- Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Registered practitioner RMN, RGN, Midwife
- Significant experience of leadership role for child safeguarding
- Multi-agency working, National agenda for the NHS, Clinical Governance
- Teaching qualification
- Childcare Law, policy and practice
- Evidence of post registration education and development relevant to safeguarding children, child development and welfare.
- Able to provide evidence of continuous professional development
- Excellent verbal, written and communication skills.
- Standard key board skills and use of training equipment and materials including designing and delivering training via Teams and PowerPoint.
- Frequent requirement for prolonged concentration whilst also experiencing regular and unpredictable interruptions and work patterns – possessing an ability to change from one activity or priority to another quickly and efficiently.
- Flexible working to meet the needs of the service.
- Interpersonal, negotiation and risk assessments skills
- IT skills (ECDL or equivalent)
- Research skills
- Influencing skills
- Highly specialist knowledge and understanding of working with complex family situations, mental health, substance misuse in relation to safeguarding children
- Highly specialist knowledge of the recognition and assessment of children at risk of significant harm
- Understanding of the National agenda for Child Safeguarding/Children in Need
- Legal literacy – child safeguarding.
- Specific expertise in children's health and development, child maltreatment and local arrangements for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
- In-depth knowledge on Childcare Law, policy and practice
- Able to use own initiative, interpret policy, provide advice and act independently.
- Able to recognise the need for and seek personal support/professional supervision.
- Able to work effectively as part of a team and to recognise and support the needs of others in a sensitive and effective manner.
- Confident, approachable and able to work under pressure with a positive attitude to dealing with change.
- Highly motivated and reliable with attention to detail and completes work on time to a high standard.
- Demonstrates anti-discriminatory behaviour and values differences
- Ability to travel across a variety of locations within Greater Manchester.
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Named Nurse Safeguarding Children - Prestwich, United Kingdom - Greater Manchester Mental Health
Description
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, innovative and highly motivated individual to join the GMMH Corporate Safeguarding Team as the Trusts Named Nurse for Child Safeguarding.
The postholder will lead on the child safeguarding agenda and be responsible for ensuring that the Trust carries out its statutory duties in relation to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
The post holder must hold a current nursing qualification and have demonstrable post registration experience in child safeguarding.
Main duties of the job
As the Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children you will be responsible for ensuring the Trust carries out its statutory duties with respect to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
To assist with the development and implementation of the Trust's safeguarding children agenda, and ensure that Trust policies, procedures and governance systems meet statutory and national requirements in relation to safeguarding children.
To support the Head of Safeguarding to ensure that the Trust contributes to multi-agency safeguarding children's work alongside specialist safeguarding professionals from other organisations and bodies, including Children's social care, education, and health, and in the planning and development of strategies for safeguarding.
To ensure that safeguarding concerns are monitored and dealt with in a timely and effective way across the organisation.
To have oversight of performance data in relation to safeguarding children and complete audits to monitor activity and provide assurances in relation to standards and practice.
To ensure that the training delivery plan meets national and local requirements.
To represent the Trust at multi-agency safeguarding partnership meetings and sub-groups.
To contribute and participate in multi-agency safeguarding reviews and embed the lessons learnt.
To provide safeguarding supervision to individuals and teams across the Trust.
Working for our organisation
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Essential requirements for the post include:
Registered practitioner RMN, Social Work, significant experience of a leadership role in child safeguarding, highly specialist knowledge and understanding of working with complex family situations, mental health and substance misuse in relation to safeguarding children, legal literacy in relation to child safeguarding and the ability to work effectively as part of a team and to recognise and support the needs of others in a sensitive and effective manner.
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Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.
The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.
Sponsorship will be offered for eligible roles that meet the salary requirements. Please review guidance from the UK Government . Please note, most health and care jobs must have a salary of at least £23,300, and other eligible jobs may require have a salary of £38,700 or higher, depending on your individual circumstances.
Do you have experience outside the NHS?
We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities.
We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.
