Specialist Safeguarding Children Professional

The successful practitioner will work with our statutory agency partners to support the safeguarding agenda. This includes attendance at multi - agency meetings such as Child Protection Conferences, Core Group Meetings, Strategy Discussions, Professional meetings, and Discharge Planning Meetings as required. The post holder will have the ability to apply policies, standards, and legislations to support every day practice and ensure practice is in line with local and national policy and regulatory and legislative requirements.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that staff are familiar with our safeguarding policies, develop further policy and procedures and ensure that these are followed once potential or actual concerns are identified.

The role is central to the development and delivery of Safeguarding Children training and Safeguarding Supervision.

The role includes undertaking audit projects, implementing findings to improve provision of a responsive safeguarding service for the Trust.

We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

Qualifications

Experience