Our aim is to ensure the children and young people living in Bedfordshire have every opportunity to achieve their full potential. We are excited about taking forward real opportunities for maximising the best outcomes for children, young people and their families.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced practitioner to work alongside the Named Professional to contribute to the implementation of the Trust’s Safeguarding Children Strategy.
Main duties of the role include the design and delivery of safeguarding training, provision of expert advice and support, provision of high quality safeguarding supervision, contribution to Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews and other reviews and contribution to Bedfordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Sub–groups.
If you have proven knowledge of safeguarding and experience of working in a safeguarding position and If you share our enthusiasm and commitment to creating the very best opportunities for children and young people in Bedfordshire, we want to hear from you.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
To work with Trust staff to promote best practice, to identify risk factors and to initiate appropriate action to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk of or suffering from abuse or neglect.
To support practitioners to embed ‘Think Family’ across the Trust.
Provide safeguarding children supervision to practitioners within the children’s workforce, to include universal and specialist children's health services, to promote confident safe practice and promote the practitioners’ skills and competencies to safeguard children.
Provide expert advice support and guidance to all staff within CCS Bedfordshire in relation to safeguarding children.
To support staff to take appropriate action when children and young people are identified as being at risk or suffering from maltreatment.
Contribute to the development, delivery and facilitation of the Safeguarding Training Plan to enable staff members to be equipped with the competencies, knowledge and awareness to respond appropriately to any safeguarding children concerns.
Participate in complex case management and case reviews at both single and multi- agency levels.
Assist the Named Professional to identify areas of improvement through quality assurance and audit, which will provide evidence to support the Clinical Governance Framework.
Support Trust staff in their responsibilities regarding child protection documentation and record keeping. e. case conference preparation, referrals to children’s services (MASH), report writing etc. seeking additional specialist advice when required.
Assist the Named Professional and Head of Safeguarding to ensure that safeguarding systems, policies and procedures are regularly monitored, evaluated and developed
To support the Named Professional in preparation for and contribute to statutory external reviews.
To ensure that recommendations and action plans from statutory external reviews are implemented appropriately and that any learning from these are incorporated into training and disseminated across the Trust.
Ensure appropriate action is taken when clinical risks are identified by self, or a team member and that the escalation process is followed appropriately.
Within this role you will need to travel as an independent practitioner on a daily basis, across Bedfordshire. The nature of our work does result in travel arrangements changing at short notice. Due to the large geography our service covers and the limitations of sufficient public transport to undertake this role you must hold a full and current driving licence and have access to your own transport. This is subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, and therefore if the post holder requires a reasonable adjustment due to a disability then this will be considered.
This advert closes on Sunday 9 Mar 2025
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