Freedom to Speak Up Guardian, Band 7

This is an exciting time to join The Children's Trust as we have reviewed our Speaking Up ambitions for the organisation and are seeking to recruit a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian to help us realise them and who shares the values set out in our Promises.

The Children's Trust aims to ensure colleagues are able to raise concerns openly, without fear, and that all concerns are heard, responded to, acted upon and learning is shared and disseminated. As a Freedom to Speak Up Guardian you will proactively develop and strengthen an open speaking up culture across the Trust as well as respond sensitively to concerns raised.

You will remain impartial and independent when colleagues raise concerns handling them with integrity, confidentiality and tenacity; and then work through senior leaders and appropriate policies and processes for responses, approaches and actions., The role will contribute to ensuring a safe environment for our children and young people and employees of the organisation. You will support the Senior Leadership Team, Chief Executive Officer and Board with the development of an open culture where speaking up becomes normal practice to address concerns about patient safety, the safety of colleagues or malpractice. In addition, you will encourage and make clear to all colleagues the benefits for themselves, patients and the public from the improvements made in response to the issues identified.You will work across the Trust with all staff groups, identifying and removing barriers to speaking up, listening up and following up; ensuring all colleagues have the capability, knowledge and skills they need to speak up themselves, and are able to support others in speaking up, listening up and following up. Reporting to the Director of Nursing and Quality, you will ensure action is taken to ensure individuals and groups facing
barriers to speaking up have the support they need.Maintaining a database as well as analysis of concerns raised will also be required and the sourcing of feedback to improve the service. You will develop and deliver FTSU reports and will be required to present to the Board of Trustees twice a year and also a range of other meetings across the Trust. Report writing, presentation formulation and building positive relationships are essential skills.

The right candidate will be motivated and passionate about the speaking-up agenda, encouraging an open culture within the organisation. The successful candidate will have the ability to work with Senior Leaders, and Board Members, as well as engaging with colleagues at all levels. We would prefer candidates to have a good understanding of patient safety and quality in a healthcare environment as well as previous experience of working within a freedom to speak up role.Staff benefits include London weighting, shuttle bus, and more Read more below

The Childrens Trust is the UKs leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.

The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including, adoption pay, time off for fertility treatment, enhanced paternity leave, paid carers leave, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms, time off for gender reassignment.

We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service., Depending on experience £51,883 - £58,544 pa (dependent on experience & incl of OLW)