Band 7 Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner - Children

at  Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and skilled Specialist Practitioners to be part of our developing service. These roles are linked specifically to the Safeguarding Children’s Team and the Safeguarding Maternity Team.
Would you like to work as part of a friendly, passionate, and caring Think Family safeguarding team? We are seeking highly experienced practitioners with a strong interest in safeguarding children and young people and those with a strong interest in safeguarding midwifery. You will have a genuine commitment to safeguarding under a whole family strategy. You will be expected to demonstrate a sound understanding of the issues relating to children & young people and families within a safeguarding context. The Specialist Safeguarding Practitioners Think Family will work closely with Named Safeguarding Professionals and multi-professional clinical teams to ensure that the Trust’s statutory responsibilities to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people, adults, and their families are met.

Previous applicants who have applied for the post within the past 3 months and were extended an interview need not apply at this time.

• Applicants who have already received feedback that they are unsuitable for the position need not apply - unless they have taken steps to strengthen their application to demonstrate and evidence how you meet the essential criteria since that decision. *

Safeguarding at Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust encompasses, promoting the welfare of children/young people and adults considerate of a Think Family approach to protect from harm. The post holder will be expected to demonstrate a sound understanding of the issues relating to children, young people, and families within a safeguarding context.
Working closely with Named Safeguarding Professionals and multi-professional clinical teams to ensure that the Trust’s statutory responsibilities to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people, adults and their families are met.

Candidates are required to show evidence of their original certificates for qualifications to the interview panel as below:

• Current NMC Registration or relevant regulatory body.
• Post registration education in Child Protection/Safeguarding children and/or adults’ module at graduate level or willingness to undertake.
• Evidence of continued professional development and experiential learning.
• Teaching/training qualification or equivalent experience.

The role will require you to work across all areas in the Trust which includes those that are designated as positive and asymptomatic and negative COVID wards.
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
To work with all staff to provide support, advice and expert guidance to assist in exercising duties and responsibilities for safeguarding of children, young people, adults and their families.
To deputise for Named Safeguarding Professionals within the WWL Think Family Safeguarding Team
To be a competent, knowledgeable, and visible practitioner, ensuring the provision of a high-quality Think Family Safeguarding Service.
Assess, implement, plan, and evaluate care and interventions for service users with complex safeguarding needs.
To complete safeguarding audits as per the Think Family Safeguarding Audit calendar.
Maintain and develop own levels of specialist knowledge and skills in relation to safeguarding and clinical practice. To access regular clinical supervision for own personal and professional development, whilst ensuring participation with management supervision and annual performance reviews.
Work collaboratively as part of the WWL Think Family Safeguarding Service, in the continued progression and development of such ensuring delivery of the Think Family Safeguarding Strategy.
Referral of safeguarding concerns as per statutory processes, local and internal policy, and procedure, to ensure coordinated approach in meeting the needs of service users who are at risk of/suffering abuse and/or neglect.
Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure children, young people, adults and their family’s needs are met.
To escalate safeguarding concerns, internally and externally as per local, regional and National directives.
To assist with the development, implementation and evaluation of action plans and recommendations of lessons learned from Children Safeguarding Practice reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews, brief learning reviews and Domestic Homicide reviews. Ensuring timely and regular review of such to provide assurance.
To support managers and staff in the delivery of high-quality care throughout the journey of the child, young person, adult, and families (particularly with respect to robust discharge planning) by promoting innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of safeguarding practice.
Provide safeguarding supervision and case management guidance, inclusive of supporting staff to professionally challenge, where safeguarding concerns have not been adequately addressed. To identify emerging themes and inform future training and support needs.
Facilitate good standards of record keeping, report and statement writing in line with NMC, other professional regulatory bodies and Trust guidelines.
Attend as required all appropriate safeguarding meetings, to advocate on behalf of service users, acting as a support to staff or as a representative of the Trust.
To promote a right’s-based approach in the safeguarding of service users and their families
Interviews will take place on 14 October 2024
Full time and part time positions available, hours to be discussed at interview

Please refer the Job description for details