Promoting Safeguarding To promote the safeguarding of children with a focus on the Integrated Childrens Directorate. This includes a variety of services, Learning Disability and Autism, Children Physical Health and Mental Health Services for Children and Young People. To identify and champion the think family agenda in order to safeguard children. To promote continuous improvement in the delivery of excellent services. Ensure that the views of people who use or may use social care services, their carers, families and representatives are taken into account in the development and implementation of safeguarding children and their families/carers. Training To consider the safeguarding children training needs for the organisations staff from induction to specialist training needs. To design/deliver or commission training that gives the opportunity for retention of knowledge and facilitates transfer of learning experiences to the workplace and then to evaluate the training. Ensure information including safeguarding children training attendance (multi and single agency) is forwarded to Trust Learning and Development Dept. for inclusion on the training data base. To contribute to multi-agency pool in delivering training Specialist Knowledge To apply knowledge of the current legislation around promoting and safeguarding the health, welfare and safety of vulnerable children, knowledge of national and local policies, knowledge of inter-agency roles and responsibilities. To actively disseminate knowledge through publications, conference presentations and participation in local and national groups relevant to safeguarding childrens agenda. Increase the awareness in the Trust regarding their safeguarding and protecting responsibilities, and their access to the safeguarding support networks and facilitate the Trust learning within single and multi-agency framework in relation to statutory and mandatory responsibilities. Review research in the area of safeguarding children and advise the Trust accordingly. Undertake any research appropriate to the role with the agreement of the Head of Safeguarding for Children and Adults. Advice and Support To promote good professional practice within the Trust around safeguarding children by providing advice and guidance. To assist and participate (where appropriate) in investigations of alleged professional misconduct and/or patient complaints in cases where child protection/child in need factors have been identified To improve patient care through leadership of investigations of abuse and through empowering all Trust staff to identify and tackle abuse. To help plan, develop and evaluate systems to gather, collate, analyse, interpret, monitor, present, disseminate and generally act as a repository for safeguarding childrens information within the Trust. To analyse incoming data and produce reports of recommendations from a range of options. To appropriate steps to ensure that decisions and recommendations in Child Safeguarding Practice Review (CSPR) Domestic Abuse Related Death Review (DARDR), Safeguarding Children Reviews, Multi Agency Case Reviews and Trusts Individual Management Reviews pertaining to the safeguarding of children. Multi-Agency Working To participate in and promote multi-agency working by liaising closely with the Local Safeguarding Childrens Partnership. To attend relevant meetings both internal and external to the organisation eg. Local Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) Sub Groups. The post holder will represent the Trust on multi-agency meetings where complex multi-stranded concepts are discussed and will have to communicate the Trusts viewpoint and vision clearly, enabling others to share that vision. Evidence Based Practice To use research and core audit skills to evaluate to assist, develop and improve standards of practice and use Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews recommendations to inform and improve practice. To maintain personal professional competency and appropriate development. Policies and Service Responsibilities To contribute to the delivery and monitoring of national and local Safeguarding Children policies and procedures. To produce and implement written policies and procedures to be applied within the Trust and to help in the auditing/review of safeguarding policies. Clinical Governance Assist appropriately in relevant audits on safeguarding children that are undertaken by Trust staff. To offer leadership, expert advice and support to the Trust; staff, managers and the multi-agency network in relation to safeguarding children with particular regard to decision making where professional opinion varies Support Trust staff with safeguarding thresholds and escalation processes To support and provide guidance to the Trust staff, on a day-to-day basis to ensure children are appropriately safeguarded. To contribute to the Trusts clinical governance agenda by supporting and evaluating best practice in safeguarding children and ensuring that this informs all aspects of the Trusts agenda. To take part in audit programmes, which will monitor, evaluate and recommend improvements in the quality and effectiveness of safeguarding adults practice. To maintain and improve the quality of services to children in utilising the Trust governance framework, audit and evaluation to monitor quality of provision single and multi-agency on a regular basis. To monitor Section 11 Compliance (Children Act 2004) and to be involved with audit in this area as required. Facilitate and co-ordinate the provision of witness statements and provide expert knowledge to practitioners in relation to legal proceedings relating to child protection in conjunction with clinical and information governance, attend court to support staff and provide de-briefing When necessary ensure Managers, Trust Legal Advisor, Solicitors and Data Protection Leads are informed/consulted, in relation to court processes Provide support to staff when giving police statements Child Safeguarding Practice Review To contribute to the Child Serious Case Reviews involving the organisation, undertaking internal reviews where appropriate. Undertake and contribute in Child Safeguarding Practice Review Domestic Abuse Related Death Review (DARDR), Multi Agency Reviews negotiating outcomes with the production of Individual Management Reviews, disseminating trends, research and promoting clinical quality and outcomes, actions and recommendations. To undertake / join investigations where the issue spans several statutory agencies, which will require empathy and negotiating skills to obtain the relevant information. Co-ordinate and contribute to action plans and the learning following the above reviews with the safeguarding team.