Socially Complex Senior Midwife in Isleworth inIsleworth PUBLISHED WED 4 JUN 2025 Jump to job information section

The post holder will work alongside the Lead safeguarding midwives to ensure that women with safeguarding issues receive appropriate care, support, and guidance, by developing Maternity Services to address the needs of this client group.

The post holder will work in collaboration between the community teams and safeguarding teams working alongside external agencies, e.g. Drug workers, Social Care and Health, Police, Criminal Justice, Mental Health, Domestic Violence, other support and voluntary agencies.

The successful candidate will have a remit to coordinate care for women with safeguarding issues, domestic violence ensuring staff respond in a professional, kind, caring and sensitive manner.

Working as part of the midwifery team the post holder will provide support and education to maternity and multi- disciplinary staff, caring for these women to ensure a safe and appropriate plan of care is made.

They will participate in the training staff on safeguarding issues using a Think Family approach inclusive of both safeguarding children, adults and unborn babies and supporting staff to manage these cases.

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As a midwife working with women and families with socially complex/ safeguarding needs this role is to support the / Safeguarding Team and Socially Complex Leads to:

• Provide high quality, evidence-based care and advice to women and families.
• Work in partnership with other health care professionals and liaise with other agencies involved in the provisions of maternity services and seek advice from the Safeguarding and Socially Complex Lead Midwives as required.
• Recognise that the vulnerability factors can be interrelated and that parental factors increase vulnerability to child abuse and neglect.