Safeguarding Specialist

The post holder will assist the Named Midwife for Safeguarding Children and will provide highly developed specialist advice to Surrey & Sussex NHS Healthcare Trust (SASH) advising, supervising and supporting staff in the management of potential or actual child abuse and protection.

The Safeguarding Specialist will assist the Named Midwife in providing specialist knowledge and be the lead for highly complex vulnerable groups; Domestic Abuse, Teenage Pregnancy, Mental Health and those with a Learning Disability. The Safeguarding Specialist will use the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills when communication information that is highly complex, sensitive and contentious.

The Safeguarding Specialist will provide individualised care to a group of birthing parents and families with highly complex needs; developing specialised programmes of care when completing safeguarding birth planning.

The post holder will work in collaboration with the Named Midwife, Named Nurses and Named Doctor in promoting high standards of professional practice. The Safeguarding Specialist will assist the Named Midwife to ensure all policies and procedures relating to safeguarding children and young people are updated, implemented and adhered to. The Safeguarding Specialist will assist with the development of a proactive culture towards safeguarding and protecting children.

The Safeguarding Specialist will act as a liaison between the Named Midwife, the Trust and other local agencies, contributing to the safeguarding services across Surrey and Sussex and other Children Services Authorities. The Safeguarding Specialist will assist with the development and delivery of all elements of complex specialist training in order to safeguard children and young people.

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.


• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.


• We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.


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