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Job summary

Main area
Registered professionals
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
308-CORP-2865
Employer
London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Head Quarters and remote working in sector
Town
London
Salary
£51,488 - £57,802 Dependant on experience
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/05/2024 23:59

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London Ambulance Service NHS Trust logo

Safeguarding Specialist

NHS AfC: Band 7

London Ambulance Service covers an area of 620 sq. miles, serves one of the world’s most dynamic and diverse cities and is the busiest ambulance service in the UK. We handle over 1.9 million emergency calls from across the capital and attend more than 1.2 million incidents every single year as well as delivering a 24 hour NHS 111 Integrated Urgent Care Service in South East and North East London that we estimate will respond to around 1.4million urgent care calls by the end of the year.

 

We employ over 9,000 people who work or volunteer across London to respond to the health needs of over eight million people who live, work and travel in the capital. We work closely with our NHS partners and are commissioned by 32 clinical commissioning groups spread across 5 sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) and NHS England for our specialist services. We work alongside London’s hospital, mental health and specialist trusts, as well as the five STPs across Greater London.

 

In addition we work in partnership with the other emergency services, London’s Air Ambulance and London’s Resilience Forums to make sure we are ready and prepared to respond to major incidents and ensure we keep Londoners safe. As the only pan-London NHS provider we have a unique opportunity to play a leading role in integrating access to emergency and urgent care right across London.

 

Job overview

Are you interested in joining the Safeguarding Team within LAS as a Safeguarding Specialist for the North East sector in a full time permanent post?

Your role will also include facilitating safeguarding supervision within the organisation in order to support the Trust with supervision compliance.

You must have knowledge of and be passionate about the safeguarding agenda and have the drive and enthusiasm to implement change and educate staff within the Trust. We would welcome applications from registered professionals, especially from the fields of nursing and social work.

You should be a self-motivated individual who is able to work independently as well as being able to work effectively as part of a team. You should have excellent communication, organisational and IT skills, as part of the role will be to liaise with internal and external stakeholders, contribute to Datix reports and produce safeguarding documents.

This will be a full-time, permanent post with inner-London weighting, and no unsocial hours. Whilst your base will be at LAS HQ Waterloo, you will be expected to work within your sector area or other locations throughout the week, as well as home working.

Main duties of the job

As a Safeguarding Specialist you will regularly deliver safeguarding training as well as being visible in the North East sector as a point of contact for safeguarding advice. You will also be required to develop working relationships with our external statutory safeguarding partners, being the face of LAS and representing the organisation at a number of statutory safeguarding meetings.

Safeguarding Training L2/3 to LAS staff and additional CPD's throughout the year

Review and participation in statutory reviews for your sector, including SAR, SPR's, DHR's etc

Review and participation in joint agency reviews (JAR's) for your sector 

Safeguarding supervision to LAS staff

Provide feedback and learning to LAS staff following a referral and feedback from our external partners

 

 

Working for our organisation

You are joining a dynamic and hardworking safeguarding team who works closely together whilst remote working. The team works collaboratively and collectively to ensure the aims and objectives of the team are met on a daily basis, this includes meeting training needs, statutory reviews and ensuring the work plan is completed. 

In the year 2022-23 we as a team reached above average for the LAS and national scores on the NHS staff survey. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Maintain confidentiality in relation to personal data held for colleagues and patients, ensuring that it is processed lawfully; for no purpose other than that for which it was obtained; is relevant to that purpose; is retained for no longer than is necessary; is processed in accordance with the rights of the subject to access and accuracy; and is protected from accidental loss or damage in accordance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act (as amended), and records management guidance. 

Liaise closely with the Head of Safeguarding, Safeguarding Officer and complex management team, Emergency Bed Service, Patient Experience Department Manager, Medical Directorate, Mental Health Advisor to ensure the LAS safeguarding strategic objectives are met.Support the Head of Safeguarding with safeguarding development sessions, ensuring that safeguarding learning is shared across the Trust. 

Please see the Job Description for further details

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Masters degree or equivalent experience
  • Registered professional - in health, social care or MPS

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable current safeguarding experience in children and or adults at risk, including attending multidisciplinary team meetings
  • Previous or current experience of working in the NHS, social care or MPS

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Already working in a supervisory role
  • Lead on all areas of safeguarding specialism
  • Ability to work inter-professionally and across professional boundaries

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Hannah Whittington
Job title
Deputy Head of Safeguarding
Email address
[email protected]
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