Safeguarding Children's Practitioner

at  NHS Professionals

NHS Professionals are looking for a Safeguarding Children’s Practitioner to join our team at Buckland Hospital in Dover. The purpose of the role is to provide advice and support to all staff through our busy duty system and provide supervision within our maternity, paediatric and emergency departments. You will be offered both in house and external training opportunities, and will receive regular safeguarding supervision to ensure you are supported in this challenging but rewarding role. You will support staff to consider the risk of harm to the child, aid decision making and care planning, referring to and liaising with appropriate agencies where required. You will represent the Trust by attending multiagency meetings and preparing written reports.

SKILLS

• Registered children’s nurse or Midwife with valid pin (essential)
• Strong reliance, to potentially distressing safeguarding issues.
• Driver and owns their own transport. (essential)
• Experience in managing safeguarding concerns in children.
  The role will involve but not limited to you performing the above. 

• Represent EKHUFT at Child Protection Conferences/ Child in Need meetings/ Strategy Discussions/ Child Death procedures.
• Management of individual work caseload of safeguarding cases.
• Organise and chair health meetings.
• Write health chronologies
• Undertake safeguarding supervision for Emergency, paediatric and maternity departments.
• To communicate complex and sensitive information and advice to staff, professionals, children, young people, families and carers.
• To provide specialist advice for staff, colleagues and families in relation to safeguarding children and their families.
• Assess, plan and implement robust safety plans for children, families and staff.
• Responsible for own professional registration and revalidation requirements, to attend courses relevant to specialism as deemed suitable at appraisal.