Specialist SCPHN (HV/SN) Multi Agency Child Protection Team

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Health Visitor or School Nurse to join the Multi Agency Child Protection and Assesment Team. The post holder will be key in offering a health perspective as part of the child protection process. This team will include a mix of social workers, health practitioners, police and education.

Main duties of the job

• To be a health expert in safeguarding and child protection.
• To interpret health information accurately to support the safeguarding process and offer relevant advice and guidance to the wider multi agency team.
• To work in collaboration with the multi agency team.
• To be a conduit between children’s social care and the wider health network to ensure timely and relevant information is shared as part of the child protection process.
• To be the lead professional where required.
• To deputise when required in the team managers absence and delegate appropriately to junior staff.
• To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload in the day to day allocation of work.
• To offer clinical health advice to support decision making within the child protection process and support the lead for health within the team.
• To have organisational, local and national knowledge surrounding safeguarding and child protection to inform decision making.
• To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
• To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting.
• To employ professional curiosity in your day-to-day role and act upon any findings appropriately.
• To be able to analyse and interpret health information to inform multiagency risk assessments and safety plans. · ·

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Have a in depth knowledge of how health impacts safeguarding and be able to articulate this clearly in safeguarding and child protection proceedings.
• Use professional and clinical judgement to support the assessments of children and families to develop and provide appropriate clinical interventions.
• To work effectively in distressing or emotional circumstances, e.g. safeguarding children.
• To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
• The post holder will have Current Effective Status on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) – SCPHN HV
• To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to children and families.
• To be able to assess and develop plans of care to meet the needs of children and families with a variety of needs. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes.
• To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.
• To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature and peer review.
• At all times consider the safety of the child, working in line with local safeguarding policies.
• To ensure clinical and safeguarding supervision are maintained.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.