Specialist Nurse Child Protection

1 month ago


North Yorkshire, United Kingdom Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are welcoming applications in North Yorkshire for B7 Specialist Nurse Child Protection position; this is an exciting opportunity to join our Safeguarding Team in North Yorkshire. You will cover across the North Yorkshire area with base to be discussed on appointment. There is also potential for some home based working.

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about safeguarding children and have the skills to carryout cumulative risk assessments of cases at a very high level. You must be a registered nurse, with experience of safeguarding children and knowledge of current statutory legislation and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You should have experience of leading change and influencing practice, as well as working in multi-professional teams. As a senior member of the team, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining efficient and effective safeguarding systems within the Trust.

You will be responsible for providing visible leadership, knowledge, and expertise in relation to safeguarding and children in care for 0-25 staff. You will work with a range of multi-disciplinary colleagues as well as external health colleague's multi-agencies partners such as primary care, Local Authorities, and Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships.

Main duties of the job

Utilising your specialist knowledge of safeguarding, child development, and legal frameworks you will work to support the Named Nurse in providing assurances that the Safeguarding Team delivers care which is of good quality and assures the trust and it's wider partners.

The Specialist Nurse Child Protection also supports the Named Nurse to meet our quality and governance requirements for CQC and Joint Targeted area inspections.

Establish effective working relationships and networks with all professionals and agencies contributing to safeguarding of children and young people in North Yorkshire. To support the Safeguarding Children's Team in the delivery of safeguarding children training, supervision and audit. Provide advice and support to partner agencies, and the HDFT 0-19 (25) service. Provide advice to Health Professionals and Professionals in other agencies about health needs and signpost to the appropriate health provider, referring to Senior members of the Safeguarding Children Team as appropriate.

The contribution of the health role will include:

Gathering, interpretating and analysing information in respect of children and families to understand cumulative risk and to make appropriate recommendations to safeguard children. To attend complex case strategy meetings and ICPCs Confidently challenge partners when threshold of risk is not appropriate to safeguard the child/adult.

About us

At Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff. We support staff through benefits, health and wellbeing initiatives and opportunities for personal and professional development.

An inclusive and supportive culture our Trust encourages staff to bring their whole selves to work and active Staff Networks identify areas for improvement. Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise staff with our Making a Difference, Team of the Month Awards & Colleague Recognition Awards Employee Support and wellbeing - we have a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and fast track physiotherapy service for employees. Staff Benefits - We have a range of staff benefits and schemes to support staff health, engagement, wellbeing and inclusion. Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Personal Specification attached. If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us. HDFT covers a wide footprint area therefore the successful candidate's needs to be willing to travel to other areas on an occasional basis. The footprint covers: Wakefield, North Yorkshire, Stockton, Middleborough, Darlington, Durham, Sunderland, Gateshead and Northumberland. The large footprint is highly conducive to career development.

Person Specification

application/ interview

Essential

oExperience of working as part of a team to ensure that Child Protection Plans / holistic assessments are progressed to improve outcomes for children oExperience of teaching and assessing students, supporting staff and peers oAbility in undertaking assessment of risk which includes cumulative risk oAbility to evidence the voice of the child and life through the eyes of the child oAbility to respectively challenge views of members of health and other agency teams oA good understanding of procedures relating to child protection oInvolvement in child protection supervision

Desirable

oCan demonstrate an understanding of the Court process oKnowledge of Multi Agency protection processors (MAPPA/MARAC/CEVT) oKnowledge of Multi-agency Safeguarding Hubs oExperience of clinical audit and performance management oExperience working with a Safeguarding children's team

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