Named Professional for Safeguarding Children 8a

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful applicant will be a key member of clinical governance and assurance arrangements to ensure that the Trust fulfils its statutory duties to safeguard children and young people. The responsibilities of the post will include proactively and reactively engaging with frontline staff and managers and to provide evidence-based specialist information, advice, guidance and support required to help staff practice safely to safeguard children confidently and effectively.

As the Named Professional, the post-holder will take the lead in developing strategies across the Safeguarding Children Partnership, and will represent ELFT at a range of multi-agency statutory bodies.

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

• oRegistered Adult / Child / Mental Health / Specialist Community Public Health Nurse / Registered Social Worker
• oEducated to degree level in health or social care
• oPost-graduate study in a related child safeguarding subject (PGCert and above) or working towards
• oSafeguarding supervision training
• oEvidence of continuing professional development including recently in safeguarding children practice

Desirable

• oMentorship / practice teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• oExperience within safeguarding role
• oExperience related to caring for children and young people and working with vulnerable families
• oExperience of facilitating safeguarding children supervision and monitoring effectiveness
• oExperience in developing, planning and delivering training and monitoring effectiveness
• oWriting and quality assuring reports for child protection proceedings and court
• oDemonstrated experience of co-working in complex and challenging environments
• oExperience of collaborative working across health, social care and other agencies
• oExperience of contributing to policy development

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• oAdvanced knowledge of multi-agency working (children and families)
• oUp to date and advanced knowledge of legislation, policy, and guidance related to safeguarding children and how these are applied in practice
• oExperience of supporting staff in assessing risk and need for children and demonstrating a sound knowledge and understanding of the possible signs of child abuse. This includes emerging contemporary safeguarding issues
• oAdvanced understanding of diversity and equality issues and their application in safeguarding practice
• oAbility to demonstrate a high level of autonomy and accountability and plan own work effectively, working to tight and often changing timescales
• oExperience of safeguarding governance working arrangements and active participation in different aspects of the governance framework
• oAbility to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
• oAble to develop, understand present complex data and demonstrate good analytical skills
• oAble to contribute the health perspective to multi-agency meetings, including senior strategic safeguarding partnership meetings
• oAble to challenge decisions at a senior level and articulate rationale effectively demonstrating negotiation and leadership skills and remaining calm in stressful situations
• oExperience in forming, maintaining and promoting effective working relationships across a wide of professions and agencies
• oExperience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
• oExcellent communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrate tact and diplomacy when dealing with conflict
• oExperience in developing audit frameworks and implementing action plans and leading the Trust response to multi-agency audits
• oGood understanding of a range of IT and clinical recording systems including word, excel, powerpoint, teams and zoom
• oAware of current developments and practice in relation to the interface between child protection services and mental health services
• oEvidence of teaching and presentation skills

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

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Safeguarding Children Team

Central Beds

Bedfordshire

LU1 2PJ

Employer's website

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