Job Description
Are you interested in developing your skills, knowledge, and experience in delivering safeguarding children assurance in CLCH?
Are you passionate about safeguarding children and if so are you interested in joining a supportive safeguarding team as a Safeguarding Children Advisor?
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (CLCH) safeguarding team is seeking to recruit to a Safeguarding Children Advisor post that has become vacant due to the promotion of the current postholder.
As a Safeguarding Children Advisor, you will be required provide specialist safeguarding advice to our frontline staff and managers, deliver safeguarding supervision and to work in partnership to ensure children and young people are safe and protected.
You will need to have experience of working with children in need or who are subject to child protection plans and of partnership working. You will also be required at times to deputise for the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, which provides an opportunity to increase your strategic reach and influence.
In return we will support you in further developing your safeguarding skills and expertise and there will be ongoing training opportunities through the CLCH Academy.
- The post holder will provide specialist support to CLCH staff working with vulnerable children and young people. This will include cases of actual or suspected child abuse.
- The post holder will work closely with all levels of staff in partner agencies, in order to continue to develop a seamless service for local families and children within the local health economy.
- Directly supervise, support and advice health visiting, school nursing and therapy teams, by the provision of specialist knowledge and advice in relation to the safeguarding of children.
- The post holder will support the Named Nurses with the ongoing development of clinical practice, research and standards of care within the safeguarding, including the development of policies, protocols and guidelines and contribute to service developments in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.
- The post holder will actively undertake clinical audits and monitor and collect statistical data in relation to families of high concern and those subject to child protection plans.
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Single occupancy accommodation in Central London – (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
- Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
As an NHS trust, we are committed to equal opportunities and ensuring equality and diversity in the workplace.
We have a number of staff networks: Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN), Race Equality Network and the Rainbow Network which supports LGBT+ staff. Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
- To manage their work within resources agreed with their manager.
- To establish and maintain good working relationships with health and social care colleagues and other agencies in the borough.
- To work on their own initiative, planning, prioritising, and organising their own workload.
- To participate in the collection of statistical data as required by the organisation.
- To attend and participate in team and other relevant meetings.
- To be responsible for the care and safe keeping of equipment issued for personal and team use and to report any defect or loss.
- To apply Equal Opportunities in practice taking into account own behaviour and the needs of clients and colleagues.
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities