Safeguarding Children Advisor

Job overview

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Safeguarding Children Advisor to join our team. In this vital role, you will be responsible for ensuring the organisation meets its safeguarding obligations, advising on safeguarding best practices, and supporting staff in handling complex safeguarding situations in a confident and informed manner. As the Safeguarding Children Advisor, you will respond effectively to safeguarding concerns while championing best practices and promoting inclusion for individuals with mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity across all our service lines both community and inpatient.

We can offer working in a supportive, dynamic team with opportunities to develop safeguarding knowledge and skills and further your career in safeguarding. We are looking for an individual who is passionate, enthusiastic and highly motivated to ensure the safeguarding obligations are met within a busy mental health trust.

Main duties of the job

This role involves leading and supporting high-quality safeguarding practice across the Trust, ensuring staff are equipped to identify and respond to risks to children and young people. Working closely with safeguarding leads, the post holder will provide expert advice, contribute to the management of complex cases, and collaborate with partner agencies to ensure effective, coordinated responses.

The role also focuses on improving standards through training, audits, and implementing learning from reviews, while contributing to reporting and governance processes. It requires strong safeguarding expertise, excellent communication and influencing skills, sound judgement under pressure, and the ability to build effective working relationships. The ideal candidate will be organised, resilient, and able to work both independently and as part of a team to drive continuous improvement in safeguarding practice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work in close collaboration with Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children & other Safeguarding Leads to ensure that promote safe, effective, person centred safeguarding practices across the Trust, including assurance that duties are met in accordance with Children Act 1989, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026, Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and Care Act 2014.
• To support Trust Executive Safeguarding Meeting to meet all statutory, mandatory and best practice standards in conjunction with Safeguarding Leads.
• To support Trust Named Nurse/Safeguarding Leads with audits and training.
• To support Quality Improvement initiatives and service developments in relation to safeguarding children.
• To contribute to internal and external assurance reports.
• To provide Trust wide specialist advice, training and support service regarding safeguarding children.
• Contribute to management of high-risk cases through Virtual Risk Team and other multi-agency panels where safeguarding has been identified as contributory factor.
• To provide specialist safeguarding children advice across partner agencies.
• To be able to work both autonomously and under guidance to agreed deadlines.
• To deputise for the Trust Safeguarding Leads as appropriate.