Child Safeguarding Nurse Specialist

4 weeks ago


Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Position Overview

This role is a secondment opportunity, and candidates must obtain approval from their current employer.

Are you a dedicated and proactive professional with a passion for safeguarding children and adolescents?

An exciting and demanding position has become available for a highly skilled and enthusiastic nurse with extensive experience in child safeguarding for a temporary period.

Applicants should exhibit a sincere commitment to safeguarding and enhancing the welfare of unborn infants, children, and adolescents, particularly focusing on the challenges faced during transitional phases.

Key Responsibilities

The position entails collaborating closely with the Named Nurse/Midwife for Child Safeguarding and the broader Safeguarding and Transition teams to ensure that the organization fulfills its legal obligations to protect and promote the welfare of children, young individuals, and their families.

The successful candidate will offer guidance, oversight, support, and training to staff throughout the organization regarding child safeguarding and the welfare of unborn infants.

The team is dedicated to fostering a positive safeguarding culture within the organization, ensuring it is integrated into everyday practices.

About the Organization

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides leadership and improvement training for all new employees. This training program is designed to enhance leaders' understanding of management and leadership skills. Participation in the leadership development program and the Quality Improvement Program is expected. This initiative aims to:

  • Examine leadership within the NHS
  • Promote Trust Values and Behaviors
  • Enhance your leadership effectiveness and skills
  • Equip you with practitioner-level skills in quality improvement, enabling you to lead and implement quality enhancements within your role

Upon completion of this four-and-a-half-day training, you will have the opportunity to explore additional leadership and improvement training options, including various in-house courses tailored to your role and bite-sized programs, as well as leadership apprenticeships at levels 3, 5, and 7.

Job Responsibilities

Please refer to the complete job description and person specification document(s) for detailed responsibilities associated with this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

  • NMC Registered Nurse
  • Degree or diploma in nursing
  • Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development

Desirable

  • Master's level degree
  • Leadership Certificate
  • Qualification in Safeguarding Supervision
  • Recognized qualification in adult education

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Understanding of current issues related to child and adult safeguarding and their practical application
  • Experience in multi-disciplinary and partnership collaboration and key responsibilities
  • Theoretical frameworks and indicators of abuse and neglect
  • Familiarity with local and national Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews and the ability to translate insights into practice
  • Capability to provide safeguarding supervision
  • Ability to plan, deliver, and evaluate safeguarding training for children
  • Capacity to respond effectively to multiple competing priorities in a challenging environment

Desirable

  • Knowledge and understanding of child care legislation: national and local policies and procedures

Experience

Desirable

  • Experience working within the NHS
  • Experience delivering safeguarding supervision and understanding the supervision process
  • Experience in clinical audit


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