Job summary
Due to the retirement of the
existing post holder an exciting secondment opportunity has arisen. It is
anticipated that the post will eventually be recruited to substantively,
however, as a restructure is in progress, it is not possible to substantively
recruit at this stage. A secondment will ensure business continuity for the
safeguarding team while the restructure consultation concludes and give a
development opportunity for the post-holder during the period of secondment.
The
Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children in Care is a statutory role outlined
in Promoting the Health Needs of Looked after Children ( 2015 ) . The post
holder will lead strategically to ensure that the health needs of Children in
Care and care leavers are promoted and met across the health economy.
Additionally,
the post holder will support and deputise for the Designated Nurses for
Safeguarding Children to fulfil the statutory role of
Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children as defined in Working Together to
Safeguard Children (2023) and the Intercollegiate Guidance (2019).
Main duties of the job
The
post holder will provide assurance both internal (ICB) and external (safeguarding
partnerships) in relation to legislative requirements and quality of health
services for children in care and care leavers.
The
post holder will work with stakeholders and be a member of the Corporate
Parenting Board and related subgroups in order to support health service
planning and commissioning of services.
The
post holder will work with the Named Nurse Children in Care, the Local
Authority NYY and the providers commissioned to complete IHA's and RHA's to
ensure that these are undertaken within statutory time frames and are of the
expected quality .
The
post holder will work with other Children in Care Colleagues within the ICB and
with partners to develop a care leavers offer.
The
post involves leading on and supporting the Designated Nurses in all activities
necessary to ensure that NYY place and the wider ICB and provider organisations
within the health economy are able to meet all statutory responsibilities to
respond to the health needs for children in care
Work
with Designated professionals to ensure that the ICB safeguarding children's & Children in Care
policies are up to date and compliant with national and local legislation and
guidelines, reviewing as necessary.
Work
with the Designated professionals to ensure that the health component of
multi-agency procedures is accurate, up to date and compliant with national and
local legislation and guidelines
About us
The ICB welcomes all applicants, however, we must
remind applicants that we currently do not hold a Tier 2 sponsorship license
(now called Skilled Worker visa sponsorship). Can we politely ask this is
considered before applying for this position.
NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) is responsible for planning and arranging the provision of NHS services to meet the diverse health needs of a population of 1.7 million people.Our
area reaches over 1,500 square miles and includes the cities of Hull and York
and the large rural areas across East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Northern
Lincolnshire.
The
Designated and Deputy Designated Nurses Safeguarding Children and Children in
Care are a small team (at place) who work together to ensure that Children and
Young People are safeguarded and their wellbeing promoted. Team working and flexibility are extremely
important to us, and we would look for the successful candidate to hold these
values. This vacancy would suit an experienced safeguarding nurse who is
self-motivated, conscientious and able to work to deadlines.
Home
working is available with an expectation of office based team work on a weekly
basis
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder in addition to the core responsibilities above the post holder
will:
Work
as an independent practitioner and member of the safeguarding team across the
health community.
Reviews
financial information i.e in relation to Looked After Children health
assessments to ensure that they are consistent with statutory guidelines
Advise
and support health colleagues in the clinical assessment and care of children
in care and children and young people
where there are safeguarding concerns, as part of own clinical role, whilst
being clear about others personal clinical professional accountability.
Assess
and evaluate evidence, write reports and present sensitive and highly complex
information to child or adult centred meetings which may include audiences of
large numbers of multi-agency partners.
Provide
advice and signposting to other professionals about legal processes, key
research and policy documents.
Provide
effective reflective safeguarding supervision for colleagues within the ICB ,
Primary care and other provider health organisations safeguarding
professionals.
Contribute
to safeguarding peer supervision and supervision training.
Contribute
to the development and delivery of specific training packages for ICB and
primary care practitioners in relation to Children in Care and safeguarding
children.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder in addition to the core responsibilities above the post holder
will:
Work
as an independent practitioner and member of the safeguarding team across the
health community.
Reviews
financial information i.e in relation to Looked After Children health
assessments to ensure that they are consistent with statutory guidelines
Advise
and support health colleagues in the clinical assessment and care of children
in care and children and young people
where there are safeguarding concerns, as part of own clinical role, whilst
being clear about others personal clinical professional accountability.
Assess
and evaluate evidence, write reports and present sensitive and highly complex
information to child or adult centred meetings which may include audiences of
large numbers of multi-agency partners.
Provide
advice and signposting to other professionals about legal processes, key
research and policy documents.
Provide
effective reflective safeguarding supervision for colleagues within the ICB ,
Primary care and other provider health organisations safeguarding
professionals.
Contribute
to safeguarding peer supervision and supervision training.
Contribute
to the development and delivery of specific training packages for ICB and
primary care practitioners in relation to Children in Care and safeguarding
children.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a range of health care settings.
- Experience of working as part of a specialist safeguarding service within health.
- Demonstrable experience of working with children, young people and their families, and/ or Children in Care.
- Experience of safeguarding supervision in relation to children
- Experience of the development and delivery of training.
- Experience of contribution to the work of LSCP
- Experience of contributing to the formulation of multi-agency safeguarding plans.
- Experience of writing reports.
- Experience of undertaking audit and service improvement initiatives.
- Experience of contributing to reviews of cases on a multi-agency basis.
Desirable
- Experience of working within children in care agenda and understanding of the statutory requirements
- Experience of developing safeguarding arrangements within the multi-agency arena.
- Experience of the development of multi-disciplinary protocols and procedures
- Experience of the management of Incidents and/or Serious Incidents.
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Registration Nurse Level 1.
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree/ diploma, supplemented by specialist training, experience and or short courses to Masters level
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Specialist knowledge of legislation, national safeguarding policy, procedures and guidance.
- Professional knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities and arrangements within Social Care, acute and community health services
Desirable
- Knowledge of the national modernisation agendas regarding safeguarding specifically in relation to Children in Care .
- Specialist knowledge of the clinical governance and clinical risk management agendas and reporting systems.
- Knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities in primary care Public Health, Education, mental health and substance use services
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills and ability to use these skills within multi-agency settings.
- Ability to work on own initiative and facilitate the work of others.
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic leader good team player.
- Able to work within multi-disciplinary / multi-agency setting.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Demonstrable decision making skills at a specialist level.
- Effective communication skills including writing of reports.
- Computer literate, including standard keyboard skills.
- Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise own workload.
- Ability to travel across the county of North Yorkshire and wider to attend meetings in line with service need.
- Ability to facilitate the professional development of other practitioners through support, influence, training and supervision
Desirable
- Research and development skills
- Able to lead and motivate staff under pressure
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a range of health care settings.
- Experience of working as part of a specialist safeguarding service within health.
- Demonstrable experience of working with children, young people and their families, and/ or Children in Care.
- Experience of safeguarding supervision in relation to children
- Experience of the development and delivery of training.
- Experience of contribution to the work of LSCP
- Experience of contributing to the formulation of multi-agency safeguarding plans.
- Experience of writing reports.
- Experience of undertaking audit and service improvement initiatives.
- Experience of contributing to reviews of cases on a multi-agency basis.
Desirable
- Experience of working within children in care agenda and understanding of the statutory requirements
- Experience of developing safeguarding arrangements within the multi-agency arena.
- Experience of the development of multi-disciplinary protocols and procedures
- Experience of the management of Incidents and/or Serious Incidents.
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Registration Nurse Level 1.
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree/ diploma, supplemented by specialist training, experience and or short courses to Masters level
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Specialist knowledge of legislation, national safeguarding policy, procedures and guidance.
- Professional knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities and arrangements within Social Care, acute and community health services
Desirable
- Knowledge of the national modernisation agendas regarding safeguarding specifically in relation to Children in Care .
- Specialist knowledge of the clinical governance and clinical risk management agendas and reporting systems.
- Knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities in primary care Public Health, Education, mental health and substance use services
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills and ability to use these skills within multi-agency settings.
- Ability to work on own initiative and facilitate the work of others.
- Self-motivated, enthusiastic leader good team player.
- Able to work within multi-disciplinary / multi-agency setting.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
- Demonstrable decision making skills at a specialist level.
- Effective communication skills including writing of reports.
- Computer literate, including standard keyboard skills.
- Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise own workload.
- Ability to travel across the county of North Yorkshire and wider to attend meetings in line with service need.
- Ability to facilitate the professional development of other practitioners through support, influence, training and supervision
Desirable
- Research and development skills
- Able to lead and motivate staff under pressure
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).
