Named GP Safeguarding Children

Job summary

Are you currently working as a GP in Lambeth and are an experienced GP of good professional standing with considerable experience in the care of children and young people and their families?

SEL ICS (Lambeth) have a vacancy in their safeguarding team and are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Named GP for Child Protection/Safeguarding Children to join our established Lambeth 'Place,' safeguarding team of designated and named professionals.

The Named GP will advise and support borough general practices to meet their responsibilities to safeguard children. The Named GP will work closely with the designated professionals and the strategic lead for safeguarding children across the ICB. This will require collaboration with the statutory agencies namely children social care and the Police as well as other agencies and NHS providers across the Lambeth health economy area.

We would like to encourage any interested GPs to apply for the opportunity to be Named GP for safeguarding for Lambeth. This is a really important job to help support care for our vulnerable children within the borough, and also support Lambeth GPs with their child protection work.

There is clinical and managerial support available for the successful candidate and also opportunities for leadership programmes such as 'walking in your shoes programme' through which we are currently actively working on communication channels between health and social work to improve joined up care for children.

Main duties of the job

Please see the job description and person specification for a full list of the duties of the job.

There is some flexibility so even if you feel you are not able to commit to 3 sessions a week please do apply or contact Alison Davidson for further discussion.

For further information and discussion please contact:

Dan Stoten, Director of Integrated Children's Commissioning and Youth Services - dstoten@lambeth.gov.uk

or

Avis Williams-McKoy, Named Nurse for Safeguarding - avis.williams-mckoy@selondonics.nhs.uk

About us

The South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) Lambeth brings together the health and care partners that serve our vibrant and highly diverse populations resident in the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, and Greenwich - our Places.

SEL ICS (Lambeth) have an exciting opportunity for a General Practitioner to be appointed as the Named GP Named GP for Child Protection/Safeguarding Children. The Named GP for Safeguarding children is a statutory role which provides borough-based safeguarding clinical leadership. GPs have a vital role to play at all stages of the Child Protection Process. General Practitioners as the first point of contact for health, have an important role to play in identifying families and children early in the course of their difficulties and providing timely support of a preventative nature.