Specialist Midwife Safeguarding

7 months ago


Durham, United Kingdom County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Full time

They will lead on the development and delivery of safeguarding training, safeguarding supervision, policies, procedures and processes. They will work closely with the local Safeguarding Partnerships to collaborate on multi-agency procedures and training. The Specialist midwife will provide advice, guidance and support to staff members across the service. The Specialist Midwife Safeguarding will ensure that there are robust and meaningful multi-disciplinary and multi-agency assessments in place, during the pre-birth period; leading on risk assessments to support the safeguarding of birthing people, their families, service users and staff, during care provision.

The Specialist midwife will develop and share Birth Response Plans and Local Alerts to ensure that communication is clear, to facilitate safeguarding of the unborn baby and their family. The Specialist Midwife will lead on the development of risk management plans, to appropriately respond to complex and high risk safeguarding situations. The Specialist Midwife Safeguarding will work alongside other specialist midwives and members of the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams, to continue to embed the Early Help Agenda across maternity services. The Specialist Midwife Safeguarding will work closely with the wider safeguarding teams to ensure that midwives and other practitioners are supported in appropriate care planning, when caring for birthing people, unborn & newborn babies and their families, to address multifactorial risks within the complex safeguarding family dynamics; supporting the Named Midwife Safeguarding with extremely complex safeguarding situations including; high risk domestic abuse, honour based abuse, female genital mutilation, exploitation, modern slavery and trafficking.

The Specialist Midwife will work closely with safeguarding adult teams to ensure that vulnerable adults are safeguarded. The Specialist Midwife will support staff when they are caring for adults where there are concerns about Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are applicable. They will support staff when they are caring for individuals where there are safeguarding concerns pertaining to adults with complex health needs, including learning disabilities. The Specialist Midwife will work alongside the domestic abuse team, to ensure that enquiry and response to domestic abuse remains embedded in practice and that practitioners feel confident in identifying and responding to domestic abuse, during pregnancy.

The Specialist Midwife will lead on the support of staff members who are providing safeguarding evidence and contributing to safeguarding proceedings within court. The Specialist Midwife Safeguarding will attend multi-agency meetings, to support risk assessment and analysis, to ensure multi-agency plans are robust. In collaboration with the Named Midwife Safeguarding, the Specialist Midwife Safeguarding will work with multi-agency partners to ensure that the learning from local & national safeguarding reviews are identified, responded to and learning is embedded within safeguarding practice across the Trust. The Specialist Midwife will also lead on quality assurance methods, to ensure that the key safeguarding priorities are embedded within practice and to monitor and maintain high standards of practice.

The Specialist Midwife Safeguarding will work closely with the midwifery service, joining and chairing meetings, to ensure that safeguarding priorities are shared, learning and risks are reviewed appropriately and safeguarding practice continually evolves. Work closely with teams, including workforce & od to monitor, improve and support safeguarding practice. As a senior midwife within the safeguarding team, they will be responsible for line management responsibilities and leadership, as delegated by the Named Midwife Safeguarding.


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