Safeguarding Coordinator
| Posting date: | 25 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £27,485.00 to £30,162.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £27485.00 - £30162.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, SE13 6LH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9197-26-0207 |
Summary
Key Result Areas & Performance: Process safeguarding referrals for safeguarding team within working day and department standards. Organise within 24 hours as per department standard, child protection medicalsundertaken by Community Paediatricians and prepare information prior to assessment. Prepare information prior to assessment. Ensure performance data maintained as per department standards. Support the organisation of Community Paediatrician's child protection medicals conjunction with the Named Doctor for Safeguarding on monthly basis. Receive invitations to case conference from local authority childrens social care and ensure relevant practitioners are aware, records are updated and monitoring of attendance and activity to support safeguarding team data collection and reporting as per department standards. Undertake direct management of safeguarding committee and operational meetings, including the production of agendas, minute taking and coordination of papers and ensuring that key documents are available within defined timescales.Respond to incoming telephone calls and deal with enquiries, including those of a sensitive nature; channelling and documenting these appropriately and in a timely manner. Have shared responsibility of the administrative task across Safeguarding Childrenteam on a daily basis including filing, record keeping, taking messages and delivering these promptly, processing incoming and outgoing mail, photocopying, faxing/scanning of documents, etc. Assist with adhoc tasks across the team as required. Maintain excellent standards in relation to office procedures, presentation of material and office systems, all paper resources including medical files, directories, reference books and Trust and Service Policies. Action requests for data in a timely manner following information governance guidelines. Support on audits as required. Support with Emergency Department Discharge summaries ensuring they are escalated to the correct professional within one working day and departmental standards. Support with information sharing and preparation in Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences MARAC, Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) within department standards. Support the Named Professionals in co-ordinating Safeguarding training by liaising with Workforce and Development to agree dates, timings and venues for staff trainingin the Trust. Maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders and specifically health professionals from a wide range of services and disciplines. Identify and collate the relevant health information to add to the multi-agency risk assessment within department standards. Record health information for agendas as directed by Safeguarding Team and within department standards Develop and implement data collection systems that will provide accurate and timely data safely and effectively in line with department standards.