Specialist Midwife for Safeguarding and Vulnerable Families
| Posting date: | 03 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 March 2026 |
| Location: | Stockport, SK2 7JE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9362-26-0157 |
Summary
Provide advice and support to acute and community maternity services across the Stockport and the High Peak area. To provide a full range of health education and social care advice to vulnerable women and their families who are accessing maternity services. To assess the full range of care and support needs - develops, implements and evaluatesprogrammes of care in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period for women with complex safeguarding needs and/or identified vulnerabilities. Provide safeguarding supervision to midwives and maternity support staff, under direction from the named midwife for safeguarding children and vulnerable families. To develop and assist in the delivery of safeguarding training to maternity services as part of the safeguarding training strategy and Royal College Intercollegiate Documents. Liaise effectively with partner agencies working with vulnerable pregnant women and their families as outlined in Working Together (2023). In the absence of the womans named midwife, attend relevant case conferences, professional meetings, strategy discussions and core group meetings and update the maternity IT system with relevant plans for the women and their unborn/new-born baby. Provide appropriate feedback and supportive challenge to practitioners where necessary, taking a trauma based approach. Support the named midwife for safeguarding children and vulnerable families in investigations and responses to any complaint or investigations that may have a safeguarding element. Work autonomously within guidelines and sphere of professional practice. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16