Head of Safeguarding

Job responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as the Head of Safeguarding at CDDFT. The team are well established, dynamic and innovative. This role is a Band 8b senior position within the organisation, who will provide strategic leadership across the safeguarding portfolio of safeguarding Adults, Children, Children in Care, Learning Disabilities, Domestic Abuse, Mental Capacity and Dementia and Delerium.

The Head of Safeguarding will work closely with the safeguarding and senior leadership team, to provide assurance that the organisation is meeting statutory safeguarding requirements. They will also ensure the achievement of key performance indicators for safeguarding across the organisation.

The role is open to existing named professionals across the organisation. The successful candidate will provide compassionate leadership across the portfolio, maintaining their robust knowledge, skills and experience within safeguarding practice. They will inform the Trust Executive of key safeguarding agendas and actively participate effective and collaborative working with internal stakeholders, multi-agency Partners and Designated Safeguarding Professionals.

The successful candidate will demonstrate robust evidence-based knowledge of national and local procedures, guidance and key safeguarding legislation across the portfolio. They will possess a keen desire to improve outcomes for vulnerable patients and their families. They will have wealth of experience in the field of safeguarding with a background as a named professional.

They will drive trust safeguarding strategy and represent the Trust across Partnerships and with external stakeholders. They will also lead a dynamic team of specialists, who work across the trust to lead in the development and delivery across the safeguarding portfolio, leading improvement supervision and training and the provision of assurance to the Trust Board.

Special Requirements

Essential

• Credible and motivational leader with ability to engage staff at all levels & across disciplines
• Ability to manage and prioritise conflicting deadlines and pressures
• Good organisational skills
• Individual with drive and enthusiasm to ensure services are developed and continually improved
• A good communicator & team player
• Demonstrates collaborative working with clinical and managerial peers
• Objective thinker with confidence to challenge existing practice and win support from opinion leaders

Desirable

• An evidenced aptitude for recognising and seizing opportunities for change and development

Statutory Registration

Essential

• NMC Registrant

Special Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of performance management and monitoring services within a service area
• Ability to evidence analysis of complex issues at a level broadly equivalent to Master degree academic study'
• Able to demonstrate experience of budget management as knowledge of financial systems and procedures
• Understanding and experience of undertaking of business planning at a service level
• Evidence of continuous education and training
• Demonstrable breadth and depth of understanding of acute operational issues in the NHS
• Understanding of local and national digital strategy.
• Proven ability to obtain and consistently achieve results and targets at a service level
• Ability to write, analyse and present reports to a wide audience as well as making recommendations
• Ability to analyse and then make judgements on a wide range of general management subjects (Quality /HR /Finance and Environment)
• High Level of knowledge in resuscitation and the deteriorating patient
• Understanding of the local and national Mortality indicators and agenda.
• Able to analyse data/information to identify areas for improvement, develop plans and implement as necessary in relation to mortality, resuscitation and the deteriorating patient
• Proven ability to formulate creative and flexible solutions to difficult problems
• Ability to listen to others and use critical questioning techniques
• Ability to define business needs and identify strategy at a service level

Desirable

• Understanding of the new contractual and HR developments for all staff managed within the Care group. Medical/ Dental/ Nursing and AHP
• A developed awareness and understanding of wider contextual changes in the NHS
• Understanding of full range of improvement methodology techniques, including process
• mapping, capacity and demand and spread and sustainability

Qualifications

Essential

• Masters level qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience
• Experience managing operational services in the NHS, public sector or in the private setting
• Safe Staffing Qualification / Significant Experience in Safeguarding Arena
• Intermediate knowledge of MS Office Word, Excel & Power point
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
• Named Safeguarding Professional

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership of service improvement programme at service level
• Experience of managing small capital developments
• Experience of equality and diversity awareness and standards
• Qualified PNA

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience working within relevant speciality to portfolio
• Experience of managing a service with competing stakeholders
• Experience of change using recognised principles and methodologies
• Financial and budgetary control of a significant budget
• Experience of managing multidisciplinary staff
• Experience of conducting negotiations relating to detailed matters both internal and external to the organisation
• Substantial senior line management experience in an acute NHS organisation

Desirable

• Experience working in a specialist safeguarding role.
• Experience of facilitating safeguarding supervision
• Evidence of developing and delivering safeguarding children training.
• Experience of leading on the risk management of highly complex safeguarding situations.
• Experience in court proceedings, including preparing reports or statements and attendance at court

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).