Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner – Mental Health

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner to join the Safeguarding Children and Adult's Team within Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT).

The post will be based predominantly within The Bay locality with an office base in South Cumbria.

Working within a multi-professional / agency context the successful applicant will provide expert training, supervision and advice to health and social care practitioners on a wide range of safeguarding issues that impact on children, young people, adults and their families. The role will be underpinned by a sound knowledge of the legal frameworks that shape the safeguarding agenda including The Children Act (1989; 2004), The Care Act (2014), The Mental Health Act (1983) and The Mental Capacity Act (2005).

Main duties of the job

Safeguarding is integral to governance arrangements within LSCFT and we are looking for someone with leadership experience and a track record in providing high standards of care to the most vulnerable children and adults in our society. The successful applicant must demonstrate a passion for safeguarding children, adults and their families and share the teams commitment to deliver services that are reliable, of high quality and safe in an area of work that is demanding, challenging yet extremely rewarding.

The successful applicant will support the development of single and multi-agency, safeguarding policies, procedures and clinical practice, ensuring practice is current and up to date in line with local and national priorities. The applicant will be required to support organisational safeguarding arrangements, contribute to the trust's quality and assurance framework and support the team in fulfilling statutory safeguarding duties outlined by the Think Family Safeguarding Agenda.

The post holder will work closely with the Named Nurses and Named Professionals for Safeguarding Children, Adults and MCA to ensure appropriate quality assurance mechanisms are in place and to assist in the development of skills and competencies of the LSCFT workforce.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire and South Cumbria.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Details

Date posted

19 May 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£40,057 to £45,839 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-CS1998-PN-A

Job locations

Base to be confirmed

South Cumbria Locality

LA9 7RG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Safeguarding is a valued and integral part of multi-disciplinary working across the Trust and the post involves opportunities to contribute to wider practice development and initiatives in line with a new locality model and Integrated Care Partnerships (ICP). The scope of the post will include the development of effective inter-disciplinary and inter-agency communication and relationships to improve outcomes for vulnerable children, families and adults.

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Safeguarding is a valued and integral part of multi-disciplinary working across the Trust and the post involves opportunities to contribute to wider practice development and initiatives in line with a new locality model and Integrated Care Partnerships (ICP). The scope of the post will include the development of effective inter-disciplinary and inter-agency communication and relationships to improve outcomes for vulnerable children, families and adults.

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oCurrent NMC Registration or equivalent professional qualification (e.g. social worker, occupational therapist).

Knowledge

Essential

  • oMulti-agency worker and ability to work co-operatively and manage conflict within the multi-agency systems
  • oDemonstrates an awareness of the complex issues when working across organisations and disciplines and understands key elements of change management
  • oIntermediate knowledge of national policy/research and legislation relating to the safeguarding/MCA agenda

Experience

Essential

  • oPrevious post qualifying work experience in mental health services
  • oPartnership work with vulnerable children, adults and their families
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • oCurrent NMC Registration or equivalent professional qualification (e.g. social worker, occupational therapist).

Knowledge

Essential

  • oMulti-agency worker and ability to work co-operatively and manage conflict within the multi-agency systems
  • oDemonstrates an awareness of the complex issues when working across organisations and disciplines and understands key elements of change management
  • oIntermediate knowledge of national policy/research and legislation relating to the safeguarding/MCA agenda

Experience

Essential

  • oPrevious post qualifying work experience in mental health services
  • oPartnership work with vulnerable children, adults and their families

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.

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.

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

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Base to be confirmed

South Cumbria Locality

LA9 7RG


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Base to be confirmed

South Cumbria Locality

LA9 7RG


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Named Nurse Safeguarding Adults & Children

Susan Porter

susan.porter@lscft.nhs.uk

07814075524

Details

Date posted

19 May 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£40,057 to £45,839 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-CS1998-PN-A

Job locations

Base to be confirmed

South Cumbria Locality

LA9 7RG


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