Safeguarding Triage and Duty Practitioner

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and knowledgeable Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor or School Nurse) who has a passion for safeguarding, to join the Milton Keynes 0-19 Children’s Universal Health Service as a 0-19 Safeguarding Triage and Duty Practitioner for a six-month secondment. This innovative Band 6 role focuses on safeguarding triage, duty and information sharing across the 0-19 pathway, ensuring children, young people and families receive timely, appropriate and effective safeguarding responses.

Working closely with health, education, social care and partner agencies, you will play a key role in identifying risk, supporting professional decision making and promoting the welfare of children. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced practitioner with strong safeguarding knowledge who is passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable children and young people.

You will receive, review and triage safeguarding information, assess risk and urgency, and ensure concerns are documented, escalated and shared appropriately. You will support the 0-19 duty function, respond to professional enquiries, participate in safeguarding meetings, and work collaboratively with multi-agency partners. The role primarily involves attending safeguarding meetings across 0-19, safeguarding decision making, information sharing, maintaining accurate records, contributing to quality improvement initiatives, and supporting the development of consistent safeguarding practice across the service.

The post has limited routine clinical work and does not hold a traditional Health Visiting or School Nursing caseload.

CNWL - Milton Keynes is committed to providing quality health & social care services, tailored to the needs of individuals, public & private organisations, delivered close to home. Our services are designed to increase well-being & provide opportunities for recovery. We want our employees to feel valued, challenged & supported.

Our commitment as an employer & in accordance with the NHS constitution is to provide you with:

• Buy & Sell Annual Leave
• An attractive pension scheme (including a tax-free lump sum on retirement and family benefits for dependants; ill health retirement benefits; and life assurance cover of twice your annual pay).
• Employee Assistance programme: a free and confidential service to help with personal life
• Physio Med: an education zone, advice line and treatment service for staff
• Staff Wellbeing Zone for free and confidential online health and wellbeing programmes
• The Recovery College: offers a range of health and wellbeing courses for staff
• A range of staff networks:
  The PRIDE@CNWL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) Network Disabled Employees Network
• Lived Experience of Mental Health Staff Network
• Carers at Work Network
• Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network (BME)
• Discounts and savings at hundreds of retailers nationwide with My Trust Benefits
• Travel discounts
• Interest free season ticket loans

Please see Job Description (JD) and Personal Specification (PS) for full details of the job requirements and responsibilities – please note the JD/PS is currently being evaluated and may be subject to change.

Essential criteria

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification, either Health Visiting or School Nursing with a current registration
• Registered Nurse or Midwife with current NMC registration.

Desirable criteria

• Additional safeguarding training or evidence of continuing professional development relevant to safeguarding
• Safeguarding…