Safeguarding Children and Young People Facilitator

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare view Safeguarding as 'Everyone's Responsibility' and advocate a family approach to safeguarding. Children aged 0 to 18 years (including unborn babies) for whom there is a concern and information relating to their parents, carers or other adults involved in the life of the child or family. Working closely with the Named Nurse, and Band 7 Specialist Safeguarding Nurses, the post holder will contribute to the health component of the Child Protection and Child in Need statutory health requirements within the Southampton area. To work collaboratively with other health professionals and safeguarding partners to ensure health statutory requirements are fulfilled. To facilitate good practice in prevention, identification, actioning and management of safeguarding children and young people when actual or suspected abuse has occurred. To support the development and implementation of safeguarding practice across Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare to enable effective multi-agency liaison meeting the statutory requirements., This is a new dedicated post within the Southampton safeguarding support team hub to support the health response within the child protection and child in need statutory requirements within the place-based Southampton area.

• They will facilitate the health response in children protection and child in need activity when there is no identified health professional working with the family/ child.
• This will include navigating electronic health records, liaising with other health professionals to gather and analysis health information for the purpose of compiling a health report for the purpose of child protection or child in need conferences and planning.
• Health representation and attendance at child protection and child in need conferences to share health report.
• Represent health as a statutory safeguarding partner within child protection decision making.
• To manage the sharing of confidential and highly sensitive information with outside agencies, providing and receiving complex information within the Safeguarding arena.
• Undertake comprehensive, relevant, and proportionate health reports for the purpose of safeguarding children and young people.
  
  Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve. Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time. Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.