To support and provide guidance to Trust staff on a day-to-day basis, dealing with cases of actual or suspected child abuse and to provide practice support for staff delivering services to safeguard children. To support and provide guidance to the Trust staff in relation to CDRM and to ensure children are appropriately safeguarded. To deputise regarding outcomes from CDRM at the Trust's Mortality Review meetings. Clinical leadership, advice and support, proactive and reactive to Trust staff and their managers in relation to safeguarding children. Promote best practice within the Trust and with other agencies. Training and Development Contribute to the development of the Trust training programme, participating in the delivery to meet the safeguarding children's training needs of Trust staff. Ensure newly qualified/appointed Trust staff are introduced to the LSCBs and Trust policy and procedures, including awareness of the requirements placed upon them by the Trust, Child Protection training strategy. Monitoring and Evaluation Monitor professional practice within the identified locality through a variety of methods, including child protection supervision, to ascertain whether child protection policies, procedures and standards are adhered to. Provide and maintain a framework for child protection supervision to Trust staff and act as a supervisor, analyzing sensitive and complex information and the range of actions necessary, ensuring compliance with NMC and Trust policies, including record keeping. During child protection supervision, facilitate the sharing of professional information, knowledge and experience to challenge assumptions and attitudes that may influence practice. Maintain and improve the quality of services to children in need or need of protection, through audit and evaluation and monitor quality of provision.