Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 193-7680904COR
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata (This will be pro rata depending on hours)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Children's and Maternity Safeguarding Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Children's Nurse or Midwife to join the Children's Safeguarding Team, this is a unique role which will involve working across both Maternity and Paediatrics to support the Named Nurse and Midwife to safeguard children and unborns. The children's Safeguarding team are committed to providing the highest quality care to our complex families, whilst ensuring they are safeguarded to highest level.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to support the Named Nurse and Named Midwife and the wider safeguarding team to advocate for children, have excellent interpersonal skills to communicate with Trust staff and partnership agencies.
To provide support for junior staff, to enhance their knowledge and confidence To ensure that we provide the highest level of safeguarding for our children and advocate for them to ensure their voice is heard.
It will involve attending multidisciplinary meetings both internally and with partnership agencies.
Supported to deliver training to staff across the Trust
Working directly with our complex families to promote the safeguarding of children and unborns.
To develop own knowledge and understanding of safeguarding procedures and legislation.
Working for our organisation
Diversity makes us interesting… Inclusion is what will make us outstanding.
Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where possible. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.
If you need additional help with your application please get in touch by calling the recruitment team on 0118 322 6997 or 0118 322 5342.
Our primary method of communication will be via email. However, if you would prefer to be contacted through a different method, please inform the recruitment team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work closely with Named Midwife, Named Nurse for Child Protection, the Senior Safeguarding Practitioner, Designated Professionals, Head of Safeguarding and other professionals in the Trust Safeguarding Team in supporting all activities necessary to ensure that the Trust meets its statutory responsibilities in Safeguarding Children and Child Protection.
To advise police, social care and other agencies on health matters with regard to safeguarding unborns/children in acute and community settings.
To contribute to the organisation’s statutory role in partnership functions within the multi-agency team; sharing relevant information, completing risk assessment and analysis as necessary
To facilitate and deliver Safeguarding Children Training as part of the Safeguarding Children Team, from a single agency focus and also contributing to partnership training.
To always act in accordance with the NMC codes of conduct and ensure professional accountability for actions
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- ESSENTIAL Education, Qualifications & Training • Registered Children's Nurse and/ or Midwife with significant experience of working with patients with vulnerabilities • Teaching and Assessing qualification/ experience • Educated to 1st degree level/able to demonstrate evidence that is working at degree level/commenced degree pathway • Has a good understanding of Safeguarding children and unborns or equivalent knowledge and skills. Experience • Recent experience of working with children and families • Demonstrable experience of understanding the needs of a family with safeguarding needs. . • Evidence of Information technology skills • Evidence of ability to write notes/reports with varying degrees of detail and analysis. • Leadership experience. • Experience of planning and delivering training • Ability to challenge poor practice Skills, Knowledge & Abilities • Excellent interpersonal skills with particular ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team members • Demonstrates ability to place children at centre of care and decision making • Ability to work in a team • Demonstrates good organisational skills. • Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and peers • Good interpersonal communication and presentation skills • Responsive to change • Demonstrates initiative • Motivated and enthusiastic Other Computer literacy Cleared by Occupational Health Able to work flexibly to meet service needs • Excellent professional role model
Desirable criteria
- DESIRABLE Education, Qualifications & Training • An understanding of the legislative framework related to child protection and safeguarding • Understanding of professional and current issues in child safeguarding and protection in acute health services • Experience of leadership/management Experience • Evidence of working in multi-agency clinical services. • Experience of working with families with complex needs. • Demonstrable experience in the field of child protection. • Evidence of providing verbal and written evidence and reports to share with professionals. • Evidence of organising and conducting audit. • Evidence of delivering training to either families or professionals • Evidence of understanding the complexities around Domestic abuse and its impact on Children. Skills, Knowledge & Abilities • Demonstrates ability to think laterally, creatively and innovatively • Experience of change management • Able to build sound relationships with health professionals within the Trust and external organisations
Must be a registered Children's Nurse or Midwife
Essential criteria
- Must have been qualified for 18 months
- Registered Children's Nurse and/ or Midwife with significant experience of working with patients with vulnerabilities
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of professional and current issues in child safeguarding and protection in acute health services
Essential
Essential criteria
- • Teaching and Assessing qualification/ experience
- • Educated to 1st degree level/able to demonstrate evidence that is working at degree level/commenced degree pathway
- • Has a good understanding of Safeguarding children and unborns or equivalent knowledge and skills
- • Recent experience of working with children and families
- • Demonstrable experience of understanding the needs of a family with safeguarding needs.
- • Evidence of Information technology skills
- • Evidence of ability to write notes/reports with varying degrees of detail and analysis.
- • Leadership experience.
- • Experience of planning and delivering training
- • Ability to challenge poor practice
- • Excellent interpersonal skills with particular ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team members
- Demonstrates ability to place children at centre of care and decision making
- • Ability to work in a team
- • Demonstrates good organisational skills
- • Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and peers
- • Good interpersonal communication and presentation skills
- • Responsive to change
- • Demonstrates initiative
- • Motivated and enthusiastic
- Computer literacy
- Cleared by Occupational Health
- Able to work flexibly to meet service needs
- • Excellent professional role model
Desirable criteria
- • An understanding of the legislative framework related to child protection and safeguarding
- • Understanding of professional and current issues in child safeguarding and protection in acute health services
- • Experience of leadership/management
- • Evidence of working in multi-agency clinical services.
- • Experience of working with families with complex needs.
- • Demonstrable experience in the field of child protection.
- • Evidence of providing verbal and written evidence and reports to share with professionals.
- • Evidence of organising and conducting audit.
- • Evidence of delivering training to either families or professionals
- • Evidence of understanding the complexities around Domestic abuse and its impact on Children.
- • Demonstrates ability to think laterally, creatively and innovatively
- • Experience of change management
- • Able to build sound relationships with health professionals within the Trust and external organisations
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Shearer
- Job title
- Named Midwife for Child Protection
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07768752529
- Additional information
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