Job summary
Please note, this post will be hosted by Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust Safeguarding Service (Wirral) which is due to TUPE to Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 1st December 2025.
The Safeguarding Nurse will be the lead health practitioner and adviser for cases being overseen by the MACPT and they will facilitate access to the wider health economy and practitioners. They will develop networks of support and will work in partnership with the other MACPT members to create effective multi-agency interventions and plans, based on a rigorous assessment of risk.
Main duties of the job
The key responsibilities of the post are to:
Ensure safe and effective service provision for vulnerable children/young people who fall under the remit of the MACPT. Needs will span the health economy, but will likely often be related to mental health, impact of trauma, and sexual health
Provide co-ordination of health services in respect of any actions for health as part of Child Protection enquiries, ensuring attendance at key meetings such as Strategy Discussions, Initial Child Protection Conferences, and Review Child Protection Conferences
Ensure the smooth flow and exchange of information from across the health economy to support the timely provision of services to children and young people at risk of or suffering significant harm, and help MACPT members navigate the health landscape
Support the Local Authority as required in undertaking Section 47 enquiries, this may include visiting children and families and gathering the daily lived experience of family members
Advise the MACPT, from a health perspective, about the appropriate course of action/interventions for a child, including contributing to assessments and plans
About us
Wirral is one of only ten areas in England chosen as a Families First for Children Pathfinder. The FFC Pathfinder is a Department for Education led Programme to design and test social care reforms which have been developed from the Government's Stable Homes, Built on Love strategy.
The MACPT is a multi-agency team who will lead the response to the most serious and complex cases of known or suspected significant harm. They also have a key role to play in designing and delivering interventions to cases which have not yet met the significant harm threshold but are likely to do so without intensive support.
The operational MACPT team includes a co-located core team of lead child protection practitioners, social workers, a safeguarding nurse, police officer, education practitioner and a family therapist. The MACPT also maintains strong links to other specialist teams and agencies such as the Compass Child Exploitation, the domestic abuse hub and drug and alcohol services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The safeguarding nurse will be part of a co-located multi-agency team and will be required to maintain supportive and constructive relationships with a broad range of practitioners and agencies from within and outside the health economy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The safeguarding nurse will be part of a co-located multi-agency team and will be required to maintain supportive and constructive relationships with a broad range of practitioners and agencies from within and outside the health economy.
Person Specification
Education Training & Experience
Essential
- oCurrent Registered Nurse (e.g. RSCN/ RN/ RMHN) or Registered Midwife (RM) or other similar professionally qualified health practitioner
- o1st Level Degree in a relevant field
- oEvidence of ongoing professional development and training
- oExtensive (at least 3 years) current/recent experience of working with children and their families in a community health setting.
- oEvidence of working with families where safeguarding concerns have been identified.
- oEvidence of working in highly stressful environments
- oSubstantial experience of multi-agency working
- oConducting safeguarding supervision
- oAbility to formulate and implement policies and protocols
- oPlanning, delivering and evaluation of safeguarding training
- oExperience of professional challenge and escalation
Desirable
- oQualification in safeguarding supervision
- oDispensing qualification
- oExperience of working in sexual health services
- oUnderstanding of Child Death Review process and the NHS statutory responsibilities following a child death
- oInvolvement in Safeguarding Practice Reviews
- oExperience of working with Children subject to a child protection plan
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- oDemonstrates evidence of relevant continued professional development
- oDemonstrates evidence of relevant post registration development
- oDemonstrates expert knowledge of local and national policy relating to safeguarding children and the role of local multi-agency safeguarding arrangements
- oDemonstrates expert interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
- oDemonstrates ability to negotiate and manage change
- oMulti-agency/team working and ability to work co-operatively
- oDemonstrates high standard of presentation and leadership skills
- oExpert written and oral communication skills for variety of audiences, including presentation skills and ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and simply.
- oDemonstrate knowledge of the wider determinants of Public Health
- oExpert written and oral communication skills for variety of audiences, including presentation skills and ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and simply.
- oExpert interpersonal skills, including ability to work effectively with people at different levels of an organisation, sensitivity to different perspectives and organisational cultures, negotiation skills, ability to work in a team.
- oAbility to prioritise competing demands, work effectively to specific timescales and demonstrate good organisational skills.
- oDemonstrates IT skills to a high standard including PowerPoint, data and spreadsheet management. Ability to navigate, document and review Electronic Patient Record Systems.
Desirable
- oEvidence of advanced audit and research skills
Person Specification
Education Training & Experience
Essential
- oCurrent Registered Nurse (e.g. RSCN/ RN/ RMHN) or Registered Midwife (RM) or other similar professionally qualified health practitioner
- o1st Level Degree in a relevant field
- oEvidence of ongoing professional development and training
- oExtensive (at least 3 years) current/recent experience of working with children and their families in a community health setting.
- oEvidence of working with families where safeguarding concerns have been identified.
- oEvidence of working in highly stressful environments
- oSubstantial experience of multi-agency working
- oConducting safeguarding supervision
- oAbility to formulate and implement policies and protocols
- oPlanning, delivering and evaluation of safeguarding training
- oExperience of professional challenge and escalation
Desirable
- oQualification in safeguarding supervision
- oDispensing qualification
- oExperience of working in sexual health services
- oUnderstanding of Child Death Review process and the NHS statutory responsibilities following a child death
- oInvolvement in Safeguarding Practice Reviews
- oExperience of working with Children subject to a child protection plan
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- oDemonstrates evidence of relevant continued professional development
- oDemonstrates evidence of relevant post registration development
- oDemonstrates expert knowledge of local and national policy relating to safeguarding children and the role of local multi-agency safeguarding arrangements
- oDemonstrates expert interpersonal, communication and leadership skills
- oDemonstrates ability to negotiate and manage change
- oMulti-agency/team working and ability to work co-operatively
- oDemonstrates high standard of presentation and leadership skills
- oExpert written and oral communication skills for variety of audiences, including presentation skills and ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and simply.
- oDemonstrate knowledge of the wider determinants of Public Health
- oExpert written and oral communication skills for variety of audiences, including presentation skills and ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and simply.
- oExpert interpersonal skills, including ability to work effectively with people at different levels of an organisation, sensitivity to different perspectives and organisational cultures, negotiation skills, ability to work in a team.
- oAbility to prioritise competing demands, work effectively to specific timescales and demonstrate good organisational skills.
- oDemonstrates IT skills to a high standard including PowerPoint, data and spreadsheet management. Ability to navigate, document and review Electronic Patient Record Systems.
Desirable
- oEvidence of advanced audit and research skills
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
