Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-CS2536-LW-A
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Pennine Safeguarding
- Town
- Blackburn
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Safeguarding Practitioner (Exploitation)
Band 6
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism and community based services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated mental health, learning disability and community Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:
• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
• Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, and flexi-time.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
We currently have a vacancy within the LSCFT Safeguarding Team for a Safeguarding Practitioner for Child Exploitation to support the Trust’s commitment to safeguard and protect vulnerable Adults, Children and Families.
Safeguarding is integral to governance arrangements within LSCFT and we are looking for someone with leadership experience and of providing high standards of care to the most vulnerable children and adults in our society. The successful applicant must demonstrate a passion for safeguarding children, adults and their families and share the teams commitment to deliver services that are reliable, of high quality and safe in an area of work that is demanding, challenging yet extremely rewarding.
This role is embedded within the Contextual Safeguarding Team of LSCFT working alongside other specialist practitioners based within Exploitation Teams across Lancashire.
Main duties of the job
The Band 6 Safeguarding Practitioner for Exploitation will be one of three nurses providing direct health support within a multi-agency team dedicated to tackling criminal and sexual exploitation of children and young people.
They will work alongside the multi-disciplinary team to identify unmet health needs of Exploited Children and Young People and address them at earliest opportunity using a shame sensitive approach. The Nurse will use trauma informed practice to complete holistic health assessments and health screening of care records to identify any indicators of vulnerability towards exploitation. This will enable the specialist practitioner to develop hand-holding as part of their practice.
A comprehensive knowledge of safeguarding children, young people and adults is essential although support and opportunities for professional development will be available through the wider safeguarding team’s skill mix
Working for our organisation
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 1st Level degree or similar
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continued professional development and experiential learning
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of the safeguarding children’s and adults agenda
- Knowledge of legislation relating to Safeguarding and the implications for practice arrangements
- Knowledge of National and Local Safeguarding policy and Strategic Safeguarding priorities
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent clinical experience of working with vulnerable children and/or adults
- Experience of working in a team environment
- Clinical experience relating to safeguarding and protecting children and/or adults; assessing health needs and preparing action plans under the supervision of an SSP
Skills
Essential criteria
- Client centred approach
- Prioritise, plan and evaluate own workload
- Ability to think widely and analyse problems and develop solutions
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Godfrey
- Job title
- Recruiting manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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