Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Contract up to 31st March 2027)
- Hours
- Job share - 18.75 hours per week (The post holder will work on half day Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
- Job ref
- 363-CP7668189
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charter House
- Town
- Luton
- Salary
- £55,690 - £62,682 0
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Named Professional For Safeguarding Children
NHS AfC: Band 8a
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the ELFT safeguarding children team as the Named Professional for Safeguarding Children Band 8a.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with other Named Professionals and senior management across ELFT to ensure the Think Family strategy is embedded in every aspect of care delivery. They will provide corporate safeguarding support across the organisation with primary responsibility for the borough of Newham.
The successful applicant will be a key member of clinical governance and assurance arrangements to ensure that the Trust fulfils its statutory duties to safeguard children and young people. The responsibilities of the post will include proactively and reactively engaging with frontline staff and managers and to provide evidence-based specialist information, advice, guidance and support required to help staff practice safely to safeguard children confidently and effectively.
As the Named Professional, the post-holder will take the lead in developing strategies across the Safeguarding Children Partnership, and will represent ELFT at a range of multi-agency statutory bodies.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Education/Qualification/Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Adult / Child / Mental Health / Specialist Community Public Health Nurse / Registered Social Worker
- Educated to degree level in health or social care
- Post-graduate study in a related child safeguarding subject (PGCert and above) or working towards
- Safeguarding supervision training
- Evidence of continuing professional development including recently in safeguarding children practice
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship / practice teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 2 years experience within senior safeguarding role
- Experience related to caring for children and young people and working with vulnerable families
- Experience of facilitating safeguarding children supervision and monitoring effectiveness
- Experience in developing, planning and delivering training and monitoring effectiveness
- Writing and quality assuring reports for child protection proceedings and court
- Demonstrated experience of co-working in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of collaborative working across health, social care and other agencies
- Experience of contributing to policy development
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Advanced knowledge of multi-agency working (children and families)
- Up to date and advanced knowledge of legislation, policy, and guidance related to safeguarding children and how these are applied in practice
- Experience of supporting staff in assessing risk and need for children and demonstrating a sound knowledge and understanding of the possible signs of child abuse. This includes emerging contemporary safeguarding issues
- Advanced understanding of diversity and equality issues and their application in safeguarding practice
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of autonomy and accountability and plan own work effectively, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Experience of safeguarding governance working arrangements and active participation in different aspects of the governance framework
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Able to develop, understand present complex data and demonstrate good analytical skills
- Able to contribute the health perspective to multi-agency meetings, including senior strategic safeguarding partnership meetings
- Able to challenge decisions at a senior level and articulate rationale effectively demonstrating negotiation and leadership skills and remaining calm in stressful situations
- Experience in forming, maintaining and promoting effective working relationships across a wide of professions and agencies
- Experience of setting up and implementing internal processes and procedures
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrate tact and diplomacy when dealing with conflict
- Experience in developing audit frameworks and implementing action plans and leading the Trust response to multi-agency audits
- Good understanding of a range of IT and clinical recording systems including word, excel, powerpoint, teams and zoom
- Aware of current developments and practice in relation to the interface between child protection services and mental health services
- Evidence of teaching and presentation skills
Other
Essential criteria
- Emotional: regular exposure to stressful events and situations
- Requirement to concentrate on detailed policy and other complex matters for long periods
- Prolonged periods of computer use
- Able to work flexibly to meet the changing needs and demands of the service
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Commitment to continuous improvement and equity of access to services for vulnerable families
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
- Clarissa Wye
- Job title
- Lead Professional for Safeguarding Children
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07891865051
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