Safeguarding Specialist Nurse

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Permanent | Part Time

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Safeguarding Specialist Nurse to join our Community Safeguarding Service. This is a key role supporting the Trust in meeting its statutory and legal safeguarding responsibilities, while driving forward high-quality safeguarding practice across services.

As a Safeguarding Specialist Nurse, you will undertake a range of operational safeguarding duties in line with the priorities of the Trust, the Sheffield Children Safeguarding Partnership (SCSP) and the Sheffield Adult Safeguarding Partnership (SASP).

You will work collaboratively with practitioners, services, and managers to strengthen safeguarding practice and ensure the safety and wellbeing of children, young people, and adults.

About You

  • Be a Registered Nurse with a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification (or equivalent)
  • Demonstrate astrong working knowledge of safeguarding legislation, policy, and best practice
  • Show evidence ofongoing professional development, including safeguarding training
  • Be confident in working collaboratively and influencing practice across teams

Main duties of the job

Reporting into the Named Nurse/Community Safeguarding Service Lead, some of your responsibilities will include:

  • The Safeguarding Specialist Nurse plays a key leadership role in supporting staff with complex safeguarding cases by providing expert advice, supervision, and training.
  • They act as a critical point of professional oversight, offering direction, scrutiny, challenge, and escalation where required to ensure safe and effective practice.
  • The role involves active participation in multi-agency safeguarding processes, including the Sheffield Integrated Front Door (Safeguarding Hub) and MARAC, where the nurse contributes to information sharing, risk assessment, and joint decision-making. They are a key health representative and decision-maker in multidisciplinary work.
  • Additional responsibilities include supporting community staff with legal statements for care proceedings, contributing to safeguarding audits and reviews, and attending relevant internal and external meetings. Overall, the postholder ensures high-quality safeguarding practice through collaboration, expert guidance, and accountability.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

  • NMC Registered
  • Registered Nurse with SCPHN qualification: School nursing/Health visiting or equivalent
  • Ongoing professional development – includes safeguarding
  • Safeguarding supervision qualification, or equivalent
  • Leadership and management training or equivalent

Desirable

  • Master’s degree – includes safeguarding or working towards
  • Post graduate safeguarding training
  • Community Specialist practitioner

Experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration experience as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse or equivalent and substantial recent experience in safeguarding children and adults.
  • Experience safeguarding supervision delivery or willingness to develop knowledge and skills required to deliver effective restorative safeguarding supervision

Desirable

  • Experience of Leading a Team
  • Experience/involvement in undertaking safeguarding reviews
  • Experience of teaching, mentoring and facilitating professional development of staff.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of statutory guidance and legislation regarding protection of children and adults;
  • Awareness of the complex issues involved when working across organisations and disciplines

Desirable

  • Experience /knowledge of Government initiatives in respect of children with disabilities and looked after children
  • Participation/involvement in safeguarding reviews and learning lessons to improve practice

Skills

Essential

  • Adaptable professional with strong learning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, applying evidence-based practice.
  • Excellent communicator and team player who builds effective relationships, works under pressure, and manages priorities to meet deadlines.

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: 14 August 2026

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