Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding Children
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6948566
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/02/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/02/2025
Employer heading
Safeguarding Children Specialist Nurse
Band 7
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
Applications are invited for an opportunity to join the dynamic Women and Children's Division as a Specialist Safeguarding Children Nurse.
As a Specialist Safeguarding Children Nurse you will be an integral part of the safeguarding children team based at Stepping Hill Hospital.
The post holder will provide safeguarding children advice, guidance and training to both acute and community staff working for Stockport NHS FT, and support the Safeguarding Children Named Nurse with the service delivery.
This post is particularly suited to experienced registered nurses seeking a career in safeguarding children.
Main duties of the job
To protect children from harm and abuse by identifying and reporting concerns.
Support staff by providing specialist safeguarding knowledge and training.
Support the named nurse for safeguarding children in the delivery of the safeguarding children service.
Work with other agencies to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes for children.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To ensure in conjunction with the Named Nurse Safeguarding Children that effective local safeguarding children policies are in place and Stockport Safeguarding Child Partnership procedures / Greater Manchester procedures are adhered to.
· To assist in the development, implementation, evaluation and delivery of safeguarding training in line with current legislation and local policy to trust wide areas.
· To provide and facilitate individual and group supervision to health professionals ensuring effective case management for families who are identified as vulnerable and for children in care.
· Highlight any issues regarding performance/processes following supervision to the relevant line manager.
· Provide specialist knowledge, support and advice to health professionals on safeguarding matters trust wide.
· Support and assist staff to identify and refer to children’s social care any known / suspected cases of child abuse in order to promote a high standard of safeguarding practice.
· Assist, advise and supervise staff in the preparation of reports in relation to child protection.
· Support staff during strategy and professionals meetings – acting as liaison for other agencies involved in the process.
· To work across both the acute and community safeguarding children’s teams to ensure there is full coverage and a robust service provision.
· To assist the Named Nurse in completing the health information to be considered for the Child Death Overview Panel, Rapid Reviews and CSPRs.
· To assist the Named Nurse in providing health information for the Multi-agency Learning Review/Child Safeguarding Practice Review’s.
· To provide information about hospital care/attendances and health information from case holder records for children involved in the MARAC processes.
· To produce health chronologies when required for concerns around complex cases including fabricated/induced illness.
· Provide specialist knowledge and support to adult areas when caring for 16-17 year olds.
· Provide specialist knowledge and support to staff caring for adults who have children where there are safeguarding concerns.
· To develop effective partnerships, working collaboratively with multi-agency partners to address the safeguarding children’s agenda.
· To adhere to future safeguarding children service requirements that are essential to the role of a Safeguarding Children Nurse.
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 Trust’s 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 £54.50 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.
Person specification
Written Evidence
Essential criteria
- IT Skills
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Teaching Qualification
Essential and Desirable
Essential criteria
- - Substantial experience working with children and families managing a caseload or a team of professionals at a senior level
- - Educated to degree level or equivalent experience at this level
- - Experience of delivering training
- - Evidence of personal and professional development in safeguarding children
- - Knowledge of local and national guidance and research in relation to Safeguarding Children
- - An understanding of current issues affecting the safeguarding and protecting of children.
- - Knowledge of legal framework and of political and policy changes affecting Safeguarding Children.
- - Experience of working with safeguarding children policies and procedures
- - Knowledge of data protection and NHS code of confidentiality.
- Experience of delivering and receiving clinical supervision
- - Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- - To be able to deliver training to different levels of staff in safeguarding children
- Hold one of the following qualifications: RSCN / RRCN Child / Health Visitor / School Health Nurse
- - Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across Stockport and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes
- - To be able to work flexibly and independently
- - Evidence of working with challenging groups and delivering change
Desirable criteria
- - Teaching / Supervision Qualification
- Motivational interviewing skills
- - Audit skills to be able to identify areas for audit and lead on the implementation of the audit
- IT skills to manage databases
Verbal and Non-Verbal communication
Essential criteria
- - To be able to work flexibly and independently
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Supervision Skills
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Risk assessment skills
Desirable criteria
- - Safeguarding Children Supervision Qualification
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
- Jacqueline Baines
- Job title
- Named Nurse Safeguarding Children
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07710388835
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