Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner; Childrens

City Care are looking to recruit an experienced registered professional tofulfil the role of Childrens Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner (working 30 hours per week). The successful candidate will join our integrated safeguarding team, working principally across the childrens safeguarding agenda.

Nottingham City Care  Safeguarding Team adopta Think Family approach; the service is progressive and innovative and is committed to supporting the workforce in understanding safeguarding, embedding it into everyday business and improving outcomes.

Supporting the Safeguarding Practitioner will be several specialist safeguarding roles relating to Children, Mental Capacity, Adults and Domestic Abuse. A significant part of this role will be providing advice, training and supervision and support across the City Care workforce.

The successful applicant will be given training to develop the knowledge and skills in order to complete the above tasks and will be supported by more senior team members. The postholderwill need to have robust safeguarding knowledge, and a solution-focused approach which will enable them to develop effective professional relationships with safeguarding partners. You will hold an active registration in aprofession relevant to safeguarding (such as nursing, midwifery, teaching orsocial work) and have experience working directly with children and families.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.

The Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner willbe an autonomous practitioner, working across the city to support the healthcare workforce to develop the knowledge, skills, and competence in safeguarding.

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate knowledge and skill in relation to current evidence based safeguarding practice and be able to transfer this into practice.

The successful applicant will be providing safeguarding supervision, development and delivery of training, advice, and support to the workforce, actively encouraging and supporting front line staff to apply the Mental Capacity Act to clinical practice and adopt a Think Family approach, considering the needs ofthe whole family unit when providing care.

The successful applicant will participate in internal and external meetings, working with a variety of multi-agency professionals. They will also assist with policy and procedural development,audit, and incident reviews.

You will be required to adhere to City Cares safeguarding and domestic sexual violence and abuse (DSVA) processes and policies, current legislation, and national and local guidance/procedures.

Support for MASH health

Attendance at MARAC (Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference) for survivors of high-risk domestic abuse.

Carowner and driving licence essential with an ability to travel across sites.

Interview date 23.3.26

We are aprovider of NHS Community Health Services, City Care exists to support thehealth and wellbeing of all local people, working alongside other health andcare partners to achieve this. We are a value driven, people business with apassion for excellence. Our vision and social purpose is to make a differenceeveryday to the health & wellbeing of our communities and our values of kindness, respect, trust and honesty lie at the heart of everything we do,guiding how we work together with partners and each other to consistently deliver high quality compassionate care.

As a social enterprise we aim to addsocial value by investing in the future of our local communities and helping tomake a difference in peoples lives.

City Care valuethe benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBT+ or from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) background, as they are currently under-representedwithin our organisation.

We are proud to be a forces-friendlyorganisation and are dedicated to supporting Veterans, Service Leavers, Reservists, andmilitary spouses/partners. We value the unique skills and contributions youbring.

City Care is anequal opportunities employer. We are positive about employing people with disabilities. If you require your application in a different format please contact People Services on . City Care is committed to the protection of vulnerable adults and children.

Job Purpose

• To work within the integrated safeguarding team supporting staff across Nottingham City Care Partnership to perform their safeguarding duties within the Think Family model.
• To support the development of safeguarding practice across the organisation, through the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of safeguarding processes, and in response to learnings derived from local and national incidents.
• To communicate effectively with staff of all levels and with multi-agency partners to share information, elevate concerns and effectively feedback from safeguarding meetings and forums.
• To support in the development and delivery of Safeguarding Children, Adult and Domestic Abuse…