Job summary
Would you like the opportunity to work with a
cohesive and dedicated safeguarding children team who are passionate and
committed to the safeguarding of children/young people but in particular those
that are deemed as vulnerable within CSH Surrey? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an
enthusiastic professional who is committed to making a difference and improving
the outcomes for our vulnerable children/young people.
We are looking to recruit a Safeguarding Children
Advisor who will have up to date knowledge and practical experience of the
application of current legislation and statutory guidance relating to
safeguarding children/young people. You
will work in partnership with health colleagues, commissioners, and partner
agencies to improve outcomes for vulnerable children/young people whilst
keeping the child/young person at the heart of everything you do and ensuring
that their voice is heard.
The safeguarding team implemented agile working
following the COVID-19 pandemic offering a better work/ life balance and
reducing travel costs. There is some travel to other sites within Surrey as
required .
Essential qualifications are:
- Registered
Nurse/ Registered Childrens Nurse
- Specialist
Practitioner Health Visitor or School Nurse qualification degree.
For further details / informal visits please contact:
- Liz Cariss
- Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children
- lizcariss@nhs.net
- Tel: 07881
625 359
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached job description and personal specification for more details and requirements for the role.
About us
CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest
established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get
NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of
5%.
Our staff enjoy excellent training and development opportunities, including the
care certificate, apprenticeships, numeracy and literacy courses, access to
the Nursing Associate programme, and a wide variety of management and
leadership courses and programmes.
We CARE about our staff though through our values of Compassion,
Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Our active employee council called
The Voice, elect employee representatives to ensure colleagues' voices are
heard at Board level.
CSH is a diverse organisation, if you are a passionate, person-focused
individual then apply to join CSH Surrey today!
We welcome candidates from
all backgrounds who meet the essential criteria of the job you are applying for
and if you require any reasonable adjustments, please contact the named
individual for this advert, or our recruitment team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose
The Safeguarding Advisor will support the Safeguarding Children Team within CSH Surrey to ensure staff deliver safe and effective care in line with the Children Act (1989 and 2004), and the Care Act (2014).
The post holder will be required to provide specialist safeguarding advice, and support to CSH Surrey managers and staff. This includes the CSH Surrey component of the wider Children and Family Health Surrey (CFHS) which is a Surrey-wide health service for children from 0- 19 years of age and their families. It brings together physical and emotional health services that are designed first and foremost around the needs of the children, young people (CYP) and their families.
In this role you will contribute to a service to support the safeguarding of children within CSH Surrey. This will include the combined roles of Safeguarding Advisor, supporting colleagues within Surrey Multi Agency Partnership (MAP), and delivery of safeguarding training.
The post holder will support the development and review of CSH Surrey safeguarding policies, guidance and training packages in line with relevant legislation and the children Intercollegiate Guidance; Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Healthcare Staff 2019.
The post holder will provide support and safeguarding supervision to relevant staff.
The role will include performance monitoring, internal and external reporting and assurance and the management of data collection systems relating to safeguarding children services and multiagency decision making.
Summary of Role
- The primary focus of this role is to work within the East Children Safeguarding Team and utilise specialist knowledge and skills to advise and support CSH Surrey staff in terms of safeguarding. This includes supporting practitioners in raising concerns and ensuring that the relevant policies and procedures are followed in regards to the subject matters.
- Improve the quality of safeguarding across the whole of CSH through the implementation of lessons identified from case reviews locally and nationally, DHRs, and audits.
- Provide expert health advice to multi-agency professionals within Surrey MAP and support MAP enquiries with health information appropriate to safeguarding children.
- Provide health information and support strategic decision making in Safeguarding Strategy discussions; Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Criminal Exploitation Risk Management Meetings and Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) meetings.
- Provide support to staff in the preparation of reports for and attendance at child protection case conferences and other interagency/professional meetings as the need arises.
- To support analysis of health information and help identify vulnerable children who have accessed health care services and ensure that the relevant health professionals are informed and an action plan is identified.
- To provide a robust and safe communication system for the effective flow of information between hospitals and community health professionals and other agencies.
- To support the implementation of standards, audit and initiatives to promote the safety and well-being of children within CSH Surrey. Ensure that incidents that require investigation are reported to the Named Nurse and the appropriate steps are taken to report incidents as in line with policy and procedures.
- To support practitioners and ensure that local Escalation Policy (SSCP and SSAB) is utilised appropriately.
- Support analysis and evaluation of the health information contribution to the MAP and participate in audit processes when working in the MAP and ensure that learnings are shared and also embedded into practice.
- Support a process to identify need and harm and highlight children and young people who are known to have repeated referrals with no positive outcomes or repeated missed appointments and where required share with other professionals when working in the community or in the MAP.
- Ensure that administrative staff process information to safeguard children in a safe and timely manner.
- Deliver training to raise the awareness of staff in terms of safeguarding children.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose
The Safeguarding Advisor will support the Safeguarding Children Team within CSH Surrey to ensure staff deliver safe and effective care in line with the Children Act (1989 and 2004), and the Care Act (2014).
The post holder will be required to provide specialist safeguarding advice, and support to CSH Surrey managers and staff. This includes the CSH Surrey component of the wider Children and Family Health Surrey (CFHS) which is a Surrey-wide health service for children from 0- 19 years of age and their families. It brings together physical and emotional health services that are designed first and foremost around the needs of the children, young people (CYP) and their families.
In this role you will contribute to a service to support the safeguarding of children within CSH Surrey. This will include the combined roles of Safeguarding Advisor, supporting colleagues within Surrey Multi Agency Partnership (MAP), and delivery of safeguarding training.
The post holder will support the development and review of CSH Surrey safeguarding policies, guidance and training packages in line with relevant legislation and the children Intercollegiate Guidance; Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Healthcare Staff 2019.
The post holder will provide support and safeguarding supervision to relevant staff.
The role will include performance monitoring, internal and external reporting and assurance and the management of data collection systems relating to safeguarding children services and multiagency decision making.
Summary of Role
- The primary focus of this role is to work within the East Children Safeguarding Team and utilise specialist knowledge and skills to advise and support CSH Surrey staff in terms of safeguarding. This includes supporting practitioners in raising concerns and ensuring that the relevant policies and procedures are followed in regards to the subject matters.
- Improve the quality of safeguarding across the whole of CSH through the implementation of lessons identified from case reviews locally and nationally, DHRs, and audits.
- Provide expert health advice to multi-agency professionals within Surrey MAP and support MAP enquiries with health information appropriate to safeguarding children.
- Provide health information and support strategic decision making in Safeguarding Strategy discussions; Child Sexual Exploitation and Child Criminal Exploitation Risk Management Meetings and Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) meetings.
- Provide support to staff in the preparation of reports for and attendance at child protection case conferences and other interagency/professional meetings as the need arises.
- To support analysis of health information and help identify vulnerable children who have accessed health care services and ensure that the relevant health professionals are informed and an action plan is identified.
- To provide a robust and safe communication system for the effective flow of information between hospitals and community health professionals and other agencies.
- To support the implementation of standards, audit and initiatives to promote the safety and well-being of children within CSH Surrey. Ensure that incidents that require investigation are reported to the Named Nurse and the appropriate steps are taken to report incidents as in line with policy and procedures.
- To support practitioners and ensure that local Escalation Policy (SSCP and SSAB) is utilised appropriately.
- Support analysis and evaluation of the health information contribution to the MAP and participate in audit processes when working in the MAP and ensure that learnings are shared and also embedded into practice.
- Support a process to identify need and harm and highlight children and young people who are known to have repeated referrals with no positive outcomes or repeated missed appointments and where required share with other professionals when working in the community or in the MAP.
- Ensure that administrative staff process information to safeguard children in a safe and timely manner.
- Deliver training to raise the awareness of staff in terms of safeguarding children.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/ Registered Childrens Nurse Specialist Practitioner Health Visitor or School Nurse qualification degree. Mentorship/Teaching qualification/experience Up to Date Safeguarding Training at level 3 Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Specialist Practice Education Certificate. Multi-agency trainer. Post graduate certificate in Safeguarding A relevant portfolio of training to demonstrate a high level of competency in safeguarding Children Evidence of further study at masters level
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work independently, to prioritise workload and to make high level decisions Excellent time management skills. Ability and capacity to think widely and openly to analyse complex problems and develop solutions Excellent interpersonal skills Ability to diffuse anxiety, gain confidence and stimulate a climate or learning and openness Ability to negotiate and challenge others when decision making is contentious including in a multi-agency context. Ability to assess, develop, implement and evaluate plans of care where safeguarding concerns are identified. Ability to assess competencies and skills of others and to be able to challenge traditional view and work practices in a credible and non-threatening way. Ability to critically appraise research findings and draw out significance for clinical practice Flexibility and innovation in approach to champion safeguarding. Teaching and presentation skills. IT literate Ability to write clear reports
Other
Essential
- The post holder must be enthusiastic about this role and have evidenced an interest in the specific work of safeguarding. Must be able to safely carry essential equipment needed for the role. Ability to travel easily in mixed geographical areas. Hold a full U.K Driving license and have access to a car
Experience
Essential
- 3 years post specialist Community Practitioner qualification community or equivalent of working in a statutory Health setting Experience of achieving positive outcome for service users and the community through multi-agency working. Can evidence application of knowledge of the legislation and guidance, national and local with regard to safeguarding children e.g. Care Act 2014, Children Act 1989 and 2004. Knowledge of principles of safeguarding and clinical supervision, audit and research. Experience of assessing health needs of vulnerable children in different settings. Experience in leading and managing complex situations and conveying complex and sensitive information to a large range of services. Understanding of NMC code of conduct scope of professional practice. Excellent organisational skills and an ability to prioritise and work under pressure. Broad experience of across agency working Experience of participating in research/ audits and implementing evidence based practice. Experience of implementing and facilitating education and training programmes Experience of developing strategies, clinical guidelines and policies Experience of implementing and facilitating education and training programmes Knowledge of health and social care legislation and ability to apply knowledge appropriately. Able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of quality assurance. Experience of working flexibly across services to support optimum patient outcomes.
Desirable
- Experience of Line Management Experience of mentorship and support for practitioners in developing their confidence and skills in safeguarding A detailed knowledge of the multiagency work and processes undertaken to protect children. Experience of teaching in different settings and to different levels of skill and experience. Evidence of delivering effective safeguarding supervision.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse/ Registered Childrens Nurse Specialist Practitioner Health Visitor or School Nurse qualification degree. Mentorship/Teaching qualification/experience Up to Date Safeguarding Training at level 3 Evidence of continued professional development
Desirable
- Specialist Practice Education Certificate. Multi-agency trainer. Post graduate certificate in Safeguarding A relevant portfolio of training to demonstrate a high level of competency in safeguarding Children Evidence of further study at masters level
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work independently, to prioritise workload and to make high level decisions Excellent time management skills. Ability and capacity to think widely and openly to analyse complex problems and develop solutions Excellent interpersonal skills Ability to diffuse anxiety, gain confidence and stimulate a climate or learning and openness Ability to negotiate and challenge others when decision making is contentious including in a multi-agency context. Ability to assess, develop, implement and evaluate plans of care where safeguarding concerns are identified. Ability to assess competencies and skills of others and to be able to challenge traditional view and work practices in a credible and non-threatening way. Ability to critically appraise research findings and draw out significance for clinical practice Flexibility and innovation in approach to champion safeguarding. Teaching and presentation skills. IT literate Ability to write clear reports
Other
Essential
- The post holder must be enthusiastic about this role and have evidenced an interest in the specific work of safeguarding. Must be able to safely carry essential equipment needed for the role. Ability to travel easily in mixed geographical areas. Hold a full U.K Driving license and have access to a car
Experience
Essential
- 3 years post specialist Community Practitioner qualification community or equivalent of working in a statutory Health setting Experience of achieving positive outcome for service users and the community through multi-agency working. Can evidence application of knowledge of the legislation and guidance, national and local with regard to safeguarding children e.g. Care Act 2014, Children Act 1989 and 2004. Knowledge of principles of safeguarding and clinical supervision, audit and research. Experience of assessing health needs of vulnerable children in different settings. Experience in leading and managing complex situations and conveying complex and sensitive information to a large range of services. Understanding of NMC code of conduct scope of professional practice. Excellent organisational skills and an ability to prioritise and work under pressure. Broad experience of across agency working Experience of participating in research/ audits and implementing evidence based practice. Experience of implementing and facilitating education and training programmes Experience of developing strategies, clinical guidelines and policies Experience of implementing and facilitating education and training programmes Knowledge of health and social care legislation and ability to apply knowledge appropriately. Able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of quality assurance. Experience of working flexibly across services to support optimum patient outcomes.
Desirable
- Experience of Line Management Experience of mentorship and support for practitioners in developing their confidence and skills in safeguarding A detailed knowledge of the multiagency work and processes undertaken to protect children. Experience of teaching in different settings and to different levels of skill and experience. Evidence of delivering effective safeguarding supervision.
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).
