About this role
Job summary
The Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children is an integral member of the Integrated Safeguarding Team who provide a Trustwide safeguarding service across our 3 hospital sites.
The team is responsible for ensuring that Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust meets both its legal and statutory safeguarding duties.
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual with expert knowledge and experience in relation to safeguarding children and young people.
You will work closely with the Head of Safeguarding,Named Doctor, other members of the Integrated Safeguarding Team and our wider safeguarding system partners, to ensure we support our staff in the delivery of a safe, and robust safeguarding service with the aim of protecting those most at risk of abuse / serious harm.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of this role are:
To be a visible presence with the skills and knowledge to promote and support children and young people's safeguarding across the organisation
In conjunction with other members of the Integrated Safeguarding Team and Named Doctor embed the 'think family' and 'safeguarding is everyone's business' ethos across all safeguarding activity /workstreams
Work in conjunction with other stakeholders (internally and externally) to provide a robust safeguarding service across the health and social care system / partnership
To provide, deliver and review mandatory safeguarding children and young people training packages
To deliver safeguarding supervision in accordance with Trust Policy & Procedure
To contribute to / share learning in order to change practice and drive continuous improvement in safeguarding activity
To practice in accordance with multiagency child safeguarding procedures (local, regional, national)
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description Job responsibilities
Key Working Relationships
Head of Safeguarding and Integrated Safeguarding Team members,
Named Doctor, Children's Safeguarding
Chief Nursing Officer and other professionals within the Trust who have safeguarding responsibilities,
Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children, ICB
Managers and all other staff within the Trust,
Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership & sub group members,
Childrens Social Care,
Worcestershire Children's Services,
Police,
Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust,
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, and all other relevant agencies.
Risk Assessment:
This post will involve VDU work
The post-holder may be exposed to violence and aggression
Required to travel on work-related business
Job Purpose:
The Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children will work closely with the Head of Safeguarding and Integrated Safeguarding Team members to:
Ensure that the Trust meets its statutory obligation to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and young people and vulnerable pregnant women who access services from any hospital site within the Trust.
Act as an invaluable resource, providing a high level of expertise, support and guidance to the Trust and provide professional leadership for both corporate and operational staff, trainees and volunteers in all matters pertaining to Safeguarding Children.
Ensure that staff are supported and empowered in making decisions related to Safeguarding Children to facilitate in promoting the welfare of children, young people and families as paramount. This will include the provision of safeguarding supervision.
Actively participate in the development, implementation and provision of Safeguarding Children Training for all trust staff.
Actively participate and lead on quality assurance processes, audits and report writing in accordance with the Safeguarding Children agenda.
Assist the Head of Safeguarding in all aspects of the multi-agency Safeguarding Children Agenda, as deemed appropriate. This may include deputising within forums and meetings as deemed appropriate.
To participate within line management responsibilities for junior members of staff within the Integrated Safeguarding Team as deemed appropriate, which may include the provision of 1:1 meetings.
Actively support safeguarding investigations and demonstrate excellent interagency working. As the Named Nurse you may represent the Trust at interagency meetings, developing working partnerships at a senior level with partner organisations.
Key Duties:
The Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children leads on and ensures effective Safeguarding Children practice for the organisation as stipulated in primary legislation and underpinned in Government strategy and national, regional and local guidance, procedures and standards. Nurses in this role will:
Develop, implement and review safeguarding practice across the organisation and its networks.
Provide specialist professional safeguarding children advice and effective supervision for a range of professionals and staff.
Deliver, develop, implement and evaluate safeguarding children training for all staff groups from induction to specialist courses.
Undertake the co-ordination and management of Internal Management Reviews that contribute to the Safeguarding Children Partnership Child Safeguarding Practice Review process
Facilitate safe and effective multi-professional communication and information sharing appropriately across a range of settings and agencies.
Communicate highly complex, sensitive and emotive information within the health service and multi-agency contexts, pertaining to suspected or actual risks to vulnerable children, decisions and action plans to protect children and families
Foster effective working relationships in order to promote inter-disciplinary and multi-agency collaboration and be an active member of multi-agency safeguarding groups.
Facilitation of learning:
To assist with the development, delivery and evaluation of evidence based Safeguarding Children training across the Trust.
Participate in the dissemination of any learning and improvement identified by Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership / Adults Board, or the Trust, from any case reviews that are undertaken either locally and nationally.
Clinical Responsibilities:
Provide a visible presence in clinical areas acting as a sound resource for clinical staff, supporting them in dealing with safeguarding referrals and cases which arises in clinical practice.
Provide specialist advice to clinicians in relation to safeguarding issues, including safeguarding referrals, court statement processes and other legal issues and the child protection and child looked after processes.
Undertake a review of assessments, in conjunction with other practitioners where appropriate, of women and children referred in relation to safeguarding issues and to implement appropriate monitoring mechanisms to ensure continued safety. This will include quality assurance of referral processes, audit proposals and plans and quarterly reports.
Escalate safeguarding children cases where deemed appropriate whilst maintaining staff empowerment.
Provide expert advice and support to patients and their families in relation to safeguarding issues.
Be actively appraised to in-patient care matters, liaising with ward staff to ensure high quality care for patients whereby safeguarding children remains central to this.
Liaise with ward staff to ensure appropriate and timely discharge/follow-up arrangements in place for patients about whom there are safeguarding concerns
Ensure that appropriate clinical staff represent and attend relevant safeguarding meetings called in relation to children, young people and families as appropriate.
Participate in relevant meetings including the Integrated Safeguarding Committee.
Be aware of and comply with trust policies, pathways and guidelines pertaining to Safeguarding and ensure all remain up to date and based on best available evidence and legislation. Participate and lead on the contribution to review of these documents.
Receive regular professional safeguarding supervision from an appropriate supervisor.
Work within the guidelines laid down by the General Medical Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council. Foster an empowering attitude to colleagues.
Maintain continuing professional development and actively demonstrate a willingness to commit to this.
Governance:
Contribute to audit and monitoring of standards relevant to safeguarding children and pregnant vulnerable women.
Assist in the Serious Case Review / Significant Incident process, specifically in the writing of reports and implementation of the findings and recommendations.
Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events.
Contribute to Trust reports pertaining to Safeguarding.
Contribute towards the development of Safeguarding Children policies and guidance.
Input data to data management systems as appropriate.
Contribute to multi-agency audit processes.
Carry out and assist in formulating the Safeguarding Children Audit programme as an ongoing activity.
Support the collection and collation of data for the Quality and Performance Framework and assist in the analysis of themes and trends
Leadership/ Management:
Actively participate in the work pertaining to the Worcestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership sub groups, other working groups and committees as appropriate.
As part of a team, work collaboratively within the Trust and across agencies, to form partnerships and working arrangements that facilitate the safeguarding of children and vulnerable women.
Advise and support staff in the management of sensitive and complex child protection matters as appropriate.
Attend child protection strategy meetings, as requested by the Head of Safeguarding as a support to staff or as a representative of the Trust where appropriate. Furthermore, supporting multi-agency safeguarding process /procedures.
Demonstrate ability to resolve issues relating to competence, or conflict personally, within the team, externally within health or in partner agencies.
Deputise for the Head of Safeguarding as deemed appropriate.
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults & Children:
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. All staff have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of patients, their families and carers. This includes practitioners who do not have a specific role in relation to safeguarding children or adults, you have a duty to ensure you are:-
Familiar with the Trusts safeguarding polices. Attend appropriate training for safeguarding. Know who to contact if you have concerns about an adult or childs welfare.
Our Shared Values and Behaviours - refer to full job description
Standard Clauses - refer to full job description
Person Specification
DBS Checks Essential
A Disclosure and Barring Service check will be carried out where the position is eligible for a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, in accordance with the 2012 Protection of Freedom Act and the guidance issued by the DBS. All posts working with children or vulnerable adults are required to have an Enhanced DBS checked, including checking against DBS / ISA Vetting and Barring lists.
Experience Essential
Previous relevant post registration experience within specialism including community. Senior post holder in current or previous job. Experience of interagency working in relation to Safeguarding Children. Clinical audit, quality assurance and standard setting. Service development and or change management.
Desirable
Experienced in the delivery of Safeguarding Supervision.
Qualifications Essential
Diploma or degree in Nursing - Adult or Childrens. Specialist Practitioner Qualification, School Nurse or Health Visitor or equivalent. Teaching and Assessing qualification or equivalent. Evidence of continued professional development and its application with particular pertinence to Safeguarding courses.
Desirable
Completed or working towards a masters level qualification. Safeguarding Supervision recognised training.
Knowledge and skills and personal qualities Essential
Advisory, support and guidance. Training and a vast array of varying presentation skills. IT proficient, including the formulation of Excel Spreadsheets, various reports and action plans. Experience and knowledge of specialty. Current issues in health and social care pertaining to safeguarding. Standards of professional practice and conduct. Monitoring and review of systems, practice and processes. Multi-agency and multi-disciplinary communication and liaison. Knowledge of current issues in relation to Safeguarding Children, young people and families, including Domestic Abuse, Mental Health, Substance Misuse, Child Exploitation, Female Genital Mutilation, Child Death Overview Process and Children in Care. The ability to write in depth reports affording analysis and greater understanding of risk. Communication skills. Teaching and assessment skills. Organisational skills. Time management skills. Change management skills. Understanding of research-based practice research conscious. Conflict management skills. Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control. Understanding of the local and national safeguarding children agenda and maternal health. Awareness of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust guidelines and policies. Professional knowledge and skills for working at a senior level. Knowledge of child protection policies, procedures and good practice guidelines. Knowledge of Area Child Protection Inter-agency procedures and of the legal framework and related guidelines governing child protection. Experience of child protection work. Ability to effectively analyse and problem solve safeguarding and practice issues. Excellent interpersonal skills. Innovator. Motivator. Assertiveness. Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking. Positive role model. Resilient. Autonomous. Tenacious. An effective Leader. Commitment to delivering high quality evidence-based child protection practice. Commitment to working in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency situations. Commitment to the development of The Trusts safeguarding and child welfare agenda. Commitment to valuing the contribution of all colleagues, encouraging a positive and creative working environment. Commitment to own personal and professional development and to the development of others. Ability to always act professionally. Ability to recognise and manage stress. Team player.
Trust Values Essential
Being open and honest we all communicate clearly and honestly, asking for help when we need it, and making it easier for the people around us to share ideas and concerns. Ensuring people feel cared for we all take responsibility for actively supporting and nurturing a kind and compassionate environment for ourselves and others. Showing respect for everyone we all act with consideration and fairness, valuing each other as individuals and appreciating our different perspectives.
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 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)