Maternity Safeguarding Practitioner

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic safeguarding professional to join our friendly and welcoming Corporate Safeguarding Team based at University Hospitals Southampton as a Maternity Safeguarding Practitioner for 22.5 hours per week., The post holder will work as a member of the Safeguarding Team to support the delivery of services to staff involved in the safeguarding of unborn babies, children and families, including supporting liaison between hospital and community services to ensure a safe and appropriate plan of care is made.
You will make strong links with voluntary and statutory agencies to provide support on matters related to safeguarding in the maternity and neonatal settings, including the community and family homes.
UHS Maternity Services is a large tertiary provider of the most complex maternity services including high risk maternal and fetal medicine. We are the tertiary unit for complex neonatal care including surgical patients.
We believe in providing opportunities and training for staff to develop including leadership development and academic programmes for those wishing to further extend their potential. We believe in investing in our staff and understand that staff satisfaction is inextricably linked to the experience women and families have in our maternity service.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Corporate Safeguarding Service and develop your skills and expertise in supporting families throughout pregnancy and beyond., Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.
UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.

The potential candidate will have good experience working with families in the antenatal, postnatal and neonatal periods and have an understanding and experience of safeguarding and child protection in this group of families., Good understanding of safeguarding in relation to Unborn Babies.
Good understanding of legislation in relation to Safeguarding Children
Good understanding of legislation in relation to Safeguarding Adults
Ability to engage with a wide range of stakeholders
Confident in delivering training and supervision to a range of participants.

As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.

Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what's possible for the role and service. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
This post is offered as 22.5 hours.