Senior Safeguarding Practitioner

Senior Safeguarding Practitioner
37.5 hours per week, full time
Band 7, £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, 12 months fixed term

You will have a key role in promoting good professional practice across all elements of the safeguarding agenda under the guidance of the Head of Safeguarding. You will take the lead in providing supervision, training, specialist advice, and support related to safeguarding adults, safeguarding children, Prevent, and domestic abuse. You will contribute to developing the skills of the frontline practitioners, particularly in relation to:

• Assessment of safeguarding risk
• Immediate interventions
• Partnership working
• Report writing

Key Qualifications and Experience:

• Hold a current professional registration (e.g., Registered General Nurse, Registered Midwife, District Nurse, Mental Health Nurse, Practice Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Registered Allied Health Professional)
• Have experience within the last two years of working directly in multi-agency child safeguarding and/or adult safeguarding processes
• Theoretical and practical knowledge across the range of procedures and practices in the field of safeguarding, enabling the post holder to provide specialist safeguarding advice to managers, professionals, and colleagues
• Excellent written, verbal communication, and presentation skills to ensure appropriate representation of North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust in public arenas, including court and case conferencing reporting
• The ability to represent North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust Safeguarding Team in external safeguarding meetings as appropriate

As a Trust, we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high-quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and provide a range of wellness opportunities, including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to become the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045. As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. To deliver on this commitment, we recognize the need for a workforce that is as passionate about achieving these goals for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities, and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign, which aligns with the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.