Safeguarding Education Specialist

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The post-holder will play in integral part within the Trust's Safeguarding Team, fulfilling the role of the subject matter expert for safeguarding education. The post-holder will analyse training needs, design new training material, and will be responsible for the quality assurance of material produced by external providers. The post-holder will deliver bespoke safeguarding training to cohorts of staff with specialist roles within the Trust including doctors, specialist paramedics, and mental health professionals. The post-holder will also mentor and quality-assure other professionals to deliver safeguarding training to wider groups of staff. The post-holder will also be the lead for the delivery of mental capacity training.

To maintain competency in safeguarding practice, the post-holder will also undertake some functions of a Named Professional for Safeguarding working in a matrix arrangement within the Trust's Safeguarding Team.

successful candidate to be a safeguarding professional with essential criteria experience of working in that setting and developing training in that area of expertise.

Main duties of the job

  • To assist the Head of Safeguarding and the Head of Education with specialist expert advice on the policy for, strategy for, design of, and delivery of safeguarding education and safeguarding supervision for all staff and volunteers working for the Trust.
  • To design and deliver generic and specialist safeguarding training courses for staff and volunteers working for the Trust.
  • To represent the Trust at local, regional, and national education forums both within the ambulance sector and within the wider health and social care sector.
  • To undertake the duties of a Named Professional for Safeguarding when required including attending multi-agency risk assessment meetings, undertaking statutory safeguarding reviews, triaging safeguarding referrals generated by staff, undertaking safeguarding audits, sharing safeguarding information with external partners, providing safeguarding advice to operational staff, and any other function undertaken by the Trust's Named Professionals. It is envisaged that the Safeguarding Education Specialist will spend around 25% of their time undertaking the duties of a Named Professional in order to maintain competence and expert knowledge of safeguarding practice in the ambulance sector.
  • To undertake the role of on-call safeguarding expert adviser.

About us

At South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) we have a culture where everyone is valued for being themselves. Our aim is to work together to promote the most inclusive environment possible, which attracts people from the widest range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work that we do together, for the benefit of all of our employees, our patients and the communities we serve. We offer flexible working opportunities, inclusive policies and a range of feedback mechanisms to support individuals and to enable a positive, welcoming environment where our people and their careers can thrive in.

We employ over 5,000 employees mainly clinical, operational and emergency response staff as well as supporting roles. We also employ Doctors and volunteers which include community first responders and fire co-responders.

We take all the steps needed to provide the most compassionate patient care possible whilst also providing an enjoyable and safe place to work. We actively promote a positive set of behaviours as being key to our performance both individually and collectively. Our recruitment, selection and screening processes are designed to uphold these standards and we invite all our candidates to actively share with us through these processes how they will bring these behaviours to life.

To view the Trust's Mission, Vision, Values and Goals clickhere

Date posted

11 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

202-4726894 A

Job locations

South Western Ambulance Service Trust Headquarters,

Unit 3, Abbey Court, Eagle Way, Sowton Industrial Estate

Exeter

EX2 7HY


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role please see attached the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about this role please see attached the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Health or Social Care professional
  • Certificate in Education (CertEd)
  • Full driving licence

Desirable

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)

Previous experience (Paid/ Unpaid relevant to job)

Essential

  • Significant experience of delivering safeguarding education
  • Recent safeguarding supervisory experience
  • Recent experience of complex mental capacity assessment delivery, supervision, or teaching

Desirable

  • Experience of designing and delivering training
  • Previous work as a safeguarding professional

Skills, knowledge, ability

Essential

  • Skilled communicator and educator, able to engage at an individual level or in a public setting
  • Ability to network and engage in a multi-agency and multidisciplinary setting
  • Competence at compiling reports and papers
  • Computer literate in applications including MS Teams and MS 365, and experienced with using digital teaching platforms (the Trustcurrently uses Articulate Rise).
Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Health or Social Care professional
  • Certificate in Education (CertEd)
  • Full driving licence

Desirable

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)

Previous experience (Paid/ Unpaid relevant to job)

Essential

  • Significant experience of delivering safeguarding education
  • Recent safeguarding supervisory experience
  • Recent experience of complex mental capacity assessment delivery, supervision, or teaching

Desirable

  • Experience of designing and delivering training
  • Previous work as a safeguarding professional

Skills, knowledge, ability

Essential

  • Skilled communicator and educator, able to engage at an individual level or in a public setting
  • Ability to network and engage in a multi-agency and multidisciplinary setting
  • Competence at compiling reports and papers
  • Computer literate in applications including MS Teams and MS 365, and experienced with using digital teaching platforms (the Trustcurrently uses Articulate Rise).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

South Western Ambulance Service Trust Headquarters,

Unit 3, Abbey Court, Eagle Way, Sowton Industrial Estate

Exeter

EX2 7HY


Employer's website

https://www.swast.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Address

South Western Ambulance Service Trust Headquarters,

Unit 3, Abbey Court, Eagle Way, Sowton Industrial Estate

Exeter

EX2 7HY


Employer's website

https://www.swast.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Safeguarding

Jonathan Hammond-Williams

jonathan.hammond-williams@swast.nhs.uk

07788334649

Date posted

11 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£41,659 to £47,672 a year Per Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

202-4726894 A

Job locations

South Western Ambulance Service Trust Headquarters,

Unit 3, Abbey Court, Eagle Way, Sowton Industrial Estate

Exeter

EX2 7HY


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