Children's and Maternity Safeguarding Administrator
16 hours per week - Monday and Friday Only
To provide efficient and comprehensive administrative support to the Named Doctor, Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Young People and the Named Safeguarding Midwife as part of an Integrated Safeguarding service The post holder will work closely with the Children and maternity safeguarding team to support and keep updated relevant contract, schedule and activity databases.
Work with the Trust’s systems and processes, assuring practice complies with legislative and regulatory duties.
A requirement to communicate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders ensuring safeguarding risk information is shared appropriately and in a timely way
1. To maintain responsibility for Children and Maternity Safeguarding administration processes.
2. Provide administrative support to the Children’s Safeguarding and Maternity Team. This includes the production of a variety of documents, such as safeguarding reports, action plans and serious case reviews, as requested by the Safeguarding Team
3. Provide administrative support for the Child Death Review Panel
4. Co-ordinate the various reports required for strategy meetings to ensure that full reports are supplied
5. In liaison with members of the safeguarding team proactively maintain and update diaries, using
initiative and judgment to make, reschedule or cancel appointments according to incoming and existing work priorities and availability
6. To support the team to maintain and upload secure and confidential electronic safeguarding patient related information on the Patient Data Systems e.g. Careflow – as requested by the safeguarding team
7. Monitor and update the Children and Maternity safeguarding webpages to ensure that information remains up to date.
8. To consult with internal and external professionals as requested by the safeguarding Children & maternity team and to ensure appropriate follow up action is taken
9. Maintain an awareness and sensitivity to the work needs and priorities of the Children’s Safeguarding Team ensuring time, privacy and appropriate resources are made available to them to ensure work is completed within deadline
“Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.”
The safeguarding team at the Great Western Hospitals is a dynamic Professional and supportive team who are passionate about the protection of vulnerable people of all ages. The teams works closely across the specialties of adult, maternity and children's Safeguarding.
1. To maintain responsibility for Children and Maternity Safeguarding administration processes.
2. Provide administrative support to the Children’s Safeguarding and Maternity Team. This includes
the production of a variety of documents, such as safeguarding reports, action plans and serious
case reviews, as requested by the Safeguarding Team
3. Provide administrative support for the Child Death Review Panel
4. Co-ordinate the various reports required for strategy meetings to ensure that full reports are
supplied
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5. In liaison with members of the safeguarding team proactively maintain and update diaries, using
initiative and judgment to make, reschedule or cancel appointments according to incoming and
existing work priorities and availability
6. To support the team to maintain and upload secure and confidential electronic safeguarding patient
related information on the Patient Data Systems e.g.,Careflow – as requested by the safeguarding
team
7. Monitor and update the Children and Maternity safeguarding webpages to ensure that information
remains up to date.
8. To consult with internal and external professionals as requested by the safeguarding Children &
maternity team and to ensure appropriate follow up action is taken
9. Maintain an awareness and sensitivity to the work needs and priorities of the Children’s
Safeguarding Team ensuring time, privacy and appropriate resources are made available to them to
ensure work is completed within deadline
10. In liaison with the Named Nurse/Midwife co-ordinate and compile meeting documentation in
preparation for meeting attendance
11. Co-ordinate and compile meeting documentation, including minute taking, for the Maternity, Adult
and Children’s Operational meetings and forums
12. There will be a requirement to occasionally take minutes of other associated meetings
13. To respond to urgent requests from stakeholders and communicate the message in an accurate
and timely manner
14. To assist with service surveys and audits as required
15. To maintain local safeguarding databases
16. To manage own workload effectively without supervision and to undertake tasks as delegated
17. To manage maintain up-to-date knowledge required to conduct the role and to undertake statutory
and mandatory and other training as requested
18. Act with civility and integrity at all times, valuing and encouraging the contribution of others within
the team and valuing diversity and inclusion in the workplace
19. There may be frequent exposure to highly distressing or emotional circumstances, e.g. .children
who are abused or child death (take minutes, type letters of a distressing nature). The work pattern
may be unpredictable and subject to interruption
20. To provide relevant cross-cover in the absence of the Adult Safeguarding administrator
This advert closes on Friday 3 Jan 2025
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