Specialist Safeguarding Children Advisor Barking, Dagenham & Havering

Posting date07 November 2024

Closing date07/12/2024 09:59:25

Salary£46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year, £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year

LocationBarking, IG11 7LX

CompanyNHS Jobs

Job typePermanent

HoursFull Time

Reference15546562

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Duties and main responsibilities Adhere to and implement Local and National policies for Child Protection/Safeguarding Children and adults within professional practice. Provide advice to NELFT practitioners via the Safeguarding Children Advice Service on day-to-day management of children and families where there are safeguarding children concerns. This may be by responding to telephone calls, InPhase alerts or email enquiries. Support cover arrangements for the Safeguarding Children Advice Service under the supervision of a senior colleague. Work collaboratively with the Safeguarding Adults team to embed the Think Family approach. Work closely with the Named Professionals for Safeguarding Children and the wider safeguarding team in order to ensure that staff can access advice and support readily at the point of need and embed the think family approach. Support the work of the safeguarding team with health practitioners and their managers in developing high standards of practice in relation to the management of vulnerable children and their families. Assist fellow Specialist Safeguarding Children Advisors and Named Professionals in supporting staff involved in the Child Protection processes, attending Child Protection conferences, strategy meetings and other interagency / professional meetings as the need arises and/or briefing practitioners in relation to these meetings. Provide safeguarding children supervision for a defined group of staff as agreed, in line with NELFTs Safeguarding Supervision Policy. Support the delivery of the annual Safeguarding Children/adult Audit Programme. Provide support to staff involved in the Child Protection processes, attending Child Protection conferences, strategy meetings and other interagency / professional meetings as the need arises Support new or inexperienced staff with writing effective referrals to social care, escalations and child protection reports. Support staff in the development of chronologies for FII and Perplexing presentation cases or in respect of CSPRs and DHRs where there are children involved Support the dissemination of Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews and Learning Reviews/SCIE recommendations to inform and improve practice and influence policy / procedures in line with Local safeguarding Children Partnership Procedures. Assist in the delivery of NELFT Safeguarding Children/Adult Training. Assist in ensuring procedures are distributed, understood and implemented by professionals, in the light of new local and national policy. Education and Development Identify personal training and educational requirements in conjunction with the Safeguarding Named Professionals, Specialist Safeguarding Children Advisors and the Workforce Development Unit and attend relevant mandatory and other training pertinent to role. Participate in Annual Appraisals. Participate in the planning, delivery and evaluation of safeguarding training, both single agency and multi-agency Undertake the role of mentor, preceptor and clinical support as required to newly appointed staff. Assist in the induction of new staff of other disciplines. To identify the training needs of staff through safeguarding children supervision and support the development and commissioning of training to meet identified themes and trends. Use of AI Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability. Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application. We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

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