Children's Safeguarding Advisor inLewisham inLewisham PUBLISHED
THU 17 OCT 2024
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust rhyxyJZc
The post holder will work closely with Trust Named Safeguarding Children Professionals and will also have line management responsibilities for a safeguarding administrator. Exceptional communication skills are essential for this role, which offers a unique opportunity to enhance skills and knowledge in the safeguarding field while contributing to the improvement of outcomes for vulnerable children and families.
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, Safeguarding Team has vacancies for Safeguarding Advisors working within Community Health Services in Lewisham, University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich.
You will work within the Safeguarding Team which covers acute and community health services.
This is an on-site role.
Interviews would hold on 11th November 2024.
You will be involved in providing support, supervision and training to staff and will engage in multi-agency working via attendance at MARAC and MASH as required.
Applicants need to have a sound understanding of safeguarding and experience of working with child protection and vulnerable families. They should have a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience within their specialist practice area of work.
Candidates require exceptional communication skills to deliver to this post.
In return you will work with a team that aims to deliver a first class service and aspires to continuously improve
This is a very exciting and unique opportunity to develop and extend your skills and knowledge in the safeguarding children field.
About us
The Safeguarding Advisor is an experienced specialist practitioner with in-depth knowledge of child protection and advanced analytical skills for safeguarding children acquired through specialist courses and experiential learning from interagency work.
To advise and support staff in complex cases and to work closely with the Trust Named Safeguarding Children Professionals to ensure that appropriate assessment of risks are undertaken in order to improve outcomes for vulnerable/child protection children/families.
The post holder will work as part of a dynamic multi-agency team assessing notifications and referrals regarding children aged 0-18 that are received by Multi- Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH). The MASH process includes searching for and collating health information from a range of NHS providers.
The post hold will work across acute and community sites as well as within the Local Authority as part of the MASH.
The post holder will work with the Safeguarding team to deliver safeguarding training in line with Intercollegiate Guidance (2
The post holder will work with the Safeguarding team to deliver safeguarding supervision in one to one, group and reflective learning forums.
The post holder will work as part of a dynamic multi-agency integrated team assessing notifications and referrals regarding children aged 0-18 that are received by acute hospital services.
The post holder will have line management responsibility for safeguarding administrator
The Named Nurse for Safeguarding will undertake monthly clinical supervision with the post holder.
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