Job summary
**Internal to Norfolk and Suffolk ICB staff only**
The Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board ICB
changing to Norfolk and Suffolk ICB from April 2026 are looking for a health
professional who is committed to supporting the safeguarding needs of children
and vulnerable adults across Suffolk.
The post holder will have amanagerial responsibility for the Health team
in Suffolk's Muti Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH). They will be a member of the
MASH leadership team supporting safeguarding decisions and strategic planning.
This exciting
opportunity should appeal to someone with effective team leadership experience.
This person will be autonomous is managing a fast-paced team with risk
assessment and challenging decisions constantly at the forefront of the work. They
will facilitate the provision of training, advice and support to Suffolk's Health economy.They will be knowledgeable about Child and
Adult safeguarding and confident in supporting health colleagues in their
safeguarding responsibilities. They will need to be a calm and confident leader
with excellent communication skills.
They will have a leading role in developing the Suffolk's
Safeguarding duties in a Multi-Agency arena requiring change management. They
will be part of Multi-Agency reviews and development locally and nationally.
This team will be moving to a provider organisation in the
future.
Main duties of the job
Proactively take ownership of health input within
the MASH and be clear about the health offer.
Ensure health involvement in all aspects of the
MASH process e.g. from initial triage to attendance at threshold and strategy
meetings within MASH.
Be the strategic lead for health within the MASH
working collaboratively with partner agencies to implement policies and
practice within the MASH strategy, policies and guidance.
To offer health specific safeguarding advice and
expertise within the MASH
To facilitate the prompt exchange of significant
information to inform safeguarding assessments.
To oversee the MASH Health team performance and report
within key SNEE ICB forums.
As a Deputy Designate within the MASH you will be
a key member of the Designated Safeguarding Team with responsibility to
contribute to wider service delivery.
To manage and oversee the MASH budget.
To Provide effective,
professional, managerial leadership and co-ordination of the MASH Health team.
Be responsible for developing
and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders in health economy and
multi-agency professionals in order to ensure communication and collaboration
in safeguarding . This includes providing
expert and specialist advice, training and support to key partners within both
community and acute settings.
Provide regular statistical
and informational reports and complete audits.
About us
The NHS Suffolk and North-East Essex Integrated Care Board
(ICB) plans and buys healthcare services for our population. This function is
commonly referred to as commissioning.
To do this, we work within a budget of around
£2.7 billion, which is set by NHS England, and work closely with local
government and the NHS providers in our area. Our performance is judged by how
well our local health and care system as a whole is working, including the
health outcomes of our communities.
The ICB has delegated some authority to the three
health and wellbeing alliances that operate in Suffolk and North-East Essex to
act on its behalf. This is to ensure that the needs of smaller, local areas are
addressed.
The ICB remains accountable for all of its functions, including
those it has delegated.
Local residents have a big role to play in the
operation of the ICB. We rely on the experiences and perspectives of our
communities to help shape our decision-making.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. The job holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager.
The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Department and the Organisation.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Used to working in a busy environment
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- Professional calm and efficient manner
- Effective organizer, influencer and networker
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- Completer/Finisher
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with either NMC or HCPC.
- Degree or equivalent experience.
- Masters Qualification in Safeguarding or relevant subject or equivalent qualification/experience in Safeguarding.
- Evidence of on-going professional development/learning.
Desirable
- Safeguarding supervision training.
Equality & Diversity
Essential
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Autonomy
Essential
- Ability to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations in relation to individual service users
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- working to tight and often changing timescales
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the legislation and principles of information sharing in relation to vulnerable children and adults.
- Extensive knowledge of national/local adult safeguarding policy.
- Working knowledge of the impact of change on professional practice.
- Understanding of the role/function of other statutory agencies.
- Knowledge of health inequalities and issues of diversity.
- Comprehensive knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Patient systems, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Minimum 5 years post registration experience demonstrating a wide knowledge, understanding of working with vulnerable children and/or adults and their families
- Leadership training and Management experience of leading teams.
- Experience of working in partnership between health and social care.
- Experience of creating and delivering training programmes to multi agency groups/forums.
- Experience of managing change through partnership working.
- Experience of involvement in investigations, Individual management reviews or Serious Case Reviews.
- Designing and implementing audits.
- Experience of advising and presenting to commissioners of service development.
- Experience of producing concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of working under pressure and achieving high quality outcomes.
- Experience of managing a team in high pressure environment and supporting maintenance of professional conduct.
- Shown ability to Lead safeguarding practice across own discipline/service area.
- To be competent in producing guidance or procedures and analytical reports.
- Negotiating with senior practitioners to resolve differences of opinion and conflict to maintain excellent working practices.
- Be proficient in providing professional supervision
Skills
Essential
- Ability to Chair Multi-Agency meetings.
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
- Leadership training and Management experience
- Ability to manage change through Partnership working
- Experience and ability to work under pressure in fast paced environment
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Have designed and undertaken Audits
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
- To be able to demonstrate effective leadership within a multiagency team.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and patient recording systems.
Person Specification
Other
Essential
- Used to working in a busy environment
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change
- Willing to engage with and learn from peers, other professionals and colleagues in the desire to provide or support the most appropriate interventions
- Professional calm and efficient manner
- Effective organizer, influencer and networker
- Demonstrates a strong desire to improve performance and make a difference by focusing on goals.
- Completer/Finisher
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with either NMC or HCPC.
- Degree or equivalent experience.
- Masters Qualification in Safeguarding or relevant subject or equivalent qualification/experience in Safeguarding.
- Evidence of on-going professional development/learning.
Desirable
- Safeguarding supervision training.
Equality & Diversity
Essential
- Understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships.
Autonomy
Essential
- Ability to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations in relation to individual service users
- Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues.
- working to tight and often changing timescales
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the legislation and principles of information sharing in relation to vulnerable children and adults.
- Extensive knowledge of national/local adult safeguarding policy.
- Working knowledge of the impact of change on professional practice.
- Understanding of the role/function of other statutory agencies.
- Knowledge of health inequalities and issues of diversity.
- Comprehensive knowledge of IT systems and software programmes such as Patient systems, Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Minimum 5 years post registration experience demonstrating a wide knowledge, understanding of working with vulnerable children and/or adults and their families
- Leadership training and Management experience of leading teams.
- Experience of working in partnership between health and social care.
- Experience of creating and delivering training programmes to multi agency groups/forums.
- Experience of managing change through partnership working.
- Experience of involvement in investigations, Individual management reviews or Serious Case Reviews.
- Designing and implementing audits.
- Experience of advising and presenting to commissioners of service development.
- Experience of producing concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to senior stakeholders and a broad range of stakeholders as required.
- Demonstrated experience of co-ordinating projects in complex and challenging environments.
- Experience of working under pressure and achieving high quality outcomes.
- Experience of managing a team in high pressure environment and supporting maintenance of professional conduct.
- Shown ability to Lead safeguarding practice across own discipline/service area.
- To be competent in producing guidance or procedures and analytical reports.
- Negotiating with senior practitioners to resolve differences of opinion and conflict to maintain excellent working practices.
- Be proficient in providing professional supervision
Skills
Essential
- Ability to Chair Multi-Agency meetings.
- Must be able to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information, negotiate with senior stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups
- Negotiate on difficult and controversial issues including performance and change.
- Leadership training and Management experience
- Ability to manage change through Partnership working
- Experience and ability to work under pressure in fast paced environment
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
- Have designed and undertaken Audits
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Strategic thinking ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise.
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
- Comprehensive experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects.
- Must be able to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others. Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the individuals.
- To be able to demonstrate effective leadership within a multiagency team.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and patient recording systems.
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).
