Safeguarding Coordinator

SECamb

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Job summary

Safeguarding Coordinator - secondment opportunity

  • 12 month secondment - Maternity cover opportunity, part time 27.5 hours per week
  • NHS AFC Band 5 -£29,970 - £36,483 per annum
  • Location - Crawley HQ

The Safeguarding team have a vacancy for a coordinator to review and process the Trust's safeguarding child and adult referrals (relating to adult and child abuse), ensuring data is accurate and shared in accordance with Trust guidelines. This includes gathering further information when required and liaising with internal stakeholders.

Keen to hear from those within the NHS or Education Sector for a 12-month external Secondment.

You will report into the Safeguarding Lead and will coordinate delivery of feedback regarding outcomes, in accordance with the Trust's Safeguarding referrals procedure, and promote a culture of continuous quality improvement across the Trust, supporting staff to deliver safe patient care and identify possible abuse.

Main duties of the job

  • To review and process the Trust's safeguarding child and adult referrals (relating to adult and child abuse), ensuring data is accurate and shared in accordance with Trust guidelines. This includes gathering further information when required and liaising with internal stakeholders.
  • To coordinate delivery of feedback regarding outcomes, in accordance with the Trust's Safeguarding referrals procedure.
  • To promote a culture of continuous quality improvement across the Trust, supporting staff to deliver safe patient care and identify possible abuse.
  • To ensure there is a timely response to child death overview panels, including sharing information regarding support services available to staff. To act as a point of contact for coordinating meetings associated with child death.
  • To manage section 42 enquiries (Care Act 2014), acting as the point of contact for local authority teams, logging the enquiry and forwarding this to the relevant manager for investigation, or resolving oneself wherever possible in order to streamline the process and ease the burden on other departments within the Trust

About us

  • Annual progression within pay band
  • NHS employees will be eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme
  • A minimum 27 days' holiday each year, increasing with service.
  • Personal and professional development and training opportunities.
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes for cars or push bikes.
  • Access to occupational health and counselling services.
  • Access to NHS discounts, offering NHS employees a range of money-saving deals.

Date posted

16 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

278-SC-1224-SBW

Job locations

Crawley HQ

4 Gatwick Rd

Crawley

RH10 9BG


Job description

Job responsibilities

The role involves ensuring there is a timely response to child death overview panels, including sharing information regarding support services available to staff; also to act as a point of contact for coordinating meetings associated with child death.

Please refer to the Job Description for a comprehensive list of responsibilities attached to this role

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role involves ensuring there is a timely response to child death overview panels, including sharing information regarding support services available to staff; also to act as a point of contact for coordinating meetings associated with child death.

Please refer to the Job Description for a comprehensive list of responsibilities attached to this role

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of safeguarding, healthcare and the roles and responsibilities within it
  • Developed knowledge of Microsoft office applications - Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
  • Knowledge of key legal frameworks with regards to safeguarding adults, safeguarding children, and information governance.

Desirable

  • Understanding of primary care, acute services, ambulance services and the wider health and social care agenda

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent level training and experience
  • Safeguarding Training to Level 3 (Intercollegiate Document 2018) or willingness to undertake this training before starting in post.

Desirable

  • Evidence of continuous personal and professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Prioritising workload in a dynamic environment to meet business needs
  • Able to process and coordinate appropriate and timely responses
  • Proven ability of managing and providing expert advice in a specific technical area.

Desirable

  • Proven ability of managing and providing expert advice in safeguarding.
  • Experience in delivering vocational training to others

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to work in partnership at all levels
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of safeguarding, healthcare and the roles and responsibilities within it
  • Developed knowledge of Microsoft office applications - Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint
  • Knowledge of key legal frameworks with regards to safeguarding adults, safeguarding children, and information governance.

Desirable

  • Understanding of primary care, acute services, ambulance services and the wider health and social care agenda

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent level training and experience
  • Safeguarding Training to Level 3 (Intercollegiate Document 2018) or willingness to undertake this training before starting in post.

Desirable

  • Evidence of continuous personal and professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Prioritising workload in a dynamic environment to meet business needs
  • Able to process and coordinate appropriate and timely responses
  • Proven ability of managing and providing expert advice in a specific technical area.

Desirable

  • Proven ability of managing and providing expert advice in safeguarding.
  • Experience in delivering vocational training to others

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to work in partnership at all levels

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).

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.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

SECamb

Address

Crawley HQ

4 Gatwick Rd

Crawley

RH10 9BG


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

SECamb

Address

Crawley HQ

4 Gatwick Rd

Crawley

RH10 9BG


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Safeguarding Lead

Gareth Knowles

Gareth.knowles@secamb.nhs.uk

07825754388

Date posted

16 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

278-SC-1224-SBW

Job locations

Crawley HQ

4 Gatwick Rd

Crawley

RH10 9BG


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