Safeguarding Children Lead in Costessey

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Practitioner for secondment/fixed term safeguarding lead position working within the Norfolk Safeguarding Team to provide safeguarding support, training and supervision to Trust staff. The role will include working as part of the locality leadership team, the health team within the Norfolk Multi‑Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) and supporting the wider safeguarding children’s team across all specialist children’s services within the Trust. If you are passionate about safeguarding and improving outcomes for children & young people and their families then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Experience and knowledge of children’s safeguarding is essential.
• The successful applicant will be based within City locality however the ability to work flexibly and travel will be essential.
• Within this role you will need to travel as an independent practitioner on a daily basis, across Norfolk which involves both rural and urban travel.
• 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 to meet the travel requirements of the role.

This is subject to the provisions of the Equality Act 2010, and therefore if you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability then this will be considered.

Job responsibilities

• To lead on development of defined areas of safeguarding practice as determined by Named Nurse and Head of Safeguarding.
• To provide support and leadership within and across East of England Community Health and Care on all matters relating to safeguarding children.
• To contribute to the design and implementation of the safeguarding children strategy in conjunction with the safeguarding team promoting evidence based practice in safeguarding within East of England Community Health and Care (EEC).
• To ensure that there is robust and effective clinical governance of safeguarding children processes in place.
• To provide safeguarding advice, support and safeguarding supervision to frontline staff working with children, young people and their families.
• To work as part of the safeguarding team in the Norfolk Multi‑Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) ensuring effective timely communication and information sharing both internally and externally which supports multidisciplinary/interagency working.
• To be an integral part of the locality leadership team, working alongside other band & colleagues under the leadership of the Head of Locality to promote a high quality, efficient and effective service.
• To participate in the design, implementation and delivery of the Trusts safeguarding training strategy and the safeguarding audit programme.
• To participate and represent the safeguarding team on identified multi‑agency sub‑groups and meetings and work with partner agencies to facilitate the learning from multi‑agency review.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• First level Registered Nurse or social worker
• First Degree
• Evidence of further training/education in Safeguarding Children

Experience

• Knowledge of national and local safeguarding policies, guidelines and key recommendations
• Knowledge of models of supervision
• Understanding of multi‑agency frameworks and child protection assessment processes.
• Experience of working in MASH or multi‑agency setting
• Experience of providing clinical supervision and mentoring.

Skills

• Demonstrates an ability to remain child focused and facilitate the Think Family approach with health practitioners
• Demonstrates professional curiosity and the ability to manage appropriate professional challenge in safeguarding work.
• Ability to demonstrate problem solving and critical analysis skills.
• Demonstrates an awareness of safeguarding across the children's specialist community services within the Trust.
• Appreciates the significance of safeguarding and interprets this accurately for all individual children and young people/vulnerable adults whatever their life circumstances.
• Supervision skills both individual and group facilitation skills

Knowledge

• In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down.
• Listens to personal comments without becoming defensive.
• Has a realistic knowledge of personal strengths and areas for development.
• Recognises the limits of own authority within the role.
• Has a good understanding of the nature of abuse and neglect, including CSE and radicalisation and is able to interpret and act on information in order to protect children and young people appropriately.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum, pro‑rata