Interim Deputy Director of Safeguarding (Band 8b)
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Job summary
Previous Applicants Need Not Apply
Due to the establishment of a 12-month pilot we are excited to be advertising an interim Deputy Director of Safeguarding role for NBT which incorporates the statutory function of the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children.
The role of the Deputy Director of Safeguarding is a key role in the leadership and management of the NBT trust wide safeguarding service (all ages). In conjunction with the Safeguarding Senior Leadership team, they will support with, deliver, and collaboratively implement the acute hospital safeguarding strategy.
The post holder will support the identification and facilitation of new areas of co-working and further development and embedding of the established Memorandum of Understanding between the two acute hospital trusts.
The postholder will represent NBT at relevant safeguarding children's and adults partnerships and Integrated Care System (ICS) activities and take responsibility for a delegated portfolio that contributes to ensuring that the Trust meets its safeguarding children's and adults responsibilities.
Full time, Part time or Job Share considered.
Main duties of the job
The role of Deputy Director of Safeguarding at NBT incorporates the role of Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children with fully delegated responsibility from the Chief Nursing Officer to support and implement strategies, plans, policies, procedures around safeguarding children which takes account of national and local safeguarding partnership guidance to safeguard children and promote their welfare.
This includes participating at partnership level, as representative for NBT, in design, implementation and priority setting for Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Arrangements.
The postholder will be responsible for managing systems and processes to ensure the service is delivered in accordance with trust wide and local policies.
The post has direct line management responsibility for the Named Midwife and Operational Lead and supports specialist requirements for the line management to the Emergency Department Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner for Children.
The post holder will provide line management to other members of the integrated safeguarding team in agreement with the Associate Director for Safeguarding as required.
About us
The Integrated Safeguarding Team are a well established skilled and high performing team with an emphasis on developing individual team members.
The team are friendly, supportive, caring and inclusive and are ambitious in achieving continuous improvements in safeguarding across the acute hospital providers.
Details
Date posted
22 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£58,972 to £68,525 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share
Reference number
339-TJC3688-A
Job locations
North Bristol NHS Trust
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
BS10 5NB
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will co-lead, with divisional leaders and Named Professionals, implementation of planned changes from local recommendations on practice arising from Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (CSPRs) and Rapid Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR) and Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHR) or raised through clinical governance and incident reporting.
The role of the Deputy Director for Safeguarding at NBT will be expected to work innovatively with the safeguarding senior leadership teams within the ICS to share learning and ideas for improvements to systems and practices for the benefit of patient experience.
The post holder will undertake the role of Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children for the Trust in accordance with the role and competencies outlined within Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) and RCPCH Intercollegiate Document (2019) guidance.
The post holder will ensure provision of expert advice, support, training, and safeguarding children supervision to staff across the organisation. The post holder will ensure the key functions of the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children are undertaken for the Trust through:
- Effective leadership embracing and promoting Think Family and ensuring risks around children are recognised across all ages.
- The setting, monitoring and maintenance of robust safeguarding arrangements and training programmes
- Collaborative interagency and multi-agency working in the context of Trust processes and wider system requirements including collaboration with Integrated Care System colleagues
- Development and maintenance of safeguarding governance systems related to safeguarding children and families
- Expert advice and active guidance to the trust around children and young people affected by domestic abuse, transitional and contextual safeguarding issues
The scope of the post includes leading agreed development and maintenance of effective inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working, supporting changes in all-age safeguarding service delivery and clinical practice required by relevant national and local policy. It also involves ensuring provision of supervision, safeguarding focused reflective practice and support to staff undertaking safeguarding children and adults work.
The role includes preparation of chronologies and management review reports for statutory and non-statutory processes such as CSPR/SAR/DHR and including drafting IMR and timelines on behalf of the trust, undertaking critical analysis of practice and the development of recommendations and action planning through participation in panels and groups convened under the respective legislative frameworks.
Within this is the expectation that these opportunities are shared for development across the team as part of supporting and maintaining a dynamic approach to CPD and succession planning.
The postholder will collaborate with divisional senior leaders and managers and the People and Transformation Department in conducting investigations of safeguarding children and adults related incidents and complaints.
The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients and their relatives and carers and actively promotes the wellbeing of staff.
Embrace the core values of the organisation and demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients and their relatives and carers and actively promotes the wellbeing of staff.
Directs Trust practice to ensure that robust systems are in place in order that staff can identify children in need of safeguarding at an early stage and contribute to protection from harm ensuring clear information sharing.
Directs Trust practice relating to the Making Safeguarding Personal approach as outlined in the Care Act and its guidance.
Leads a culture within which organisational strategy and values reflect the trusts commitment to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, challenging current practice, and influencing service development and redesign.
Recognises the harmful effects of discrimination and inequality on health and outcomes for adults and children. Visibly promotes and drives equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Acts as trust implementation lead for processes and partnership that ensures the trust exercises its responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and promoting the health and wellbeing of children and families.
To visibly lead the development of evidence based safeguarding services across the Trust, ensuring that relevant national standards are met for safeguarding children and adults.
To establish and maintain effective liaison and working relationships with other areas of health, social services, police, education, and the voluntary sector.
To participate as an active member of any regional safeguarding groups and other relevant networks on behalf of the safeguarding senior leadership team.
To advise and guide trust leaders to ensure appropriate and robust quality assurance processes are in place in relation to the safeguarding children service performance and discharge of their statutory duties to safeguard children.
To provide expert knowledge and ensure advice from safeguarding professionals is available to the full range of specialities in the trust on the day-to-day management of children and families where there are safeguarding/child protection concerns.
To provide advice (direct and indirect) to colleagues on the assessment, treatment, and services for all forms of child maltreatment.
To operationally line manage identified staff in the safeguarding team (all ages) providing supervision and leadership.
To exercise delegated authority for development, implementation and management of performance and resolution of day-to-day management issues across the all-age service.
Formally deputise for the Associate Director of Safeguarding in NBT activities and meetings.
Full line management responsibilities including recruitment, induction, appraisal, development, and retention of staff as well as managing sickness and absence, disciplinary and performance issues that may arise.
Manage organisational change and prioritise competing demands.
Flexible in style and approach to the role to best support individual team members at a time of change.
Support the safeguarding senior leadership team with the creation of an environment that is responsive to the changing needs and strategy of the trust and wider safeguarding system (including ICS and LPS developments) and local changing patterns around safeguarding and associated legislation.
Work independently or in support of professionals within complex case and decision-making processes relating to safeguarding, ensuring that expert advice is grounded in expert clinical practice.
To work autonomously within the trust procedures, guidelines, and professional code of conduct.
To seek appropriate support and supervision from the Designated Nurse for Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire.
As Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, working with the other Named Professionals, to develop, lead and oversee the implementation of a safeguarding children supervision strategy including the provision of ad-hoc supervision to all trust employees when needed.
To gather, analyse and interpret complex information relating to safeguarding children to make timely and effective decisions relating to safeguarding children provision, developing, and modifying models of information management where necessary.
Ensure that all professional safeguarding practice is based on current evidence, best practice, and where available validated research.
To lead the safeguarding children governance arrangements across the trust advising senior clinical leaders on implementation trust wide.
To participate in partnership lead audits across BNSSG relating to safeguarding children and adults.
Apply evidence-based approaches for safeguarding children and adults to inform and guide own and others practice promoting the health, welfare and safety of children and adults with care and support needs.
To develop an audit programme which will monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality and effectiveness of Think Family centred safeguarding practice.
Represent the Trust in the formal multi-agency scrutiny process to ensure effective implementation of Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews action plans with NBT.
Lead in conjunction with the safeguarding senior leadership team and Clinical Governance leads to ensure clinical effectiveness in safeguarding practice and ensure that safeguarding standards are adhered to within the trust.
To give expert input into investigations of misconduct or patient complaints in cases where safeguarding factors have been identified.
To identify areas of risk in practice and to take measures to minimise these.
To analyse and interpret the findings of relevant published research studies and national and local Safeguarding Children Practice Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews and lead the development of learning briefs.
To be an expert resource for practitioners undertaking study or research in the area of child protection and children in need.
To support the Operational Lead in ensuring the development of a highly skilled and knowledgeable safeguarding team with emphasis on recruitment and retention, succession planning and future requirements of the service.
Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice, and be committed to continued development.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post-holder will co-lead, with divisional leaders and Named Professionals, implementation of planned changes from local recommendations on practice arising from Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (CSPRs) and Rapid Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR) and Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHR) or raised through clinical governance and incident reporting.
The role of the Deputy Director for Safeguarding at NBT will be expected to work innovatively with the safeguarding senior leadership teams within the ICS to share learning and ideas for improvements to systems and practices for the benefit of patient experience.
The post holder will undertake the role of Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children for the Trust in accordance with the role and competencies outlined within Working Together to Safeguard Children (2018) and RCPCH Intercollegiate Document (2019) guidance.
The post holder will ensure provision of expert advice, support, training, and safeguarding children supervision to staff across the organisation. The post holder will ensure the key functions of the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children are undertaken for the Trust through:
- Effective leadership embracing and promoting Think Family and ensuring risks around children are recognised across all ages.
- The setting, monitoring and maintenance of robust safeguarding arrangements and training programmes
- Collaborative interagency and multi-agency working in the context of Trust processes and wider system requirements including collaboration with Integrated Care System colleagues
- Development and maintenance of safeguarding governance systems related to safeguarding children and families
- Expert advice and active guidance to the trust around children and young people affected by domestic abuse, transitional and contextual safeguarding issues
The scope of the post includes leading agreed development and maintenance of effective inter-disciplinary and inter-agency working, supporting changes in all-age safeguarding service delivery and clinical practice required by relevant national and local policy. It also involves ensuring provision of supervision, safeguarding focused reflective practice and support to staff undertaking safeguarding children and adults work.
The role includes preparation of chronologies and management review reports for statutory and non-statutory processes such as CSPR/SAR/DHR and including drafting IMR and timelines on behalf of the trust, undertaking critical analysis of practice and the development of recommendations and action planning through participation in panels and groups convened under the respective legislative frameworks.
Within this is the expectation that these opportunities are shared for development across the team as part of supporting and maintaining a dynamic approach to CPD and succession planning.
The postholder will collaborate with divisional senior leaders and managers and the People and Transformation Department in conducting investigations of safeguarding children and adults related incidents and complaints.
The post holder will embrace the core values of the organisation and demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients and their relatives and carers and actively promotes the wellbeing of staff.
Embrace the core values of the organisation and demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients and their relatives and carers and actively promotes the wellbeing of staff.
Directs Trust practice to ensure that robust systems are in place in order that staff can identify children in need of safeguarding at an early stage and contribute to protection from harm ensuring clear information sharing.
Directs Trust practice relating to the Making Safeguarding Personal approach as outlined in the Care Act and its guidance.
Leads a culture within which organisational strategy and values reflect the trusts commitment to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, challenging current practice, and influencing service development and redesign.
Recognises the harmful effects of discrimination and inequality on health and outcomes for adults and children. Visibly promotes and drives equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Acts as trust implementation lead for processes and partnership that ensures the trust exercises its responsibilities in relation to safeguarding and promoting the health and wellbeing of children and families.
To visibly lead the development of evidence based safeguarding services across the Trust, ensuring that relevant national standards are met for safeguarding children and adults.
To establish and maintain effective liaison and working relationships with other areas of health, social services, police, education, and the voluntary sector.
To participate as an active member of any regional safeguarding groups and other relevant networks on behalf of the safeguarding senior leadership team.
To advise and guide trust leaders to ensure appropriate and robust quality assurance processes are in place in relation to the safeguarding children service performance and discharge of their statutory duties to safeguard children.
To provide expert knowledge and ensure advice from safeguarding professionals is available to the full range of specialities in the trust on the day-to-day management of children and families where there are safeguarding/child protection concerns.
To provide advice (direct and indirect) to colleagues on the assessment, treatment, and services for all forms of child maltreatment.
To operationally line manage identified staff in the safeguarding team (all ages) providing supervision and leadership.
To exercise delegated authority for development, implementation and management of performance and resolution of day-to-day management issues across the all-age service.
Formally deputise for the Associate Director of Safeguarding in NBT activities and meetings.
Full line management responsibilities including recruitment, induction, appraisal, development, and retention of staff as well as managing sickness and absence, disciplinary and performance issues that may arise.
Manage organisational change and prioritise competing demands.
Flexible in style and approach to the role to best support individual team members at a time of change.
Support the safeguarding senior leadership team with the creation of an environment that is responsive to the changing needs and strategy of the trust and wider safeguarding system (including ICS and LPS developments) and local changing patterns around safeguarding and associated legislation.
Work independently or in support of professionals within complex case and decision-making processes relating to safeguarding, ensuring that expert advice is grounded in expert clinical practice.
To work autonomously within the trust procedures, guidelines, and professional code of conduct.
To seek appropriate support and supervision from the Designated Nurse for Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire.
As Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, working with the other Named Professionals, to develop, lead and oversee the implementation of a safeguarding children supervision strategy including the provision of ad-hoc supervision to all trust employees when needed.
To gather, analyse and interpret complex information relating to safeguarding children to make timely and effective decisions relating to safeguarding children provision, developing, and modifying models of information management where necessary.
Ensure that all professional safeguarding practice is based on current evidence, best practice, and where available validated research.
To lead the safeguarding children governance arrangements across the trust advising senior clinical leaders on implementation trust wide.
To participate in partnership lead audits across BNSSG relating to safeguarding children and adults.
Apply evidence-based approaches for safeguarding children and adults to inform and guide own and others practice promoting the health, welfare and safety of children and adults with care and support needs.
To develop an audit programme which will monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality and effectiveness of Think Family centred safeguarding practice.
Represent the Trust in the formal multi-agency scrutiny process to ensure effective implementation of Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews action plans with NBT.
Lead in conjunction with the safeguarding senior leadership team and Clinical Governance leads to ensure clinical effectiveness in safeguarding practice and ensure that safeguarding standards are adhered to within the trust.
To give expert input into investigations of misconduct or patient complaints in cases where safeguarding factors have been identified.
To identify areas of risk in practice and to take measures to minimise these.
To analyse and interpret the findings of relevant published research studies and national and local Safeguarding Children Practice Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews and lead the development of learning briefs.
To be an expert resource for practitioners undertaking study or research in the area of child protection and children in need.
To support the Operational Lead in ensuring the development of a highly skilled and knowledgeable safeguarding team with emphasis on recruitment and retention, succession planning and future requirements of the service.
Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice, and be committed to continued development.
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential
- Have completed specific training in the care of babies/children and young people and be registered on either Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register as a registered Children's Nurse, Mental Health Nurse, Adult Nurse or Part 3 as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse having completed a specific programme with a child and family focus.
- Significant CPD in safeguarding related specialist subjects at Level 3 and 4 (Intercollegiate documents)
- Evidence of further academic/professional development at Masters level or equivalent
- Supervision for safeguarding training/qualification
Desirable
- Leadership and management training/qualification that includes leading change
Work Experience
Essential
- Have a minimum of three years' previous experience related to caring for babies/children and young people, be currently practicing in the field of safeguarding in a senior role and have an understanding (and experience where appropriate) of forensic matters relating to child protection procedures.
- Have extensive experience of a management or leadership role in safeguarding, within a health provider, with responsibility for statutory processes.
- Experience of leading a service through change with a focus on quality improvement and patient experience.
- Extensive experience of managing complex safeguarding cases and highly sensitive information
- Evidence of effective multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of developing and delivering safeguarding children training at levels 1-3
- Experience of gathering information for CSPR/SAR/DHR and completing chronologies and reports
Desirable
- Experience of project management in complex health organisations.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Advanced understanding of safeguarding legislation, information sharing, information governance, confidentiality, and consent including guidance from professional bodies
- Reads and interprets the latest research evidence and determines the implications for safeguarding practice
- Have expert understanding of Child Protection procedures as it relates to clinical practice, including the procedures and investigations required in the maltreatment of children and young people
- Have an advanced knowledge of relevant national and international issues, policies, related to safeguarding and their implications for practice
- Able to use, analyse and evaluate complex information and evidence to lead inter-agency decision making across the organisation
- High levels of competence around domestic abuse, transitional and contextual safeguarding
- Experience of leading audit and quality assurance
Desirable
- Skilled in managing change and setting the culture for children and adults safeguarding
Personal qualities/special circumstances
Essential
- Embrace the core values of the organisation and demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients and their relatives and carers and actively promotes the wellbeing of staff
- Recognises the harmful effects of discrimination and inequality on health and outcomes for adults and children. Visibly promotes and drives equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Flexible in style and approach to the role to best support individual team members at a time of change
Person Specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential
- Have completed specific training in the care of babies/children and young people and be registered on either Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register as a registered Children's Nurse, Mental Health Nurse, Adult Nurse or Part 3 as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse having completed a specific programme with a child and family focus.
- Significant CPD in safeguarding related specialist subjects at Level 3 and 4 (Intercollegiate documents)
- Evidence of further academic/professional development at Masters level or equivalent
- Supervision for safeguarding training/qualification
Desirable
- Leadership and management training/qualification that includes leading change
Work Experience
Essential
- Have a minimum of three years' previous experience related to caring for babies/children and young people, be currently practicing in the field of safeguarding in a senior role and have an understanding (and experience where appropriate) of forensic matters relating to child protection procedures.
- Have extensive experience of a management or leadership role in safeguarding, within a health provider, with responsibility for statutory processes.
- Experience of leading a service through change with a focus on quality improvement and patient experience.
- Extensive experience of managing complex safeguarding cases and highly sensitive information
- Evidence of effective multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of developing and delivering safeguarding children training at levels 1-3
- Experience of gathering information for CSPR/SAR/DHR and completing chronologies and reports
Desirable
- Experience of project management in complex health organisations.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Advanced understanding of safeguarding legislation, information sharing, information governance, confidentiality, and consent including guidance from professional bodies
- Reads and interprets the latest research evidence and determines the implications for safeguarding practice
- Have expert understanding of Child Protection procedures as it relates to clinical practice, including the procedures and investigations required in the maltreatment of children and young people
- Have an advanced knowledge of relevant national and international issues, policies, related to safeguarding and their implications for practice
- Able to use, analyse and evaluate complex information and evidence to lead inter-agency decision making across the organisation
- High levels of competence around domestic abuse, transitional and contextual safeguarding
- Experience of leading audit and quality assurance
Desirable
- Skilled in managing change and setting the culture for children and adults safeguarding
Personal qualities/special circumstances
Essential
- Embrace the core values of the organisation and demonstrate an attitude which respects and values patients and their relatives and carers and actively promotes the wellbeing of staff
- Recognises the harmful effects of discrimination and inequality on health and outcomes for adults and children. Visibly promotes and drives equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Flexible in style and approach to the role to best support individual team members at a time of change
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
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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
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).
Employer details
Employer name
North Bristol NHS Trust
Address
North Bristol NHS Trust
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
BS10 5NB
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Employer details
Employer name
North Bristol NHS Trust
Address
North Bristol NHS Trust
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
BS10 5NB
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Details
Date posted
22 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8b
Salary
£58,972 to £68,525 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share
Reference number
339-TJC3688-A
Job locations
North Bristol NHS Trust
Southmead Hospital
Bristol
BS10 5NB
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