Named Professional for Safeguarding Children

Job summary

This role supports to the Head of Safeguarding Adults and Children The role entails working across the local health and social care economies to prevent harm, fostering and facilitating multi-professional interagency working in respect of Safeguarding Children.

Ensuring statutory responsibilities of the Children Act (1989 & 2004) are met. These obligations are fulfilled by providing clinical guidance across the field of safeguarding and protecting children.

The scope of the post includes cooperation across agencies in the contribution and development of child protection practice, supervision, education, accountability, governance and provision of expert advice based upon mandatory and statutory frameworks and guidelines. Working collaboratively in providing high quality evidence based services to support the development of effective inter-disciplinary and inter-agency relationships with other NHS Trusts, Local Authority, Police, Education and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies in order to minimise the risks to children and their families.

The post holder is required to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information where significant barriers to acceptance need to be overcome using the highest levels of interpersonal and communication skills.

Main duties of the jobThis role supports to the Head of Safeguarding Adults and Children The role entails working across the local health and social care economies to prevent harm, fostering and facilitating multi-professional interagency working in respect of Safeguarding Children.

Ensuring statutory responsibilities of the Children Act (1989 & 2004) are met. These obligations are fulfilled by providing clinical guidance acrossthe field of safeguarding and protecting children.

The scope of the post includes cooperation across agencies in the contribution and development of child protection practice, supervision,education, accountability, governance and provision of expert advice based upon mandatory and statutory frameworks and guidelines. Working collaboratively in providing high quality evidence based services to support the development of effective inter-disciplinary and inter-agency relationships with other NHS Trusts, Local Authority, Police, Education and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies in order to minimise the risks to children and their families.

The post holder is required to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information where significant barriers to acceptance need to be overcome using the highest levels of interpersonal and communication skills.

About us At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autismservices, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much asthey care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:o generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with uso excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much moreo salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and moreo discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHSdiscount schemeso wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and moreo staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Details Date posted
14 August 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

BandBand 7

Salary
49,387 to 56,515 a year

per annum

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time

Reference number-CORPJob locations

Wayside House Wilsons Lane, Longord

CoventryCV6 6NY
United Kingdom Job description

Job responsibilities To support and provide guidance to Trust staff on a day to day basis, dealing with cases of actual or suspected child abuse and toprovide practice support for staff delivering services to safeguard children. Clinical leadership, advice and support, proactive and reactive to Trust staff and their managers in relation to safeguarding children. Promote best practice within the Trust and with other agencies.

Contribute to the development of the Trust training programme, participating in the delivery to meet the safeguarding children training needs of Trust staff. Ensure newly qualified/appointed Trust staff are introduced to the LSCBs and Trust policy and procedures, including awareness of the requirements placed upon them by the Trust, Child Protection training strategy. Monitor…