Job summaryWe are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our well established Safeguarding Team.Predominately providing safeguarding children advice, supervision, and training to HHFT staff; and support the Named professionals in ensuring the Trust meets its responsibilities to safeguard children. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop learning to support the adult team in delivering support across the Trust.There will also be the chance to support Hampshire Hospital's Foundation Trust's Child Sexual Abuse Service. Working with children and families to provide support and signposting.Main duties of the jobWorking alongside the Specialist Practitioner and Specialist Midwife Safeguarding Children in providing a robust Health Liaison process is in place within the TrustTo ensure appropriate and proportionate information is shared with health partners where it is identified that a child may be at risk of harmTo promote the sharing of information with agency partners as defined in Working Together 2023 is timely, appropriate and proportionateTo provide guidance to staff with regard safeguarding children practices and processesWhere required support the clinical care for children who have been referred to the child sexual abuse serviceTo provide support for families and carers who attend the clinic for initial appointments or follow-upProvide ongoing support to families wishing to seek emotionally and psychological support by signposting to local and national support servicesDeveloping specific expertise in children's health and development, child maltreatment and local arrangements for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of childrenContributing to the safeguarding children training strategy, facilitating, and delivering the safeguarding children training within the Trust.Support the Named Nurse and team in reporting on serious incidents including serious case reviews and responding to complaintsAbout usOur vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesHappy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.Person SpecificationKnowledgeEssentialKnowledge of national and local safeguarding policies, guidelines and recommendationsHigh level of knowledge of child developmentDesirableoProven experience of working with children and familiesQualificationsEssentialRegistered Nurse/MidwifeDegree Level, Nursing/SCPHNDesirableoEvidence of working with multiagency partners within the safeguarding /and or public healthExperienceEssentialExperience as a paediatric nurse, school nurse, health visitor, staff nurse (working within HV/SN teams)DesirableExperience of working with children who have suffered abuse and neglectDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameHampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAddressCross SiteBasingstoke/WinchesterRG24 9ENEmployer's websitehttps://www.hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)