Children's Safeguarding Advisor inLewisham inLewisham PUBLISHED
MON 4 NOV 2024
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The Children's Safeguarding Advisor position at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust involves working within the Safeguarding Team across both acute and community health services in Lewisham and Woolwich. The role requires a sound understanding of safeguarding, with at least three years of post-qualification experience in child protection and working with vulnerable families. Key responsibilities include providing support, supervision, and training to staff, engaging in multi-agency collaboration including attendance at MARAC and MASH, and assessing referrals for children aged 0-18. Strong communication skills are essential, as the advisor will also be responsible for delivering safeguarding training and supervision. The position includes line management of a safeguarding administrator and participating in clinical supervision with the Named Nurse for Safeguarding. This role presents a unique opportunity for professional development in the field of child safeguarding.
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.
Previous applicants need not apply.
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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