Job summary
- Main area
- Named Professional Think Family - Safeguarding Children
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 448-BCHS-7450670
- Employer
- Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Poynt
- Town
- Luton
- Salary
- per annum, pro-rata
- Closing
- 17/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 07/10/2025
Employer heading
Named Professional Think Family - Safeguarding Children
Band 8a
Driven by our Trust values: Honesty, Empathy, Ambition, Respect; the Trust's vision is to provide high quality care to the diverse communities we serve to make their lives better.
We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Our cultural diversity, long term conditions and disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ staff networks are a key part of this commitment, creating positive change and helping build an inclusive culture across the Trust.
Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed - our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
Options for flexible working are considered for all roles within CCS, including job share opportunities, compressed hours, annualised hours, tailored working patterns and more. If you are interested in flexible working, please talk to the recruiting manager for this vacancy.
Please note, the selection processes at Cambridgeshire Community Services are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills. Please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored, we remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
Job overview
As a provider of services across Cambridgeshire, Luton, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust is an organisation that listens, values and engages with its staff.
Our aim is to ensure the children and young people have every opportunity to achieve their full potential. We are excited about taking forward real opportunities for maximising the best outcomes for children, young people and their families.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced practitioner to work as Named Professional to contribute to the implementation of the Trust’s Think Whole Family Safeguarding Strategy in Luton and Bedfordshire. We welcome applications from other local authorities that meet the key criteria of this post
The post holder will work closely with other named professionals and senior management across the Trust to ensure that the Think Whole Family safeguarding strategy is embedded in every aspect of care delivery, providing corporate safeguarding support across the organisation with primary responsibility for Luton and Bedfordshire.
If you have proven knowledge of safeguarding and experience of working in a safeguarding position and if you share our enthusiasm and commitment to creating the very best opportunities for children and young people in Luton and Bedfordshire, we want to hear from you.
Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 10-09-2025
Main duties of the job
The Named Nurse/Professional role would fulfil the Level 4 Specialist Role – named nurse/professional function as described in the Intercollegiate Documents (2024; 2019; 2020). To take a professional lead in the provision of expert knowledge and health advice on safeguarding children to health care providers within Cambridgeshire Community Services (CCS) which ensures that consistent safeguarding, policies and procedures are implemented in accordance with current legislation. The named nurse/professional will work closely with the adult safeguarding team to ensure that the Think Whole Family approach to safeguarding is embedded into all practice across the Trust.
To be actively involved in the strategic planning and service developments in interagency working for the safeguarding of children in accordance with national and local requirements.
To develop and maintain processes and procedures for safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk of harm or abuse for Cambridgeshire Community Services ensuring that prevention of abuse and safeguarding systems are in place and constantly developed to minimise risk.
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main duties:
Act as the lead in your locality for CCS Safeguarding Children Responsibilities.
Ensure risk management processes are followed that provides assurance that safeguarding arrangements, processes and practice are in line with Trust expectations and responsibilities.
Take a lead role in the multi-disciplinary team and in multi-agency work.
Ensure visibility and contribution to relevant multi agency forums.
Provide direct involvement to partner agencies in complex safeguarding matters.
Contribute to the development of any Safeguarding Children related documents that guide practice.
Provide relevant reports as identified in the annual work programme and other Trust assurance programme including quarterly reporting for the ICBs as requested.
Provide an active key role in the Local Safeguarding Children Partnership Boards (LSCPBs) and attend relevant meetings and work with operational teams to ensure collaborative approach is adopted to support this.
Lead and monitor identified case reviews and action plans.
Implement the safeguarding strategy and associated work programme
Manage the safeguarding team and provide leadership to the team that supports their development and team building.
Work with the Assistant Director of Safeguarding and Head of Safeguarding to ensure a consistent approach to the delivery of the safeguarding agenda.
Provide expert and specialist knowledge advice and support on all aspects of safeguarding to Trust staff and other agencies as required to support compliance with CQC outcome 7 Safeguarding.
Disseminate national and regional guidance/recommendations i.e., NICE etc., regarding Safeguarding People and interpret for local implementation.
Act as an expert resource to support the day-to-day practice of the Trust staff.
Provide advice on court related issues such as writing of witness statements, coroner inquest reports, care proceedings, custody arrangements or criminal statements regarding parental issues.
Lead and monitor the implementation of an overall safeguarding work programme incorporating recommendations from Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews, LeDeR and Safeguarding Adult Review
Be responsible for overseeing and supporting the safeguarding training programme across the Trust, identifying improvements and updates relevant to new legislation and best practice
Lead and ensure completion of related Safeguarding Clinical Audit programme.
Ensure Trust staff are supported appropriately to undertake their safeguarding responsibilities i.e. embedding protocols and safeguarding practice standards.
Provide expert level of challenge to Trust practitioners and partners in their safeguarding work
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level Registered Nurse or Social worker.
- Current NMC Registered/Social Work England
- Evidence of professional development
- Evidence of Masters level study or equivalent or recent demonstrable commitment to embark on further education
Desirable criteria
- Supervision qualification
- Experience of Delivering training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in the management and delivery of services for children who are looked after and for children in need of protection / adults at risk of abuse and neglect
- Experience of working at a strategic level to develop safeguarding services
- Experience of working with children, young people, families and adults
- Experience of working with complex systems
- Proven track record of effectively managing staff and related budgets
- Experience of working in the health system
Desirable criteria
- Experience of providing supervision and mentoring
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to analyse issues and think critically
- Ability to provide expert advice and be prepared to challenge in a multi-agency context.
- Competence to undertake management case reviews and serious case reviews
- Specialist knowledge of the Children Act, Working Together 2023, The Care Act 2014, Human Rights Act 1998
- Specialist knowledge of children’s health and development and the nature of children’s and adult’s maltreatment
- Awareness of inclusion issues, particularly around disadvantaged groups
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Lucy Parsons
- Job title
- Head of Safeguarding
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07783885551
- Additional information
Melanie Hayes
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 07415 200843
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