Safeguarding Children Practitioner (MASH)

Job summary

Main duties of the job

Step into a pivotal safeguarding role where your professional expertise directly strengthens the protection of children, young people and families. As a key member of the MultiAgency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), you will use your clinical and analytical judgement to assess, interpret and share essential health information that informs timely, proportionate and effective decisionmaking. Your work will be central to identifying risk, understanding vulnerability and ensuring that children at greatest risk receive the right support at the right time.

In this fastpaced, collaborative environment, you will work closely with colleagues across health, social care, police, education and other partner agencies. You will contribute to multiagency discussions, evaluate presenting concerns, and help determine the most appropriate safeguarding pathway. Your professional insight will support early identification of harm, escalation where necessary, and the development of protective interventions that prevent children from slipping through the net.

Your responsibilities will be varied and meaningful from reviewing referrals and analysing complex information, to offering clear, evidencebased advice that shapes safeguarding outcomes. You will contribute to threshold decisionmaking, ensure accurate and timely informationsharing, and uphold high standards of professional curiosity, challenge and accountability.

Job responsibilities

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

• Kind:We are caring, supportive and respectful to everyone
• Open:We are honest, transparent and open to new ways of working
• Fair:We listen, value our differences and are inclusive to all
• One team:We work well together and with our communities