Safeguarding Children Specialist Midwife

7 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Main Responsibilities

The Specialist Midwife for Safeguarding will play a crucial role in ensuring the health, wellbeing, and safeguarding of mothers and their babies. This includes providing woman-focused and family-centered midwifery care within a community and hospital setting.

Key Duties
  • Identify and coordinate the provision of multidisciplinary care for socially vulnerable women through support, advice, and training for staff dealing with complex child protection issues.
  • Support all activities necessary in maternity services to ensure that the organization meets its responsibilities to safeguard and protect children and young people.
  • Provide high-quality, effective midwifery care that is evidence-based and woman-centered.
  • Lead teaching sessions to share learning and ensure safeguarding procedures and policies are adhered to in the clinical setting.
Person Specification

The ideal candidate will have:

  • Registered Midwife on the NMC Register.
  • Supported Learning in the Clinical Environment.
  • Relevant Child Protection training.
  • Knowledge and understanding of Domestic Violence, including relevant legislation, national policy, and professional standards.
  • Safeguarding Supervision course attended.
Experience

The successful candidate will have:

  • Evidence of continuous professional development.
  • Knowledge and understanding of Statutory Midwifery Supervision.
  • Significant experience in managing Child Protection issues.
  • Experience of undertaking audits and implementing/monitoring action plans.
  • Experience in working closely with external partners, i.e., CCG and Local Authority in relation to safeguarding.
Knowledge and Skills

The ideal candidate will possess:

  • Flexible, assertive, and ability to show initiative.
  • Ability to think logically, to make decisions, cope with stress, and work with all levels of staff.
  • Commitment to a family-centered environment.
  • Interest in own professional development.
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.



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