East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults. Staff must always treat patients with dignity and respect, protecting those at risk from abuse and neglect. Employees have a responsibility to ensure that prompt and appropriate action is taken when concerns have been raised about a child, young person or adult at risk. The role of the Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner is an important leadership position that will ensure excellent standards of safeguarding practice throughout ELHT. The post holder will be an experienced children's social worker with recent experience of working with children and families, preferably within a health safeguarding role. They will lead on the design and delivery of training and education to the multidisciplinary workforce and be able to provide expert advice around safeguarding children. The post holder will work closely with divisional leads and safeguarding ‘champions’ developing positive partnerships which will ultimately improve outcomes for children. They will also provide support and mentorship to safeguarding practitioners and other colleagues within the multidisciplinary safeguarding team. The Post Holder Will Support The ELHT Workforce To Conform To The Relevant Statutory Guidance, Frameworks And Legislation. They Will Support The Named Nurse For Safeguarding Children And Head Of Safeguarding To Provide Leadership, Supervision, Training And Expert Advice In The Management Of Child Safeguarding Concerns, Including Development and implementation of the Safeguarding Strategy and leading on workstreams within that strategy. Raising awareness of the safeguarding children's agenda with the ELHT multi-disciplinary workforce. Continued development of the Trust safeguarding policies and procedures and completion of audits to ensure that key safeguarding messages are embedded in practice and CQC standards are being met. Supporting staff to implement the principles of the Children Act 1989, 2004 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023. Design, deliver and evaluate Level 3 Safeguarding Children's training. Facilitation of safeguarding supervision and safeguarding champions sessions. Provision of support in the raising of and response to safeguarding child concerns within our acute and community settings. Supporting clinical and governance teams in the completion of safeguarding investigations. Proactively contribute to subgroups of the Child Safeguarding Assurance Partnership and safeguarding reviews including Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews alongside multiagency partners. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) was established in 2003 and is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen. We employ 10,000 staff, some of whom are award winning and internationally renowned for their work and achievements. We treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. Our high quality healthcare services are offered across five hospital sites and various community sites. We Have a Total Of 1041 Beds 709 beds at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital 240 beds at Burnley General Teaching Hospital 32 beds at Clitheroe Community hospital 67 Pendle Community Hospital Our objectives and values At ELHT Our Objectives Are To Put safety and quality at the heart of everything we do Invest in and develop our workforce Work with key stakeholders to develop effective partnerships Encourage innovation and pathway reform, and deliver best practice Our Values Are Put patients first Respect the individual Act with integrity Serve the community Promote positive change For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lyndsay Parsons Job title: Head of Safeguarding Email address: lyndsay.parsonselht.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01282 803318