Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic, and committed Nurse with a wealth of experience in safeguarding?
Do you Think Family?
If so, we are interested in you
We are looking for a nurse to lead the Childrens agenda in Safeguarding at CWPT, a multi-faceted Trust covering three Local Authorities
This is a highly skilled role
We are wanting to appoint someone in our Named Nurse role who will lead the Trust Safeguarding Childrens agenda with innovation, knowledge passion and dedication. You will need a strategic approach, with excellent communication and leadership skills
If that person is you, we would like to meet you
Main duties of the job
This role supports the Head of Safeguarding. The role entails working across the local health and social care economies to prevent harm, fostering, and facilitating multi-professional interagency working in respect of safeguarding children.
The role is that of a highly developed clinical specialist for safeguarding children within the Trust ensuring the trust implement the elements of the Children Act 1989/04, Working Together 2023,Children and Social Work Act 2017 and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 in respect of safeguarding children. These obligations are fulfilled by providing clinical leadership across the field of safeguarding children.
The scope of the post includes liaison across agencies in the contribution and development of child safeguarding practice, supervision, education, accountability, governance, and provision of expert advice based upon mandatory and statutory frameworks and guidelines. Working collaboratively in providing high quality evidence-based services to support the development of effective inter-disciplinary and inter-agency relationships with other NHS Trusts, Local Authority, Police, and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies in order to minimise the risks to children.
The post holder is required to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information where significant barriers to acceptance need to be overcome using the highest levels of interpersonal and communication skills.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues a much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description attached which details main responsibilities including:
- Training - To support the Head of safeguarding and safeguarding team in identifying the safeguarding children training needs for the organisation and more..
- Promoting Safeguarding - To promote the safeguarding of Children within the organisation and more..
- Specialist Knowledge - To apply knowledge of the current legislation around promoting and safeguarding the health, welfare, and safety of children, and more..
- Advice and Support -To promote good professional practice within the Trust around safeguarding children by having oversight of the Named professional staff when they are providing safeguarding children advice and guidance on request to all Trust staff and more..
- Multi-Agency Working - To participate in and promote multi-agency working by liaising closely with the Local Safeguarding Children Boards to ensure a joined-up approach to safeguarding children, and more..
- Evidence Based Practice -To use research and core audit skills to evaluate, develop and improve standards of practice and use lessons learned from multi agency reviews to inform and improve practice, and more..
- Clinical Governance -To support the organisation in its clinical governance role, by implementing and completing relevant safeguarding audits as required by the Trust, safeguarding partnership or other relevant body, and more..
- Public Health - To work across agencies to develop and embed preventative strategies around abuse and neglect for children, and more..
- Communication -The post holder is required to utilise the highest level of skill in the relaying of sensitive, highly confidential, highly complex and highly contentious information. The post holder will be required to do this across a range of situations and environments with staff, patients, relatives, carers, and different agencies, and more..
- Analyticaland Judgemental Skills / Freedom to Act - To apply knowledge of the current legislation around promoting and safeguarding the health, welfare, protection, and safety of children to complex safeguarding concerns, and more..
- Planning and Organisational Skills -Autonomously organise, prioritise, and manage own workload pressures, meeting the frequent demands made by the Trust and other agencies, and more
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description attached which details main responsibilities including:
- Training - To support the Head of safeguarding and safeguarding team in identifying the safeguarding children training needs for the organisation and more..
- Promoting Safeguarding - To promote the safeguarding of Children within the organisation and more..
- Specialist Knowledge - To apply knowledge of the current legislation around promoting and safeguarding the health, welfare, and safety of children, and more..
- Advice and Support -To promote good professional practice within the Trust around safeguarding children by having oversight of the Named professional staff when they are providing safeguarding children advice and guidance on request to all Trust staff and more..
- Multi-Agency Working - To participate in and promote multi-agency working by liaising closely with the Local Safeguarding Children Boards to ensure a joined-up approach to safeguarding children, and more..
- Evidence Based Practice -To use research and core audit skills to evaluate, develop and improve standards of practice and use lessons learned from multi agency reviews to inform and improve practice, and more..
- Clinical Governance -To support the organisation in its clinical governance role, by implementing and completing relevant safeguarding audits as required by the Trust, safeguarding partnership or other relevant body, and more..
- Public Health - To work across agencies to develop and embed preventative strategies around abuse and neglect for children, and more..
- Communication -The post holder is required to utilise the highest level of skill in the relaying of sensitive, highly confidential, highly complex and highly contentious information. The post holder will be required to do this across a range of situations and environments with staff, patients, relatives, carers, and different agencies, and more..
- Analyticaland Judgemental Skills / Freedom to Act - To apply knowledge of the current legislation around promoting and safeguarding the health, welfare, protection, and safety of children to complex safeguarding concerns, and more..
- Planning and Organisational Skills -Autonomously organise, prioritise, and manage own workload pressures, meeting the frequent demands made by the Trust and other agencies, and more
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification-: Registered Nurse (adult, children, mental health, learning disability)
Desirable
- Degree or MA in associated area
Knowledge
Essential
- In depth knowledge of children's safeguarding and domestic abuse issues including policies and procedures
- In depth knowledge of the nature and effects of child abuse and neglect
- Knowledge and understanding of current government and NHS Policy
- Indepth knowledge of Adult Safeguarding/Think Family
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate demonstratable experience at senior management or professional equivalent.
- Ability to identify and manage allocated resources in delivery of work plan
- Demonstrable experience in the Safeguarding of Children/Adults
- Demonstrative knowledge of working with external Partners
- Management / oversight of staff
Other
Essential
- Must have access to a car and hold a current driving license.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification-: Registered Nurse (adult, children, mental health, learning disability)
Desirable
- Degree or MA in associated area
Knowledge
Essential
- In depth knowledge of children's safeguarding and domestic abuse issues including policies and procedures
- In depth knowledge of the nature and effects of child abuse and neglect
- Knowledge and understanding of current government and NHS Policy
- Indepth knowledge of Adult Safeguarding/Think Family
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate demonstratable experience at senior management or professional equivalent.
- Ability to identify and manage allocated resources in delivery of work plan
- Demonstrable experience in the Safeguarding of Children/Adults
- Demonstrative knowledge of working with external Partners
- Management / oversight of staff
Other
Essential
- Must have access to a car and hold a current driving license.
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).
