Midwifery and Child Safeguarding Practitioner

Job overview

Band 7 Midwife and Child Safeguard Pracitioner

The Trust is committed to ensure that the safeguarding structure and processes are robust and effective. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic practitioner to join our Midwife and Child  Named Professionals. The team is made up of a range of professionals working to safeguard adults and children including the acute liaison nurses for Learning Disability, the Mental Health Lead Nurse for the Trust and our safeguarding administration team.

The Midwife and Child Safeguard Practitioner will work closely with the Named Professionals for Child Protection and the wider safeguarding team. They will provide advice and support for staff across the Trust relating to Child Protection and drive forward service improvement throughout the Trust. The appointed individual will work with the Named Professionals  to deliver training throughout the Trust.

We are looking for an individual who has some experience of safeguarding children, who wants to develop their skills and competencies in safeguarding within a busy acute Trust, is flexible, tenacious and professionally curious around safeguarding.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the Trust Named Nurse and Named Midwife for Child Protection by,

• Providing professional and clinical leadership to the multi-disciplinary teams across the Trust and external partners.
• To work closely with the Safeguarding team around domestic abuse and attend relevant partnership meetings
• To be an active member of the safeguard team, contribute to the delivery of the safeguarding work plan, undertake audit and service development
• Manage safeguarding issues across relating to children/ unborn in the organisation to ensure that the  Trust complies with current legislation and local safeguarding governance arrangements
• Collaborate with multi agency partners, patients and carers to support integrated patient centred pathways, make safeguarding personal and take account of what matters for the individual at risk
• Be responsible for the collection and reporting of safeguarding activity data for the Trust safeguarding governance purpose and the external regulators
• Support the principles of the relevant Safeguarding Children’s Partnership

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the Trust Named Nurse and Named Midwife for Child Protection by,

• Providing professional and clinical leadership to the multi-disciplinary teams across the Trust and external partners.
• To work closely with the Safeguarding team around domestic abuse and attend relevant partnership meetings
• To be an active member of the safeguard team, contribute to the delivery of the safeguarding work plan, undertake audit and service development
• Manage safeguarding issues across relating to children/ unborn in the organisation to ensure that the  Trust complies with current legislation and local safeguarding governance arrangements
• Collaborate with multi agency partners, patients and carers to support integrated patient centred pathways, make safeguarding personal and take account of what matters for the individual at risk
• Be responsible for the collection and reporting of safeguarding activity data for the Trust safeguarding governance purpose and the external regulators
• Support the principles of the relevant Safeguarding Children’s Partnership