Specialist Nurse for Complex Safeguarding

We have an exciting opportunity for Full Time band 7 Specialist Nurse for Complex Safeguarding in the Sunderland Transformation team
We are looking for individuals who are passionate about safeguarding children and have the skills to carryout cumulative risk assessments of cases at a very high level.
This post involves visiting families as well as doing direct Child Lived Experience work with vulnerable children. The post holder will line manage and lead a team to ensure children aged 5-19 who have been discussed at strategy level have a voice and be supported.
The Specialist Nurses main role is to support the Named Nurse, the Lead Named Nurse for Safeguarding and Children in Care to fulfil HDFT responsibilities in order to protect children, staff and the public which is set out in the DOH Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 document. The Specialist Nurse Child Protection also supports the Named Nurse to meet our quality and governance requirements for CQC and Joint Targeted area inspections.

As a Specialist Nurse for Complex Safeguarding, the post holder will have a key role in multiagency information sharing, risk assessment and decision making within multiagency strategy meetings. The post holder will work as part of the 5-19 Service and Integrated Safeguarding Team, contributing their expertise to the safeguarding case management, assessing risk factors and safeguarding issues for children, and helping identify those services which are best placed to support the children, adults and families concerned. The Specialist Nurse for Complex Safeguarding will take responsibility for the decision making around stepping out of some child protection cases and how this is communicated to partner agencies. The Specialist Safeguarding Children Strategy Nurse will provide day to day supervision and guidance to the skill mix within the team including the Band 6 Safeguarding Nurses and Band 4 Child Lived Experience Nurse.

At Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff. We support staff through benefits, health and wellbeing initiatives and opportunities for personal and professional development.

• An inclusive and supportive culture our Trust encourages staff to bring their whole selves to work and active Staff Networks identify areas for improvement.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognize staff with our Making a Difference, Team of the Month Awards & Colleague Recognition Awards Employee Support and wellbeing - we have a comprehensive Employee Assistance

HDFT covers a wide footprint area therefore the successful candidate's needs to be willing to cover the wider safeguarding team, which would mainly be virtually but some travel will be required.

The footprint covers:
Northumberland, County Durham, Sunderland, Gateshead, Stockton, Darlington, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire and Wakefield.
The large footprint is highly conducive to career development. Our Safeguarding Children Team is the largest in the country providing excellent opportunities to share learning and gain support from other colleagues within the local team but also the wider safeguarding and HDFT teams.

Please see the attached JD. If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Nikki Laidler on nicola.laidler@nhs.net