Safeguarding Coordinator

Role Overview

The post holder will work across both acute (University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich) and community sites and provide cover as required.

• Provide administrative support during the working day to the Safeguarding Children team, including management of information, manpower, records, databases, correspondence, diary management, reports, organising and minute taking for safeguarding children related meetings.
• Coordinate and arrange child protection medicals and act as a point of contact for social workers to arrange child protection medicals within agreed time frames as set out within department standards.
• Provide data regarding key performance indicators as per department standards, working with the Safeguarding team to develop, manage information and maintain databases.
• Receive, collate and disseminate case conference information ensuring that referrals are made onto electronic record keeping systems as set out in department standards.
• Act as a key point of contact into the safeguarding team during the working day and respond to enquiries regarding safeguarding children as well as coordinate day-to-day safeguarding children matters. This includes processing notifications and referrals for children aged 0-18 yrs.
• Exercise a high level of professionalism and confidentiality, demonstrating effective, courteous and professional communication at all times.
• Build and maintain working relationships with all stakeholders including clinical, non-clinical staff, other services within the Trust and external partner agencies in particular Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham Local Authority Children’s Social Care Departments, Safeguarding Children Boards and Clinical Commissioning Groups.

Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Name:
Nadia Hyde

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Named Nurse - Safeguarding Children
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