MACPT Health Safeguarding Practitioner

Main area Safeguarding Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday - 9am to 5pm.) Job  

Site Edward Jenner Court Town Gloucester Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 16/08/2026 23:59

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

We are looking for Band 7 Health Practitioners with current significant safeguarding experience to work in the new Gloucestershire Multi-Agency Child Protection Team as the Health Safeguarding Specialist Practitioner.

This is an office based role working with the MACPT in the locality base, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

You will use your local knowledge of Gloucestershire to maintain an understanding of patterns of significant harm in the local area and agency responses, whilst working with MASH healthand the wider health economy, including GHFT, GHC and Primary Care.

Your role includes quality assuring health input into multi-agency plans and addressing any delays or barriers in health service contributions. You will work collaboratively with Family Help Lead Practitioners and their teams, offering consultation, oversight, and group supervision across Gloucestershire health system.

This role also involves coordinating with health partners as needed, while actively promoting trauma-informed and systemic practice. Through timely advice and integrated working, you will help safeguard children by ensuring health needs are fully considered in all child protection processes.

As the Health Safeguarding Specialist Practitioner, you will be a key member of the Gloucestershire Multi-Agency Child Protection Team, working alongside Lead Child Protection Practitioners, the Harm Outside the Home Social Work Lead, Police Officers, the Education Safeguarding Lead, and a Probation Link Worker.

You will bring specialist health expertise to child protection decision-making, ensuring that health perspectives inform strategy discussions, Section 47 enquiries, and child protection case conferences in a meaningful way.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the…