Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 342-NQD017-0725
- Employer
- Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bath NHS House
- Town
- Bath
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata (pay award pending)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Band 7 - Senior Practitioner- Safeguarding Children - Trust wide
Band 7
Job overview
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Senior Practitioner for Safeguarding Children to joining our Safeguarding team within the Trust.
You have a proven track record in safeguarding and are able to demonstrate extensive knowledge and skills relevant to safeguarding children. You will have a working knowledge of the relevant legal framework. A Professional Qualification in health and social care would be an advantage.
You will be operating as a lead practitioner for safeguarding within a defined geographical area and may have a thematic trust wide lead for a specific area of safeguarding practice e.g. complex presentations or exploitation.
You will be responsible for co-ordination of Trust safeguarding activity within your area including:
- Representing the trust at Safeguarding Partnership subgroups with responsibility for participating in safeguarding developments.
- Co-ordination of investigations involving safeguarding allegations the Trust and / or staff.
- Training and supervision.
- Participation in Multi agency review.
Main duties of the job
About you
The ideal candidate will be forward thinking, innovative and looking to further develop their career in the Safeguarding arena.
Have experience of working within mental health and learning disabilities.
For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see attached job description.
Working for our organisation
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Safeguarding
- Working within a designated locality the post holder will. Provide specialist professional advice on managing safeguarding children and domestic abuse cases, and work to assist in developing effective multiagency working in these safeguarding areas, including through representation in multiagency partnership groups and meetings.
- Provide professional advice on managing MAPPA and Prevent cases.
- Provide professional advice on initial management of cases involving allegations against AWP staff, volunteers or services, and ensure that any such allegations are reported to the Trust
- Allegations Officer
- Deputise for the Safeguarding Lead for Children at Trust governance groups/committees in an advisory capacity.
- Be an active member of the local and regional safeguarding networks and working groups.
- Work with the clinical audit department to ensure effective rollout of trust audit programs in the area(s) of responsibility and assure follow through on recommended actions.
- Participate in the development and implementation of appropriate policy and performance frameworks, to support staff to recognise, understand and meet their duties of care in relation to relevant legislation, in areas of responsibility.
- Participate in the development of, and the delivery of specialist safeguarding training and practice development.
- Participate in the development and implementation of Trust work plans, to assist the trust in meeting statutory, regulatory, and performance standards.
- Support the development of specific Trust policies, procedures and guidance for safeguarding, as directed.
- Facilitate effective working arrangements both directly and through PALS, in relation to safeguarding.
- Provide cover for other senior practitioners- safeguarding, as required, including acting as named nurse for child protection (where directed and professionally appropriate).
- Act as deputy to the named nurse/professional for child protection (as professionally appropriate).
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or Social Worker or relevant registered Professional with Safeguarding experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Advanced/expert understanding/application of relevant practice/standards/audit in relation to Safeguarding Children.
- Substantial clinical experience in a specialist safeguarding children role.
- Management experience in a specialist safeguarding children role.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Detailed and up-to-date knowledge of policies, statutory regulations and guidance relating to Safeguarding Vulnerable people, especially children and young adults and a working knowledge of guidance relating to Safeguarding Adults at risk.
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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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hazel Paradise
- Job title
- Head of Safeguading
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Katherine Ford - Safeguarding Lead for Children - [email protected]