University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for a detailed job description of the role.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the UHS Safeguarding Team as a Senior Safeguarding Children Practitioner, developing your skills and knowledge within a friendly and committed team working within a large acute hospital.
This role will encompass a wide range of Safeguarding Children practices and will reach from supporting our Paediatric Liaison service to our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit in their day-to-day roles, ensuring that children are safeguarded effectively throughout their journey with us.
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
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At UHSwe’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.
Responsibilities
- To support the safeguarding work of frontline nursing staff and other staff in appropriate cases and exercise good leadership skills.
- Responsible for providing, receiving and disseminating highly complex, sensitive and confidential information appropriately.
- To provide specialist advice and support to nurses, doctors, other health professionals and other staff within the Trust involved in actual or suspected cases of safeguarding maltreatment.
- Co-ordinate the Trust’s multi-disciplinary response in safeguarding cases, ensuring that decisions and interventions are appropriate and timely, and are made by professionals with a sufficient level of education, experience and competence.
- To provide one-to-one or group safeguarding supervision to all staff Trust-wide involved in safeguarding cases on a case-by-case basis.
- To participate in the development and delivery of high-quality and research-based safeguarding training across the Trust to a wide variety of disciplines.
Experience / Skill
- Relevant experience of working with safeguarding cases in a variety of settings involving adults or children’s services.
- Knowledge of safeguarding legislation, current issues, and inquiry reports for adults and children.
- Experience in attending safeguarding strategies case conferences/participating in protection plans
- Ability to have difficult conversations whilst maintaining a positive, professional manner.
- Able to manage own workload autonomously.
- Synthesise information quickly and able to communicate the information.
This advert closes on Tuesday 18 Feb 2025