Job summary We seek a highly motivated, committed, and flexible practitioner to collaborate with health and multi-agency colleagues.
The goal is to ensure the delivery of safe and effective services for safeguarding vulnerable children across the City of Manchester and all children accessing MFT Hospital Services.
The role involves providing safeguarding training, leadership, advice, supervision, and expertise to health practitioners within the Trust.
Candidates should be capable of effectively challenging practice and promoting the integration of safeguarding principles into everyday professional practice.
Main duties of the job The post holder will use their expertise and knowledge in identifying, assessing, treating, and managing vulnerable children and families.
This will involve monitoring and improving standards of care through supervising practice, conducting clinical audits, using evidence-based practice, teaching and supporting colleagues, and contributing to safeguarding governance processes across the Trust.
About us MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £ & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts.
We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes.
What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description Job responsibilities To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.
This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others.
Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve.
All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at .Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification Essential List Essential oRN child (or equivalent qualification and/or experience in relation to children).
Minimum of 3 years post registration experience.
o1st Level Degree or working towards.
oEvidence of ongoing professional development and training undertaken in respect of safeguarding to minimum Level 3 (as per Working Together).
oKnowledge of national and local Safeguarding Policies, guidelines and recommendations.
oKnowledge of relevant legislation relating to Safeguarding oDemonstrates knowledge relevant to patterns of abuse and neglect.
oExperience of safeguarding supervision oExperience of delivering training oAwareness of issues affecting ethnic minority families and other socially excluded groups.
oWorking knowledge of children's health and development and the nature and impact of child maltreatment.
oCritical thinking, reflection and analysis to inform clinical assessment oExperience of policy development and implementation.
oBasic IT skills, including email, Word oPresentation skills oAbility to analyse and critically evaluate information and record in a concise and accurate manner.
oConfidence to challenge appropriately in difficult situations oAbility to communicate across organisational boundaries.
oAbility to work under pressure, to prioritise, work flexibly and to tight deadlines.
oCompletion of audits and reports within timescale.
Desirable oSpecialist Practitioner Public Health oRecognised teaching/ mentoring qualification oQualification in safeguarding supervision oAccredited training qualification oExperience of policy development and implementation.
oExperience of policy development and implementation.