Safeguarding Midwife

Provide expert advice to midwives and other colleagues, to enable all staff to offer high-quality, individualised care to vulnerable groups, providing supervision and support to multi-professional staff in relation to safeguarding Adhere to statutory guidance for multi-agency working to help protect and promote the welfare of children as outlined in Working Together 2023 Support the Named Midwife for Safeguarding and act up in their absence Ensure adherence to Local Safeguarding Children Boards Policies and procedures Develop and maintain collaborative inter-agency working as an essential component of all aspects of this post The post holder will be a Midwife practising autonomously attending women during the antenatal and post-natal periods The postholder will work as a member of the midwifery team providing direct midwifery care to women Patient Care The post holder will maintain own clinical skill and competencies Ensure that at all times the interest and well-being of babies are paramount, whilst continuing to act as an advocate for their mothers Developing individualised plans of care in conjunction with other appropriate services to ensure the safety of the mother and newborn and the transition of care to other health professionals Ensure agreed actions identified within individual management plans are being undertaken Will lead Multi-Agency Pre Birth planning and oversea the implementation of those plans operationally in order to safeguard vulnerable individuals, other patients and staff To provide specialist advice and support regarding the ongoing day to day safeguarding concerning the health, safety and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults To provide supervision/case management guidance to staff within the safeguarding process, promoting good standards of record keeping To assist staff in making timely referrals to appropriate agencies and services Advise and support staff in the management of sensitive and complex matters concerning safeguarding children (remove) Provide direct support to maternity colleagues when conflict arises with clients and or external agencies Attend strategy meetings, case conferences, Adult Risk Management and MDT meetings as a support for staff or as a representative of the Trust, when required Encourage a holistic, non-judgemental approach to vulnerable groups of clients To ensure that women receive evidenced based information To assist in the completion of adoption documentation on behalf of the Trust To assist in the reporting process of child deaths Collect and manage submission of nationally required data such as that pertaining to female genital mutilation, Child Protection Information Sharing etc To assist in the Child Safeguarding Practice Review process, specifically in the dissemination of key findings and implementation of recommendations. This will also include the learning from internal management reviews Professional Leadership Support colleagues in their care of clients for whom there are safeguarding issues Provide specialist midwifery advice facilitating high quality, individualised safeguarding care to women and their families Advise Named Safeguarding Midwife of any safeguarding management issues pertinent to maternity services Provide safeguarding supervision for staff Education & Training Ensure personal and professional development is maintained, that skills and knowledge are continually renewed and updated in order to provide high quality safeguarding leadership Identify and facilitate training needs within the maternity unit Deliver formal and informal teaching to all staff, to ensure heightened awareness of safeguarding issues Guide and coach midwives and other designated key staff in developing and strengthening safeguarding skills and meeting the responsibilities for safeguarding arrangements within their area Support the Trust safeguarding training agenda Communication To work with the Named Midwife, Named Nurse for Childrens and Adults, Named Doctor and Administrator for the Trust Safeguarding Children Team, Designated Nurse and Doctor for the areas served by the Trust to ensure professional practice within the Trust safeguards children Ensure that effective, timely communication both internally and externally complements multidisciplinary/interagency working Establish and maintain collaborative links with primary health care teams, community-based services and voluntary organisations in order to meet the holistic needs of vulnerable women and their families Receive and communicate sensitive, complex and contentious information Risk Management Identify clinical risks and ensure appropriate action is implemented in accordance with the Trust Risk Management Policy As delegated by Named Midwife initiate investigations of incidents, accidents, missed cases, opportunities for learning and complaints Policies and Guidelines To work within, and ensure others work within the standard operating procedures, policies, protocols and guidelines of