or significant highly developed safeguarding knowledge and experience
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Safeguarding Children Training at Specialist Level 3 competence
Desirable
- Masters Degree
- Safeguarding Supervision Training Safeguarding Education
- Court skills training
- Leadership course
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).
Employer details
Employer name
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust
Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 6HX
Employer's website
https://www.cddft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
