Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner - Children | North Bristol NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 20 Mehefin 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum depending on experience |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 20 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Cwmni: | North Bristol NHS |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7215637/339-CC5637-LMH |
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We are looking for an experienced practitioner who is confident in their safeguarding children knowledge and skills to join our team. TheIntegrated Safeguarding Team (IST), led by theDirector of Safeguarding and Associate Director of Safeguarding,providesevidence based safeguarding children andadult’sadvice, safeguardingsupervisionand safeguarding related training for all disciplines of staff across allNorth BristolTrust(NBT)sites. The team supportstaffin theirmanagement of all aspects of safeguarding practice from early help signposting tohighly complexand serious child and adult protection cases. North Bristol Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston are in a group model and the safeguarding service has joint leadership across the two trusts. All members of the team are expected to develop expertise in all age safeguarding.
Working with the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children and Named Professionals this specialist safeguarding practitioner role acts as a resource within the integrated team supporting all safeguarding professionals to develop further their safeguarding children advice, guidance and practice. This will include all areas of familial and extra familial harm alongside knowledge of safeguarding adults MCA and DoLS. The role supports practice in Transitional Safeguarding for the 16-25 year old patient cohort. It is expected that the post holder will work within the ‘Think Family’ approach already established in the team and will work with the existing Specialist Safeguarding Practitioners to support the Trust to embed a culture that routinely considers children when treating adult patients.
The post holder will also participate in the development, updating and delivery of all levels of safeguarding children training. The post holder will be required to offer planned and ad hoc group and 1:1 safeguarding supervision to staff to facilitate their development through reflection and enquiry. This should promote professional curiosity in practice and ensure all staff are offered an opportunity to reflect on learning with a focus on the child and improving outcomes.
This post includes delegated work deputising for the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children at partnership meetings.
This role will work within the integrated safeguarding team which is a dynamic and established team that is focused on improving patients lives through support of best practice when safeguarding concerns are identified by NBT staff during their daily work.
The successful applicant will be based at Southmead Hospital but work across all sites.
1. The All Age Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner - Children is a subject matter expert who provides specialist advice and guidance to staff across North Bristol Trust (NBT) on safeguarding children, safeguarding adults, and the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) .They will be expected to provide safeguarding knowledge and expertise in demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues relating to identification, assessment, management and review of safeguarding concerns for children and adults.
2. The specialist safeguarding practitioner - children contributes to quality assurance, leads on section 47 safeguarding enquiries, provides training and supervision, and liaises with multi-agency partners.
3. This role involves making operational decisions in complex and challenging situations, ensuring adherence to the statutory framework for children (Children Act 1989/2004) and its intersection with MCA and best interest processes in addition to monitoring and improving standards of care through safeguarding leadership, supervision, audit, evidence-based practice, training and the provision of safeguarding advice and support. This also includes applicable knowledge for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).
4. They play a crucial role in maintaining accurate patient databases, developing policies, and promoting a culture of transparency and equality.
5. They act as a role model, promote best practices, and contribute to the implementation of new regulations, and will deputise for the Named Nurse/Named Professional in their absence.
See Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
This advert closes on Thursday 3 Jul 2025