Safeguarding Children Specialist

4 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Full time

About the Role

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Safeguarding Children Specialist to join our team. As a key member of our safeguarding team, you will play a vital role in ensuring the safety and well-being of children and young people within our organization.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and embed the safeguarding children policy in collaboration with the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children.
  • Ensure compliance with legislation and statutory guidance, and disseminate and implement policies at a clinical level.
  • Represent the Trust in partner agencies and the multi-agency arena to safeguard children.
  • Provide supervision and advice to clinicians and other staff to ensure children are safeguarded.
  • Attend acute hospital sites and community bases to support staff in recognizing and responding to neglect or abuse concerns.
  • Deliver safeguarding supervision to caseload holders and professional groups within the organization.
  • Participate in health-specific and multi-agency task and finish groups to contribute to service improvements and embed lessons learned from Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews.
  • Act up for the Named Nurse as necessary to represent the organization in the multi-agency partnership arena.
  • Participate in regular audits to ensure assurance can be given that care delivery from a safeguarding perspective adheres to organizational policies and procedures.

About Us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS organizations in the country, serving over one million people across Greater Manchester and employing over 19,000 healthcare professionals. We are passionate about driving forward significant improvements to the provision of safe, high-quality integrated health and social care to our local community.



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