Head of Safeguarding

Job summary

The Head of Safeguarding (Adults and Children) will be directly line managed by the Associate Director for Safeguarding and will be required tomaintain daily oversight of the safeguarding service management and immediately escalate any risks to the Associate Director for Safeguarding.This role will support the Associate Director for Safeguarding by promoting good professional safeguarding, providing operational leadership forsafeguarding adults and children activity within BCHFT services and contribute to the delivery of the Trust Safeguarding Strategy. The role ofHead of Safeguarding (Adults and Children) will act as a visible role model creating a supportive ethos to empower staff to contribute to thedelivery of high quality safeguarding practice across the Trust. In addition, the will operationalise the Trust Safeguarding Strategy and put intoaction and will have responsibility for the development and delivery of sound safeguarding practice, process and systems for children, youngpeople and adults. As Head of Safeguarding the role will line manage the 4 Lead Named Nurses with responsibility for ensuring the SafeguardingTeam deliver all the key objectives and requirements for the safeguarding of all patients, across BCHFT whilst demonstrating effective interagencypartnership working.

Main duties of the job

o Direct Line Management responsibilities for BCHFT Safeguarding Team.o Deputise for the Associate Director for Safeguarding at Local Safeguarding Children's Partnerships and the Local Safeguarding AdultsBoard; represent the Trust on Groups, as required.o Provide highly specialist safeguarding advice in relation to both Adults and Children.o Lead the development and delivery of the Trust's Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children operational work-plans.o In the absence of the Associate Director for Safeguarding act as a single point of for the Trust leading on public protection issues suchas Hate Crime, Modern Slavery and PREVENT in conjunction with partner agencies such as the police and social care.o Demonstrate advanced skills and competencies to influence pathways of care to safeguard vulnerable people and will ensure thatevidenced-based practice and guidance is provided to staff managing safeguarding cases.o Ensure timely escalation of any immediate risks or concerns to the Associate Director for Safeguarding.o Provide expert safeguarding supervision to senior colleagues within the Trust and provide advice and guidance to Lead Named Nursesand other staff as required (Including senior managers).o Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promotes these on day to day basis.o A requirement of this post is that the post holder will also participate in the Trust's on call rota.

About us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for thepopulation of the Black Country.o Adult and older adult mental health serviceso Specialist learning disability serviceso Mental health services for children and young peopleo Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in DudleyWe proudly offer supportive, inclusive and family friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional servicesand employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best - and find support if they need it. To find more about our staff benefits, please visitour website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.ukDon't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and ethnic minority candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless theymeet every single qualification. At Black Country Healthcare we recognise and value all forms of knowledge and expertise, so if you're excitedabout this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification or criteria in the job description/person specification, weencourage you to apply anyway.