Safeguarding Midwife

An integral part of the Safeguarding Children Team. Working closely with the wider safeguarding children and adult teams. Supporting the Specialist Midwife Safeguarding and Named Professionals Safeguarding Children, to deliver the Maternity Safeguarding agenda, across the organisation. Supporting the identification of vulnerability for women, unborn & newborn babies and their families, to ensure early intervention, to improve outcomes.
A child's right centred and Think Family approach to providing safeguarding support, advice and guidance, within maternity. Work in collaboration with multi-agency partners to ensure robust planning, assessment and risk management, prior to birth. Complete accurate and robust contemporaneous safeguarding record keeping at all times. Ensure that there is accurate and timely pre-birth assessment, in order to safeguard and protect vulnerable unborn & newborn babies and their families.
Working closely with the multi-disciplinary team and our multi-agency partners to embed evidence-based safeguarding practice and ensure that local and national learning is implemented. Assist in the collection of robust data pertaining to maternity & safeguarding. Contributing to audit and quality assurance processes to improve outcomes. Support and assist the Specialist & Named Safeguarding Midwives in the review and evaluation of safeguarding practice, within maternity.
Demonstrate a robust knowledge of vulnerability assessment, analysis and the importance of individualised decision making. Demonstrate a robust knowledge and understanding of the key relevant safeguarding legislation. Demonstrate a robust knowledge and understanding of local and national safeguarding policies and procedures. Support the update and compilation of new policy and procedure.
Recognising and responding appropriately to Domestic Abuse within pregnancy. A good understanding of the processes regarding Female Genital Mutilation. Recognising and responding appropriately to concealment of pregnancy. Support the functions of MARAC & MAPPA, relevant to maternity practice.
Engage in risk assessment, management & planning when appropriate, to respond to risks around violence, identified in other arenas i.e. MARAC, MAPPA, information sharing in MASH/Strategy. Accurate and timely compilation of Birth Response Plans, to ensure the communication of key information to protect the safety of vulnerable babies, women, families and staff members within the organisation and across the multi-agency. Demonstrates excellent communication skills within the Maternity Safeguarding Team, the wider organisation and multi-agency partners.
Has a good understanding of the importance of escalation and information sharing within the team, when concerns are identified. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding, and provide support to practitioners, regarding the Mental Health Act & Mental Capacity Act. Supports practitioners caring for vulnerable women & their families; applies a sound knowledge regarding consent, Mental Capacity Act assessment, best interest decision-making and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Also has a relevant awareness of Liberty Protection Safeguards.
To support practitioners in the compilation of safeguarding statements and preparation for court. Support the Specialist & Named Safeguarding Midwives in the implementation of learning from internal incidents, local and nation reviews. Support the Maternity Safeguarding Team in the development and dissemination of relevant maternity resources, across the maternity agenda. Demonstrates an understanding and applies skills in conflict resolution.