Safeguarding Children Practitioner MASH

Job summary

The post holder will work as part of a dynamic multi-agency integrated team assessing notifications and referrals regarding children aged 0-18 that are received by the MASH. The MASH process includes searching for and collating health information from a range of NHS providers both locally and further afield. The post holder will explain clearly, and with sound rationale, highly complex safeguarding children information, to a wide range of professionals, articulating a range of options available and advising on the most appropriate approach.

A Safeguarding Nurse Advisor (MASH) will be your immediate support and line manager.

Additionally the post holder will support the Safeguarding Children Team within Wye Valley NHS Trust. The post holder will work within the team to provide a co-ordinated approach to prevent harm and promote the welfare of children, young people and their families within Herefordshire.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Through liaison identify and collate the relevant health information to add to the multiagency risk assessment.
• Record, Interpret and present health information and issues that can impact on the risk or needs assessment of child/children from a range of health perspectives.
• Participate in the MASH multi-agency risk assessment to inform the decisions, advising where necessary and challenging decisions when appropriate.
• Disseminate and communicate decisions and appropriate health information to relevant health professionals including the Named Nurse and/or Doctor where appropriate and for sharing best practice
• Promote appropriate and effective communication by all health professionals within WVT, Integrated Health and Care Trust (mental health services), Primary Care and other health providers
• Attend strategy meetings on behalf of other health professionals as necessary
• Contribute to multi -agency/ internal case reviews specifically in the implementation of the findings and recommendations.

The role requires someone who can work to deadlines , an efficient communicator, a multi agency team player , and who enjoys a fast paced environment where no 2 days are the same!

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Plough Lane Council Offices

Plough Lane

Hereford

HR4 0LE

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Plough Lane Council Offices

Plough Lane

Hereford

HR4 0LE

Employer's website

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

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