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Nursing
Gradd
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Parhaol
Oriau
Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
Cyfeirnod y swydd
444-7152226-BL
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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
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NHS
Gwefan
Wayside House
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Coventry,
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£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
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09/05/2025 23:59

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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust logo

Named Nurse (Lead) for Safeguarding Children

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services

We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’

Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.

PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.

Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team.   If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.

Candidate Information Pack - final version - digital (canva.com)

Trosolwg o'r swydd

Are you an enthusiastic, and committed Nurse with a wealth of experience in safeguarding?

Do you Think Family?

If so, we are interested in you

We are looking for a nurse to lead the Childrens agenda in Safeguarding at CWPT, a multi-faceted Trust covering three Local Authorities

This is a highly skilled role

We are wanting to appoint someone in our Named Nurse role who will lead the Trust Safeguarding Childrens agenda with innovation, knowledge passion and dedication. You will need a strategic approach, with excellent communication and leadership skills

If that person is you, we would like to meet you

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

This role supports the Head of Safeguarding.  The role entails working across the local health and social care economies to prevent harm, fostering, and facilitating multi-professional interagency working in respect of safeguarding children.  

The role is that of a highly developed clinical specialist for safeguarding children within the Trust ensuring the trust implement the elements of the Children Act 1989/04, Working Together 2023, Children and Social Work Act 2017 and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 in respect of safeguarding children. These obligations are fulfilled by providing clinical leadership across the field of safeguarding children.

The scope of the post includes liaison across agencies in the contribution and development of child safeguarding practice, supervision, education, accountability, governance, and provision of expert advice based upon mandatory and statutory frameworks and guidelines. Working collaboratively in providing high quality evidence-based services to support the development of effective inter-disciplinary and inter-agency relationships with other NHS Trusts, Local Authority, Police, and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies in order to minimise the risks to children.

The post holder is required to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information where significant barriers to acceptance need to be overcome using the highest levels of interpersonal and communication skills.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues a much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

  • generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
  •  excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
  • salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
  • discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
  • wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
  • staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

Please see Job Description attached which details main responsibilities including:

  • Training - To support the Head of safeguarding and safeguarding team in identifying the safeguarding children training needs for the organisation and more..
  • Promoting Safeguarding - To promote the safeguarding of Children within the organisation and more..
  • Specialist Knowledge -  To apply knowledge of the current legislation around promoting and safeguarding the health, welfare, and safety of children, and more..
  • Advice and Support - To promote good professional practice within the Trust around safeguarding children by having oversight of the Named professional staff when they are providing safeguarding children advice and guidance on request to all Trust staff and more..
  • Multi-Agency Working - To participate in and promote multi-agency working by liaising closely with the Local Safeguarding Children Boards to ensure a joined-up approach to safeguarding children, and more..
  • Evidence Based Practice - To use research and core audit skills to evaluate, develop and improve standards of practice and use lessons learned from multi agency reviews to inform and improve practice, and more..
  • Clinical Governance - To support the organisation in its clinical governance role, by implementing and completing relevant safeguarding audits as required by the Trust, safeguarding partnership or other relevant body, and more..
  • Public Health - To work across agencies to develop and embed preventative strategies around abuse and neglect for children, and more..
  • Communication - The post holder is required to utilise the highest level of skill in the relaying of sensitive, highly confidential, highly complex and highly contentious information. The post holder will be required to do this across a range of situations and environments with staff, patients, relatives, carers, and different agencies, and more..
  • Analytical and Judgemental Skills / Freedom to Act - To apply knowledge of the current legislation around promoting and safeguarding the health, welfare, protection, and safety of children to complex safeguarding concerns, and more..
  • Planning and Organisational Skills - Autonomously organise, prioritise, and manage own workload pressures, meeting the frequent demands made by the Trust and other agencies, and more

Manyleb y person

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Relevant professional qualification-: Registered Nurse (adult, children, mental health, learning disability)
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Degree or MA in associated area

Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • In depth knowledge of children’s safeguarding and domestic abuse issues including policies and procedures
  • In depth knowledge of the nature and effects of child abuse and neglect
  • Knowledge and understanding of current government and NHS Policy
  • Indepth knowledge of Adult Safeguarding/Think Family

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Appropriate demonstratable experience at senior management or professional equivalent.
  • Ability to identify and manage allocated resources in delivery of work plan
  • Demonstrable experience in the Safeguarding of Children/Adults
  • Demonstrative knowledge of working with external Partners
  • Management / oversight of staff

Other

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Must have access to a car and hold a current driving license.

Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr

National Interim Quality MarkNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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Enw
Maxine Nicholls
Teitl y swydd
Head of Safeguarding
Cyfeiriad ebost
[email protected]
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Please contact Maxine Nicholls via the [email protected], leaving a contact number for Maxine to call you on.

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