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Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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We provide high quality, accessible and responsive community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in peoples homes and in over 200 hospitals, health centres and clinics. We provide services for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services.
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Band 7 Children's Safeguarding Nurse
Closed for applications on: 29-Jan-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 29-Jan-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- 3 Priestley Wharf
- Address
- Holt Street
- Town
- Birmingham
- Postcode
- B7 4BN
- Major / Minor Region
- Birmingham & The Black Country
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Safeguarding
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Registered Nurse to join an established Safeguarding Children Team; based within the Safeguarding Team of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The post will provide an opportunity for the successful candidate to develop skills and competence as a Safeguarding Children Named Nurse, working in Birmingham and Solihull Multi Agency Safeguarding Hubs, in partnership with other health colleagues, the police and social workers.
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To have responsibility and professional accountability as Safeguarding Nurse for safeguarding children with a particular focus on contextual safeguarding (which includes Child Exploitation)
The post holder will be a committed and expert practitioner as part of a specialist team to deliver a safeguarding service that’s ensures quality training, supervision, audit and expert advice is available to ensure the trust meets its statutory responsibilities in safeguarding children.
The post holder will work as part of a specialist team to support the organisation in its quality assurance role, ensuring that identified safeguarding issues are managed effectively and support is provided appropriately.
The post holder will require specific expertise in children’s/adults health needs, maltreatment and local arrangements for safeguarding and protecting children/vulnerable adults within the think family approach and contextual safeguarding agenda.
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Be Part of Our Team...
Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To act as an advocate for children and young people, reflecting the child’s voice, raising awareness of their needs and actively promoting the philosophy of children at the centre of care, are paramount.
- To ensure expert advice and support is available on the day to day management of children and families were there are issues or concerns in relation to safeguarding.
- The post holder will rotate into the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) between Birmingham and Solihull and be part of a co-located multi agency team including police officers, social workers and other providers.
- Participate in the MASH risk assessment to inform case management of children at risk of harm advising partners on health issues and challenging decisions as appropriate.
- Participate in Contextual Safeguarding forums to inform case management of children at risk of exploitation advising partners on health issues and challenging decisions as appropriate.
- To develop, facilitate and evaluate training packages within the organisation and as needed in partnership with other agencies where multi agency training is provided.
- To work with a range of key professionals/agencies in order to contribute to the on-going development and delivery of services designed to protect children and young people from harm and promote their welfare through safeguarding processes.
- To deliver specialist safeguarding supervision to health professionals on issues related to safeguarding children, facilitating reflective and critical analysis against agreed outcomes.
- To support frontline practitioners in the development and/or analysis of case chronologies that clearly identify risks and to address the issues identified and minimise the risk of recurrence.
- To support practitioners to produce factual reports to present as evidence to safeguard children and young people.
- To analyse prepared statements for court from practitioners for court proceedings to ensure they are factual and support practitioners to attend and give evidence in the legal
- To provide staff with support during police interviews, where they are required to give evidence to support a child protection investigation.
- Practice in accordance with the professional, ethical and legal codes of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and the trusts protocols, policies and guidelines.
- Meet the organisations requirement for statutory/mandatory training.
- Participate in relevant local, regional and national continuing professional development to maintain named nurse competencies.
- To engage with the receipt of regular safeguarding supervision and undertake reflective practice.
- Commitment to keeping up to date with current research/evidence and considering implications of the same on local safeguarding practice.
- Act as an autonomous practitioner when advising and supporting decision making.
- To undertake audit and produce factual reports based on the results ensuring the action plan/learning is shared with the appropriate divisional management team.
- To be actively involved in producing the appropriate report as part of an investigation when a child has died or has sustained life threatening injuries a s result of abuse or neglect in line with statutory guidelines.
- To recognise the potential personal impact of working in safeguarding/child protection on self and others and seek support and help when necessary.
- In line with the Trusts being a major provider in Community and Primary care services, the post holder will be expected to support these developments and take responsibility for areas of responsibility within any future service developments.
To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications / training
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse with current NMC registration
- Evidence of recent post basic training and on-going personal development
- Teaching qualification or relevant experience
- Evidence of on-going training and relevant courses in safeguarding
Desirable criteria
- Specialist community public health nurse/health visitor/school nurse
- Mental health or Acute provider hospital experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of managing a complex caseload involving child protection issues
- Demonstrates significant experience in developing and /or delivering training packages.
- Can demonstrate innovation in practice
Skills/knowledge
Essential criteria
- Highly developed specialist knowledge and understanding of government legislation relevant to vulnerable children, children in need and children in need of protection and its application.
- Good verbal/written communication skills required to communicate very sensitive, contentious and complex information with empathy.
- Excellent time management skills to be able to plan and prioritise own workload where there may be competing demands on time.
- Ability to work under own initiative.
- Ability to facilitate and manage change.
- Ability to lead and motivate others
- Ability to plan and prioritise own workload and manage time effectively.
- Ability to travel to dispersed sites in a timely manner.
- Highly developed risk assessment and risk management skills
- Good IT skills.
- Evidence of previous safeguarding experience.
- Evidence of previous supervision experience.
- Experience of delivering training packages
- Experience of multi-agency working.
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- To be highly motivated.
- Reliable
- Self-awareness and an ability to develop good working relationships internally and externally
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lorraine Carter
- Job title
- Interim Operational Manager MASH Health
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 466 7090
- Additional information
For further information or an informal conversation please contact Lorraine Carter on 0121 466 7090 or [email protected].
No longer accepting applications
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