Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding Team
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 351-CS2830-LW
- Employer
- Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Daisyfield Mill
- Town
- Blackburn
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner
Band 7
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Job overview
We are excited to announce a new vacancy within the LSCFT Safeguarding Team for a Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner. This role is pivotal in upholding the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and protecting vulnerable adults, children, and families.
The post will based at Daisyfield Mill, Blackburn, servicing the Pennine Locality however, there is an expectation that staff would be able to travel to other LSCFT bases as required.
Safeguarding is central to LSCFT’s governance framework. We are seeking someone with proven leadership experience and a track record of delivering exceptional care to society’s most vulnerable members. The successful candidate will be passionate about safeguarding and dedicated to providing reliable, high-quality, and safe services in an area of work that is both demanding and immensely rewarding.
Working within a multi-professional / agency context the successful applicant will provide expert training, supervision and advice to health and social care practitioners on a wide range of safeguarding issues that impact on children, young people, adults and their families. The role will be underpinned by a sound knowledge of the legal frameworks that shape the safeguarding agenda.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will support the development of single and multi-agency, safeguarding policies, procedures and clinical practice, ensuring practice is current and up to date in line with local and national priorities. The applicant will be required to support organisational safeguarding arrangements, contribute to the trust’s quality and assurance framework and support the team in fulfilling statutory safeguarding duties outlined by the Think Family Safeguarding Agenda.
The post holder will work closely with the Named Nurses and Named Professionals for Safeguarding Children, Adults and MCA to ensure appropriate quality assurance mechanisms are in place and to assist in the development of skills and competencies of the LSCFT workforce.
Safeguarding is a valued and integral part of multi-disciplinary working across the Trust and the post involves opportunities to contribute to wider practice development and initiatives in line with a new locality model and Integrated Care Partnerships (ICP). The scope of the post will include the development of effective inter-disciplinary and inter-agency communication and relationships to improve outcomes for vulnerable children, families and adults.
We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexibility in how, when, and where you work, We’re happy to discuss your needs during the interview process.
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current NMC/Social work England/HCPC Registration
- 1st Level degree or similar.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of national policy/research and legislation relating to safeguarding children and adults and inclusive of MCA/DoLs agenda
- Demonstrates an awareness of the complex issues when working across organisations and disciplines and understands key elements of change management
- Knowledge and understanding of change process and organisational dynamics within changing environments
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial post qualifying work experience, Clinical experience relating to safeguarding/MCA (Currency in the past 12 months)
- Experience of line management/Clinical supervision as a supervisor/supporting professional development
- Experience of working with families where there are a range of complex issues
Skills
Essential criteria
- Analytical and reflective practitioner
- Ability to consistently meet deadlines
- Ability to work autonomously, prioritise and manage own workload
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kelly McNally
- Job title
- Named Nurse, Safeguarding Children & Adults
- Email address
- [email protected]
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