Associate Professional Safeguarding: Sponsorship Available

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Job summary

Want to work in the Integrated Safeguarding
Team? We have hours available (to be negotiated). You will benefit from a
supportive team, frequent workload meetings, shared learning, whilst working
flexibly to maintain work-life balance. The team is based in Worcester with
some home-working, therefore the ability to work independently & across
several virtual platforms with good internet at home is essential. We link
together via MS Teams & seek a highly motivated & dynamic practitioner
to join our forward-thinking team. If you can adapt to changing priorities
quickly, work efficiently, & use your initiative, youll enjoy this role. We
provide all equipment, continual professional development & a range of
wellbeing services & support. If you are someone with vision, creative
ideas & a “can do” approach, you will be supported by a team
which cares as much for each other as they do for ourpatients, & where protection of individuals
from harm & abuse is paramount in our day-to-day work.

Main duties of the job

You will help with the assessment of information received according
to safeguarding policy & the identification of key health information to be
shared with other agencies to make decisions on risk & plans for adult &
children. Areas include domestic abuse police logs, vulnerable adult incident police
logs, MASH information exchanges, childrens strategy meetings, scoping for
statutory reviews, emergency department attendance for children &
information on individuals who have gone missing or at risk of exploitation. The
role supports the work of the Named Nurses for Safeguarding Children and Adults
& will ensure that HWHCT fulfils its statutory obligations towards
promoting the safety & well-being of children & adults in Hereford/Worcestershire
& support staff. You will provide safeguarding supervision and training
across HWHCT & support with audit & developing resources/guidance. You
will have good working knowledge of Safeguarding practice & Mental Capacity
Act policies/procedures.

Person Specification

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Flexible, cooperative personality.
  • Confident and enthusiastic.
  • Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
  • Role modelling good behaviour.
  • A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
  • Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
  • Excellent communication listening and interpersonal skills.
  • Good organisational and coordination skills.
  • Good written and verbal communication.
  • Ability to work as part of a team and in a collaborative manner to promote partnerships and work across boundaries.
  • Ability to work independently and have the confidence to make sound clinical judgments and decision making.
  • Ability to challenge practice and effectively promote change.
  • Ability to negotiate and collaborate with a wide range of professionals.
  • IT skills, including Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint and Outlook and willingness to undertake further training.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of current safeguarding legislative frameworks including Mental Capacity Act.
  • Knowledge of the multi-agency nature of safeguarding including the roles of Local Safeguarding Boards and Partnerships.
  • In depth knowledge of confidentiality and justifications for information sharing without consent.

Qualifications

Essential

  • First level degree in related subject Registered Nurse (Level 1), Midwife or Allied Health Professional.
  • Diploma/post graduate level specialist training, experience (e.g., Community Teaching/ assessing qualification, Safeguarding, Specialist Community Public Health qualification).
  • Evidence of relevant safeguarding training to level 3 across adults and children.
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Desirable

  • Clinical Supervision supervisor.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with complex families.
  • Experience of managing child protection issues including attendance at case conference and involvement in core groups.
  • Experience of multi agency working and a working knowledge of Child Protection procedures and policies.
  • Experience of report writing.
  • Experience of undertaking risk assessments.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with adults with complex needs.
  • Experience in undertaking audit.
  • Experience of policy development and implementation.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 26 August 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.