Safeguarding Specialist Practitioner

Job overview

Are you a highly motivated and experienced Registered Nurse, Allied Health Professional, or Social Worker with a passion for safeguarding?

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) Safeguarding Team is offering an exciting opportunity to join our dedicated team as a Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner for Children and Adults.

In this role, you will provide expert safeguarding advice and operational support to the Deputy Head of Safeguarding, working across all aspects of safeguarding for both children and adults.

You will collaborate closely with the Head of Safeguarding, Deputy Head of Safeguarding/Named Nurse for Children and Adults, and the Named Doctor for Safeguarding Children to contribute to the professional leadership of the health service’s safeguarding responsibilities. This includes ensuring high standards of practice, promoting partnership working, and supporting the delivery of statutory safeguarding duties across the Trust.

This role is offered on a hybrid working basis, providing flexibility to work both remotely and from the office.

Interviews for this position will be held across the 11th and 12th of February.

Main duties of the job

As a Safeguarding Specialist Practitioner, you will hold a pivotal position in promoting safe and inclusive care across the Trust. This role involves providing expert advice and intervention in complex safeguarding cases concerning both adults and children, including matters related to domestic abuse, sexual safety, and high-risk scenarios.

You will actively participate in statutory safeguarding processes, ensuring compliance with legislation, statutory guidance, and national standards. Working collaboratively with multi-agency partners on areas such as SEND and MAPPA, you will contribute to robust risk management and safeguarding planning.

In addition, you will deliver safeguarding training and supervision, support policy development, and champion best practice across the organisation. Your work will directly safeguard service users and their families, mitigate risks of harm, and strengthen the Trust’s safeguarding culture. By ensuring timely, expert intervention and promoting inclusive practice, you will help maintain patient safety, uphold legal and regulatory obligations, and build staff confidence in managing safeguarding concerns.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]

Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.