Safeguarding Children Administrator
| Posting date: | 25 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,944.00 to £34,937.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31944.00 - £34937.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, E9 6SR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9293-25-0300 |
Summary
To manage the multi-patient task lists and daily lists of Emergency Department presentations and check their status with Childrens Social Care To manage safeguarding alerts for vulnerable children seen in the Emergency Department in line with agreed policies and procedures To manage the secure mailbox ensuring emails are responded to and/or directed to the appropriate team member(s) To produce the weekly list of safeguarding children / unborn cases for discussion at psychosocial meetings To take notes and record the minutes of psychosocial meetings, securely disseminate them electronically to the relevant professionals and store securely on the shared drive To be able to give update / share specific information at these meetings in the absence of the safeguarding children team To be able to manage the request for support/referrals to Childrens Social Care made by Homerton staff and report team activity data figures on a monthly basis to the Head of Service. Work closely with the Training and Development Team to ensure that staff safeguarding training details are up to date on ESR particularly for level three and bespoke training sessions. To create new records for children and families with identified safeguarding concerns on EPR on behalf of the Hackney Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub as appropriate. Be responsible for updating the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system and Rio details of City of London and Hackney children who are subject of Child Protection, Child in Need Plans and those who are a Looked After Child. This includes putting on and removing safeguarding alerts and removing it as appropriate in discussion with the Named Nurse Contribute to the Child Protection Information Sharing System by quality assuring information received notifications regarding children with child protection plans (including the unborn) and, those who are looked after who are known to a local authority children social care. Be responsible for ordering and retrieving patient case notes for internal and external audits, case reviews, child death reviews, ensuring appropriate filing and tracking systems are followed. Be responsible for ordering stationary, supplies and booking external training for staff members on request Support the team with audits by creating and disseminating surveys and exporting the data back to the professionals Ensure that telephones are answered within the agreed time and messages are taken accurately and conveyed in a timely manner to the appropriate team member Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Safeguarding Children Team, for example typing letters, general correspondences, collection and distribution of mail, photocopying and other administrative duties appropriate to the post. Assist the Safeguarding Children Team with using the electronic patient record systems such as EPR, RIO, HIE and the National Spine Tracing service in searching for children and gathering information Participate in Safeguarding Children Team meetings and be able to contribute appropriately to help with the smooth running of the team and take minutes. To have good IT skills to enable post holder to manage this process.