1. Can you summarise your relevant nursing experience and how it has prepared you for this role? Can you summarise your relevant nursing experience and how it has prepared you for this role?
2. What attracted you to the position of Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board? What attracted you to the position of Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board?
3. What does safeguarding mean to you in the context of looked after children and care leavers? What does safeguarding mean to you in the context of looked after children and care leavers?
4. Can you discuss your experience working within safeguarding partnerships and how that has influenced your approach to safeguarding children? Can you discuss your experience working within safeguarding partnerships and how that has influenced your approach to safeguarding children?
5. How do you keep up-to-date with changes in legislation, guidance, and best practices regarding safeguarding children? How do you keep up-to-date with changes in legislation, guidance, and best practices regarding safeguarding children?
6. Describe your approach to leading a team. How would you foster a culture of safeguarding within the team? Describe your approach to leading a team. How would you foster a culture of safeguarding within the team?
7. Can you give an example of a time you have provided mentorship or guidance to other nurses or professionals in a safeguarding context? Can you give an example of a time you have provided mentorship or guidance to other nurses or professionals in a safeguarding context?
8. How would you handle conflict or differing opinions within your team or with external partners regarding safeguarding practices? How would you handle conflict or differing opinions within your team or with external partners regarding safeguarding practices?
9. What strategies would you implement to ensure that the health service effectively contributes to safeguarding children within Bradford PLACE? What strategies would you implement to ensure that the health service effectively contributes to safeguarding children within Bradford PLACE?
10. Can you give an example of a successful initiative you have led related to safeguarding children or vulnerable groups? Can you give an example of a successful initiative you have led related to safeguarding children or vulnerable groups?
11. How would you establish and maintain effective working relationships with local authorities and other safeguarding agencies? How would you establish and maintain effective working relationships with local authorities and other safeguarding agencies?
12. What role do you see health commissioners and ICBs playing in the enhancement of child safeguarding practices? What role do you see health commissioners and ICBs playing in the enhancement of child safeguarding practices?
13. What mechanisms would you put in place to gather and disseminate learning from child safeguarding practice reviews? What mechanisms would you put in place to gather and disseminate learning from child safeguarding practice reviews?
14. How do you measure the effectiveness of safeguarding interventions at a strategic level? How do you measure the effectiveness of safeguarding interventions at a strategic level?
15. Imagine you are presented with a potential safeguarding concern about a looked after child. What steps would you take to address the situation? Imagine you are presented with a potential safeguarding concern about a looked after child. What steps would you take to address the situation?
16. How would you approach a scenario where there is resistance from a partner agency to implement recommended safeguarding practices? How would you approach a scenario where there is resistance from a partner agency to implement recommended safeguarding practices?
17. What do you find most challenging about working in safeguarding, and how do you manage those challenges? What do you find most challenging about working in safeguarding, and how do you manage those challenges?
18. How do you ensure that your work is child-centred, especially when dealing with sensitive issues related to safeguarding? How do you ensure that your work is child-centred, especially when dealing with sensitive issues related to safeguarding?
19. What are your long-term goals within the field of children’s safeguarding, and how does this role fit into those goals? What are your long-term goals within the field of children’s safeguarding, and how does this role fit into those goals?
You can answer as many of these questions as you want.
Good luck!