South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This position provides an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, motivated and creative nurse to lead on delivering the safeguarding agenda for Children and Young People within the Trust.
An opportunity has arisen within the South Tees Safeguarding team to lead the Safeguarding Children's team to ensure the organisation meets its safeguarding responsibilities with regard to children, young people and their families.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone considering a new challenge within a multi-agency setting offering advice, guidance, and support in relation to often complex, sensitive and emotive safeguarding concerns.
Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will ensure effective relationships and integrated working with the wider safeguarding team (adults, MCA, learning disabilities, domestic abuse) and work across acute services and within a multi-agency arena. They will provide advice and support to organisation staff on the safeguarding issues affecting the health and wellbeing of children and young people. The post holder will also be required to work in partnership with other agencies providing health advice and support to multi-agency partners as well as deputise for the Assistant Director of Nursing - Safeguarding, MCA/DoLs, Mental Health Legislation, Learning Disabilities and Autism.
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
* Knowledge and understanding of child care law; national and local policies and procedures; interagency roles and responsibilities; theoretical framework; patterns / indicators of abuse
* Ability to assist in the planning, delivery and evaluation of Safeguarding Children training at all levels of the organization
* Use of research, audit and serious case review recommendations to inform and improve practice
* Ability to apply knowledge of national and local Safeguarding Children strategies, research and audit in the development of Safeguarding Children services
* Leadership and communication skills which promote a credible, accessible and approachable service which empowers staff. Ability to manage change. IT literate.
* Audit Skills
Qualifications & Training
* Registered first level nurse
* Post-basic qualification in Health Visiting/School Nursing/Children's nursing with extensive clinical experience
* Relevant Master's degree or working towards
* Post-basic qualification in adult education
* Undertaken formal training as safeguarding supervisor
* Leadership training
* Training in Domestic Violence
Experience
* Able to demonstrate extensive experience of Safeguarding Children / Child in Need casework
* Experience in inter-agency working
* Experience with Serious Case Reviews/Learning reviews
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.
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