# Think Family Safeguarding lead > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/think-family-safeguarding-lead/82df29f7-0a98-430a-953f-55a698d4ab52 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/think-family-safeguarding-lead/82df29f7-0a98-430a-953f-55a698d4ab52.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust - **Location:** Meadow Park - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Lead (legacy management group) - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro-rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T10:25:11.410Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Bedford/East_England_Community_Health_Care_NHS_Trust_Cambridgeshire/Safeguarding/Safeguarding-v8377347 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8377347?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.eastofenglandcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you ready for your next challenge? Have you considered a career in safeguarding? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our dedicated Safeguarding Team, working across Pan Bedfordshire within East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust. This is a rewarding role for an experienced and motivated professional who is passionate about improving outcomes for children, young people, families, and adults at risk. As a Safeguarding Lead, you will play a key role in supporting and strengthening safeguarding practice across the organisation. Working alongside Named Professionals, the Head of Safeguarding, and wider system partners, you will provide expert safeguarding advice, supervision, leadership, training, and support to frontline staff. You will champion a Think Family approach, promoting evidence-based practice and ensuring that safeguarding remains at the heart of all clinical services. The role offers opportunities to influence service development, contribute to safeguarding audits and training programmes, participate in multi-agency work, and support the learning and improvement culture across the Trust. "Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 27/10/2026". ### Main duties of the job ### Main Responsibilities This role is ideal for someone with strong safeguarding knowledge, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to partnership working. You will be an integral member of the locality leadership team, contributing to the delivery of high-quality, safe, and effective services. Lead on the development of agreed areas of safeguarding practice across the Trust. Provide specialist safeguarding advice, support, and leadership to staff on matters relating to children and adults at risk. Promote and embed the Think Family approach across clinical services. Support the effective clinical governance of safeguarding children and adult safeguarding processes. Deliver safeguarding supervision and guidance to frontline practitioners. Contribute to the design, delivery, and evaluation of safeguarding training programmes. Participate in safeguarding audits and quality improvement activities. Represent the safeguarding team at multi-agency meetings and sub-groups. Work collaboratively with partner agencies to support learning from reviews and safeguarding practice developments. Support safeguarding decision-making and advice within Single Point of Access services. Act as a visible safeguarding leader, supporting colleagues and promoting best practice across the Trust. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We are looking for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable professional who: Has substantial experience of safeguarding children and/or adults at risk. Demonstrates a strong understanding of current safeguarding legislation, policy, and guidance. Has experience of providing advice, support, supervision, or training to colleagues. Can build effective working relationships across organisations and professional groups. Is committed to continuous improvement and high-quality patient care. Shares our Trust values of Integrity, Compassion, Inclusion, and Ambition. "Please see JD and PS for detailed responsibillities". ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant post qualification experience working in specialist practitioner role. - Experience of working autonomously in their role working with children and young people. - Relevant experience of safeguarding children and working with Families. - Demonstrates a good understand of the Think Family model and is able to identify adults at risk - Demonstrates a good understanding of Legislation and National Guidelines that drive safeguarding policy and practice. - Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues. - Knowledge of national and local safeguarding policies, guidelines and key recommendations. - Knowledge of models of supervision - Demonstrates knowledge relevant to patterns of abuse and neglect. - Understands the assessment of need and harm. **Desirable** - Experience of providing clinical supervision and mentoring - Experience of working in MASH or multi-agency setting ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Demonstrates an ability to identify and manage safeguarding concerns within current practice. - Demonstrates an ability to remain child focused and facilitate the Think Family approach with health practitioners - Demonstrates an ability to advise other agencies regarding the health needs of people. - Demonstrates professional curiosity and the ability to manage appropriate professional challenge in safeguarding work. - Ability to communicate effectively: verbally, in writing and via other media (ie power point, teaching presentations, ) - Ability to demonstrate effective team and multi-agency collaborative working. - Able to demonstrate advanced report writing and presentation skills - Ability to manage and organise workload including prioritising work as it presents itself to the safeguarding team. - Ability to work to meet deadlines. **Desirable** - Supervision skills both individual and group facilitation skills. - IT Skills. ### Safeguarding Knowledge **Essential** - Has a good understanding of the nature of abuse and neglect and is able to interpret and act on information in order to protect people appropriately. - Demonstrates a good understanding of current safeguarding issues and understands the wider safeguarding agenda. - Can demonstrate how s/he has promoted ‘best practice’. ### Qualification and training **Essential** - Registered Nurse/Health Visitor and/or Specialist Degree in Community or Public Health / Midwife/ Registered with Social Work England - Evidence of professional development - Degree or equivalent - Evidence of further training/education in Safeguarding Children **Desirable** - NSPCC or other Trust accredited safeguarding supervision training or other relevant training. - Recognised professional teaching qualification ## Documents - [job description (doc, 93.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10705754) - [person specification (docx, 52.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10705755) - [the trust values & ethos_march26 (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3073) - [a message from the chief executive (pdf, 193.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3043) - [application & interview skills tips_june26 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3056) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.