Safeguarding and Children in Care Lead (Children's Community Health)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Children's Community Health Service as a Safeguarding and Children in Care Lead 0-19. The Post Holder will be responsible for leading on the delivery of safeguarding to the Universal health service and children's community health services (0 - 19 yrs), including Health Visiting, Family Nurse Practitioners and School Nursing. The post holder will act as the lead practitioner during duty shifts, providing leadership and supervision and providing specialist knowledge and support to the teams on a daily basis. The post holder will provide guidance and support for police or court reports. The post holders will be responsible for overseeing and providing advice all elements of safeguarding work within the 0-19 services including attendance and/or delegation of safeguarding meetings, health assessments and review of Police and A & E reports received by the service, escalating concerns and seeking advice from and in collaborative with the corporate safeguarding team where necessary.,

• To have expert knowledge on the health and wellbeing needs of Children in Care, including national and local guidance in completing review health assessment and contributing to care plans.
• To have experience on leading on the development of health services for Children in care and knowledge of local health and community services to meet their needs.
• To provide support, advice and support to the 0-19 service for review health assessments for children in care and have the knowledge of experience to work with community and voluntary services.
• To support frontline practitioners in the development and/or analysis of case chronologies.
• To support practitioners to produce factual reports to present as evidence to safeguard children and young people.
• To analyse prepared statements for court from practitioners for court proceedings.
• To provide staff with support during police interviews, where they are required to give evidence to support a child protection investigation.
• Work in partnership with multi-disciplinary colleagues, delegating appropriately to optimise health outcomes and resource management. Attend Strategy meetings as part of the duty role, updating case holders as appropriate.
• To also provide oversight and supervision of staff within the 0-19 service when they are required to attend strategy meetings, providing expert advice on professional challenge and escalation, both to internal and external partners.
  
  Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom's largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents -it's not just a good place to work; it's a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.