Bank Specialist Practitioner in Safeguarding - London, United Kingdom - Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are delighted to advertise positions within the Safeguarding Children Team (full & part time).

The post holders will be a key member of the Safeguarding Children Team and work closely with the Head of Safeguarding Children and Named Professionals in delivering the Safeguarding Children Strategy and associated action plans for the Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT)

The postholders will be responsible for leading on a specific area of practice in delivering safeguarding supervision. There is also the opportunity for leading on Paediatric liaison.

Paediatric liaison work will involve working with the paediatric liaison health visitor to communicate effectively between primary, secondary and tertiary health, social care and education services by following upallchildren and young people who attend

Accident and Emergency (A&E) or are seen in/outpatients services particularly when there are safeguarding concerns

The post holders will:

Provide one to one and group safeguarding children supervision to a defined group of staff.
Support practitioners to identify and refer vulnerable children and young people at risk or suffering from harm to the appropriate agencies
Provide advice and support for all staff working with complex families in complex situations involving the death or serious injury of a child.
Ensure evidence based advice is provided to all staff requesting or requiring professional support with decision making/complex issues.
Ensure that risk assessment are carried and that the health intervention is clearly recorded, reviewed and amended
Support staff as required by attending a range of safeguarding children meetings including child protection conferences
Deliver statutory and mandatory safeguarding training
Work with the Named Nurse training lead to evaluate training and adapt provision according to feedback from participants
The post holders will work with the Named Professionals to ensure that lessons learnt from audit and serious case reviews/case management reviews/significant case reviews are disseminated to staff and embedded to improve clinical practice.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients.

In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.