Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 month Secondment also considered)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 470-24-0004-COR-1
- Employer
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- IOW NHS Trust St Mary's Hospital
- Town
- Newport
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Family Approach Safeguarding Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
To provide specialist operational safeguarding guidance and leadership to all services within the Isle of Wight Trust on a day-to-day basis. The post holder will support the Integrated Safeguarding Team in the delivery of statutory, regulatory, and contractual safeguarding services, ensuring that an all-age family approach to safeguarding is robustly embedded.
Main duties of the job
- Proactively work with clinical and non-clinical teams to identify all age safeguarding concerns and risks within the provision of services across the Isle of Wight Trust.
- Supporting all services in robustly responding to safeguarding concerns and incidents.
- In conjunction with the Integrated Safeguarding Team ensure the learning from local, regional, and national safeguarding reviews is embedding within Isle of Wight Trust services, improving practice and service provision.
- Work flexibly across the Integrated Safeguarding Team in the provision of statutory, regulatory, and contractual all age safeguarding services.
- Assist the Integrated Safeguarding Team in the delivery of training and supervision as outlined in the 2022 – 25 Strategy.
- Contribute to the development of robust internal policies and guidelines for safeguarding within the Isle of Wight Trust and support all clinical and corporate teams in their application of policy, procedure, and training.
- Support the Named Professionals for Safeguarding in the scoping and analysis of Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs), Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs), Child Safeguarding Practice reviews and any associated action plans.
Working for our organisation
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be required to use the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, whilst supporting the operational clinical and non-clinical teams across the Isle of Wight Trust in their application of safeguarding practice.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Professional (NMC, HCPC, GMC or equivalent) or extensive transferrable experience in safeguarding
- Degree level education OR equivalent knowledge and experience in practice
- Evidence of competency at Level 3 safeguarding children and adults
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Carrington
- Job title
- Adult Safeguarding Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01983822099
- Additional information
Louise Carrington [email protected] Adult Safeguarding Lead 01983 822099 ex 5706
Vicky Kalaker - [email protected] Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children
Angela Thornton - [email protected] SBSO for Safeguarding
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