About this role
Job summary
The Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children will support the Head of Safeguarding to ensure that the Trust fulfils its statutory requirements to safeguard Children and Young People in line the Working Together to Safeguard Children (2026), the Intercollegiate Document for the Roles and competencies for healthcare staff (2025), local and national guidance.
As Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SHPU) is a primarily an adult Trust there is an expectation that The Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children will also support the Head of Safeguarding and the wider Safeguarding Team to ensure delivery of safe and effective care for adults in line with the Care Act (2014), the Mental Capacity Act (MCA, 2005) (including Deprivation of Liberties Safeguards), Human Rights legislation and the Prevent Duty.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the development and review of Trust children and young people related safeguarding polices and guidance in line with relevant guidance.
The post holder will support the development, review and delivery of both Child and Adult training packages in line with relevant legislation, Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competencies for Healthcare Staff 2025 and Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff 2018.
The post holder will deliver specialist child safeguarding supervision to relevant others within the Trust and support delivery of the wider Safeguarding Supervision Policy.
The role will include performance monitoring, internal and external reporting and assurance, and the management of data collection systems relating to safeguarding children and young people's processes and multi-agency decision making.
Education and Training
To deliver/co deliver multi agency safeguarding children level 3 training alongside SCSP and Domestic Abuse Services.
Ensure Trust policies and procedures and SCSP Procedures are accessible to Trust colleagues by developing those necessary, auditing compliance and making changes as necessary.
About us
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share.
It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of
If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research.
We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Named Nurse Safeguarding Children will hold the following responsibilities:
Clinical
Provide highly specialised advice, support and supervision to Trust Practitioners on all aspects of safeguarding children and young people including the raising of concerns, engaging in safeguarding processes, providing court reports and reports for conferences.
Support Trust staff in advocating for children, young people and their families using and promoting Think Family approaches across all services.
Support Trust staff and services to ensure compliance with CQC standards.
To assess complex situations and sensitive information relating to child and young people and adult safeguarding, support multi-agency working, robust risk assessment, care planning and decision making in line with relevant local and national policy and guidance.
To contribute to the identification of risks relating to quality/patient safety/child and adult safeguarding.
To comply with NMC and Trust record keeping and information governance legislation and guidance in relation to confidential information and electronic systems.
Work closely with colleagues from Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership and other partner agencies providing a key point of contact to facilitate safe and effective multi-professional, multi-agency communication and information sharing.
Develop effective working relationships to promote multi-agency collaboration and be an active member of multi-agency safeguarding groups.
Work alongside colleagues in the Safeguarding Team to co-ordinate and respond to notifications of Rapid Reviews, Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews. This will include scoping records, preparing chronologies, writing internal management reviews, analysis of practice, recommendations and action plans leading to improvement in practice.
To participate in the Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) and the Multi-Agency Pregnancy Liaison and Assessment Group (MAPLAG) processes.
Produce investigation reports of a high standard for submission and presentation at Trust Groups/Committees and Integrated Care Board (ICB) Scrutiny Panels
Support the Head of Safeguarding with providing performance data relating to safeguarding children and young people such as safeguarding childrens referrals, Child Protection Conferences, Child Death Overview Panel, supervision and safeguarding children training.
Service and Policy Development
To work collaboratively with the Head of Safeguarding, the Named Doctor and Named Professional for Adult Safeguarding to ensure an all-age approach to safeguarding across the organisation.
To support the Head of Safeguarding with the implementation and leadership of discrete projects within the Safeguarding Team.
To support the Head of Safeguarding in the review and development of Child and Adult Safeguarding to ensure efficient, effective and innovative systems and practice are in place.
To support the Head of Safeguarding with quarterly and annual reporting cycles and audit programmes as identified by the Trust Board, SCSP, SASP and other relevant external stakeholders.
To coordinate case conferences and meetings involving safeguarding incidents linking in social services and clinical colleagues both internal and external.
To support the Head of Safeguarding with the development of robust safeguarding children and adult policies, guidelines and standards for the Trust and ensure they are updated to reflect best practice as informed by Rapid Reviews, Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Safeguarding Adults Review, Domestic Homicide Review, audits, new legislation and national guidance..
To contribute to the identification of risks relating to child and adult safeguarding.
Person Specification
Registration
Essential
- 1st Level Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
Desirable
- Individual Management Review (IMR) Training or similar investigation training
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 2 years post registration experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with children, young people and families
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Distington House
Atlas Way
Sheffield
S47QQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.sheffieldpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)