Deputy Designated Professional for Children Safeguarding in Windsor inWindsor PUBLISHED WED 15 JAN 2025 Jump to job information section
NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board r22rAP1Q
Job description
We are excited to be recruiting for a Deputy Designate for Children Safeguarding Children and Children and Young People in Care (CYPIC) to work within our all-age safeguarding team. The post holder will be a qualified health practitioner with prior experience as a named professional for safeguarding in a provider trust.
The post holder will work with the Senior Safeguarding Lead and Designated Nurse for Children and Young People in Care (CYPIC) to ensure processes are in place to protect children from abuse; recognising specific vulnerabilities and to identify, escalate and take actions when risks are identified using knowledge across a wide range of practice and work environments.
Candidates will be interviewed by members of the safeguarding team.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to arrange a telephone discussion with Lynette Jones Jardine to arrange an appointment to discuss this position prior to applying: .
The post holder is responsible for strategically supporting the safeguarding children portfolios and also the young people in care portfolio across Frimley ICB. Linked to continuous workforce development and transformation the post holder will provide expertise to the outcome of the business processes for the Safeguarding Directorate.
The post holder is part of the team responsible to manage and implement new and extended ICB safeguarding statutory duties identified within the Safeguarding Assurance and Accountability Framework (SAAF) 2024 and Working Together 2023.
The post holder will be expected to work across the Frimley ICB geography as part of the Frimley ICB Safeguarding Team and be able to deputise for the Senior Safeguarding lead and Designated Nurse for Children and Young People in Care and also the Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults, when requested to do so.
The post holder will support the ICB's Designated statutory responsibilities for Safeguarding Children.
The post holder will support the Designated Nurse for CYPIC.
The post holder will support Learning Disability and Safeguarding relating to adults and children.
The post holder will jointly hold the strategic lead for Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) and Executive decision making.
About us
This is a developmental post and applicants are invited from those who hold a professional clinically recognised qualitification, eg Registered Nurse or allied professional. They should have at least 2 years post qualification experience of holding a Safeguarding Lead role for a NHS provider organisation and have considerable experience with working with families who have safeguarding issues. The post holder will be supported by the Frimley ICB Safeguarding Team, and they will be a member of this team. They will develop expertise in working for the ICB in safeguarding children and adults and hold an expert clinical lead role in safeguarding. The post holder, as part of the team, will be expected to work closely with all multiagency partners to improve system wide safeguarding response and protection.
If you're interested in this role but you have questions or you're not yet ready to apply, then please book a quick call with us and we'd be happy to answer any questions you have and tell you more about the role.
Requirements
See the job description for full role requirements.
Benefits
Benefits are provided by the employer and will be confirmed during your application.
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