All Age Safeguarding Specialist Practitioner - Southampton, United Kingdom - Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB (104)

Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB (104)
Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB (104)
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Southampton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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The post holder will have a level of understanding of Safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs and Looked After Children and Care Leavers.

They will be expected to provide expert and advice to staff and senior management teams across all areas of safeguarding for the health sector, including the ICB, GP practices, Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and acute providers, as well as Local Authority Services, The Constabulary and other health and care partners agencies.

The post holder will be required to work with staff across all settings where staff have contact with children and adults, to promote good knowledge, understanding and practice, effectively enabling safeguarding within local communities.

They will contribute to the development, implementation, audit and evaluation of policies, procedures and pathways, ensuring that they include and reflect national standards and legislation, supporting providers to ensure that practice is in line with local, regional, national and regulatory and statutory requirements.


The post holder will also be responsible for ensuring that health are familiar with learning from safeguarding reviews, seeking assurance that this learning is embedded.

The postholder will be required to effectively communicate with and develop good working relationships with partner agencies and external organisations regarding matters relating to safeguarding, ensuring that practice relating to information sharing and confidentiality are compliant and of a high standard.

As part of their professional development, the postholder will be supported to attend with and/or deputise for Designated Safeguarding Professionals, across a broad range of strategic settings, projects and Boards.

The job description and person specification are an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role.

The post holder will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by their line manager. The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Directorate and the ICB
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