Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust

Specialist Nurse Safeguarding Children

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an appropriately qualified and experienced individual to join the Safeguarding Team as a Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children.

We are a cohesive and dedicated safeguarding team, committed to improving outcomes for vulnerable children/young people ensuring that their voice is heard.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated nurse who can demonstrate initiative and has significant post registration underpinned by skills and knowledge in safeguarding children.

Main duties of the job

  • Be a source of advice and expertise on all safeguarding children matters to all staff at the point of need across Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare (HRCH)
  • Promote good practice and effective communication within and between trusts and all agencies on all matters relating to the protection of children
  • Working with the Safeguarding Team, the Specialist Nurse Safeguarding Children will ensure that arrangements are in place for safeguarding children supervision and training of all staff involved in providing services to children and families and adults at risk who are parents or carers and/or who may pose a risk to children
  • Working with the Safeguarding Team ensure that safeguarding children is an integral part of the HRCH's risk management strategy and that key staff are aware of the thresholds for triggering child protection enquiries and an assessment of risk
  • To assist in HRCH internal case reviews
  • To assist the Named Nurse in developing, monitoring and reviewing health services specifications and standards for child protection practice
  • To assist the Named Nurse in ensuring there are effective systems of child protection audit to monitor the application of agreed child protection standards

About us

Community healthcare is unlike any other part of the NHS. It's personalised care that helps people to retain their independence. It's the NHS at its best and the difference you make is truly tangible.

Our colleagues often describe us as a family, and we know how important that sense of belonging and support is when you start a new job.Our preceptorship programme is second to none hence the award and logo.It's simple - happy, engaged staff provide better services. In 2018, we were named'Best Place to Work for Employee Satisfaction'by the Nursing Times. The same year, we won the Workforce category at the HSJ Awards. In the latest NHS Staff Survey results 2020, we had the best response rate amongst community trusts nationally.

We are the top community trust in the country on the theme Quality of care for the third year. We had the highest percentage of staff who felt they are able to deliver the care they aspire to and are satisfied with the quality of care they give to patients or service users.

Details

Date posted

14 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,178 to £55,492 a year per annum pr incl HCAS (outer)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

779-AA-5491880-PB-Y-B

Job locations

Thames House

180 High Street

Teddington

TW11 8HU


Job description

Job responsibilities

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Health Visitor or School Nurse Qualifications or equivalent
  • Teaching & assessing qualifications.

Desirable

  • Safeguarding Supervision Course

Experience

Essential

  • 3 Years post-registration health visiting/school nursing experience or equivalent
  • Extensive experience in safeguarding children work.
  • Evidence of multi-agency working.

Skills

Essential

  • Skills for assessing practitioners' child protection practices and skills interpret complex cases and make recommendations for intervention.
  • Provide advice and guidance to practitioners with tact and sensitivity around child protection work.
  • An understanding of research and clinical audit.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Health Visitor or School Nurse Qualifications or equivalent
  • Teaching & assessing qualifications.

Desirable

  • Safeguarding Supervision Course

Experience

Essential

  • 3 Years post-registration health visiting/school nursing experience or equivalent
  • Extensive experience in safeguarding children work.
  • Evidence of multi-agency working.

Skills

Essential

  • Skills for assessing practitioners' child protection practices and skills interpret complex cases and make recommendations for intervention.
  • Provide advice and guidance to practitioners with tact and sensitivity around child protection work.
  • An understanding of research and clinical audit.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust

Address

Thames House

180 High Street

Teddington

TW11 8HU


Employer's website

https://www.hrch.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Hounslow and Richmond Community NHS Healthcare Trust

Address

Thames House

180 High Street

Teddington

TW11 8HU


Employer's website

https://www.hrch.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Acting Named Nurse

Suzanne Brown

suzanne.brown15@nhs.net

07771650086

Details

Date posted

14 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,178 to £55,492 a year per annum pr incl HCAS (outer)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

779-AA-5491880-PB-Y-B

Job locations

Thames House

180 High Street

Teddington

TW11 8HU


Supporting documents

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