Safeguarding Practitioner

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Nursing & Quality Directorate

Safeguarding and Protecting Adults and Children

Safeguarding Practitioner

Band 6

Full time (37.5 hours per week)

We are excited to announce a vacancy within the LSCFT Safeguarding Team for a Safeguarding Practitioner. This role is pivotal in upholding the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and protecting vulnerable adults, children, and families.

About Us

Safeguarding is central to LSCFT's governance framework. We are seeking someone with proven leadership experience and a track record of delivering exceptional care to society's most vulnerable members. The successful candidate will be passionate about safeguarding and dedicated to providing reliable, high-quality, and safe services in an area of work that is both demanding and immensely rewarding.

The Opportunity

This full-time position is based in the Pennine locality, offering the chance to collaborate with Specialist Safeguarding Practitioners and Named Nurses in delivering clinical expertise across the safeguarding agenda for all LSCFT staff. As part of the role, the practitioner will rotate into the MASH health practitioner role, contributing to multi-agency decision-making processes.

Main duties of the job

What We're Looking For

We are looking to recruit a registered nurse who has:-

Experience working in challenging situations and navigating complex service needs.

A thorough understanding of national and local safeguarding issues affecting vulnerable adults and children.

A proven ability to excel in multidisciplinary teamwork and collaborate effectively withmulti-agency partners.

Comprehensive knowledge of safeguarding practices for children, young people, and adults.

While a solid foundation in safeguarding knowledge is essential, we offer robust support and professional development opportunities within our diverse and skilled team.

We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexibility in how, when, and where you work, we are happy to discuss your needs during the interview process.

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS Clearance.

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, Cumbria and Sefton area.

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

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pennine Safeguarding

Blackburn

BB1 3BL

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pennine Safeguarding

Blackburn

BB1 3BL

Employer's website

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

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