Expected Shortlisting Date:
31/12/2024
Planned Interview Date:
07/01/2025
Job Title: Safeguarding Children Advisor
Leeds Teaching Hospitals, one of the largest Acute Trusts in the country, has an exciting opportunity for an exceptional professional to apply for the post of Safeguarding Children Advisor. As a Trust, we are committed to delivering safe, effective and compassionate care to our patients and delivering excellence in safeguarding practice. We have invested in and strengthened our safeguarding team and we are looking for an exceptional individual with passion and commitment to join the team.
Main Duties of the Job
Supporting the Named Nurse to drive forward the safeguarding children agenda, key responsibilities of the role will include providing support, guidance and advice to frontline staff, developing and delivering training and safeguarding supervision, and supporting with monitoring practice and progression of improvement plans. The post holder will deputise for the Named Nurse, providing the successful candidate with the opportunity to contribute to multidisciplinary and multi-agency safeguarding children activities.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate robust knowledge and experience in the field of Safeguarding Children, possess effective communication skills, experience in teaching, and the confidence to provide positive challenge and support to effect change.
About Us
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.
Job Responsibilities
1. Support the operational delivery of child protection within a clinical governance framework throughout the trust.
2. Raise awareness of child protection practice throughout children’s and adult services.
3. Work with the Named Nurse for Children’s safeguarding and the Specialist Safeguarding practitioner to lead the development of child protection practice.
4. Provide a crucial link between staff at ward level and the Safeguarding Team.
5. Work in partnership with other statutory, voluntary and healthcare agencies.
6. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and interventions using advanced child protection knowledge.
7. Review specific child protection plans for pre-birth and newborn infants within midwifery/neonatal services.
8. Support staff involved in the child protection process, including attendance at strategy and professional meetings.
9. Promote evidence-based practice and maintain a safe working environment.
10. Participate in training and education of learners and all hospital staff.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Significant post-registration experience
* Experience of managing investigations, including root cause analysis and complaints
* Understanding of relevant National Service Frameworks
* Knowledge of Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships procedures
* Clinical audit & standard setting experience
Skills & Behaviours
Essential
* Effective communicator
* Motivated and enthusiastic
* Team player
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse (Level 1) Child Adult: Learning Disabilities Mental Health
* Or Registered Midwife
By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care.
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