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About the job
Job summary
The Designated Nurse for safeguarding children is responsible for leading on safeguarding children and the promotion of their welfare within the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Cluster ICBs. The Designated Nurse for safeguarding children will provide strategic leadership and act as a source of expertise for the ICB. The responsibilities include working with the local authority and safeguarding partnerships on their statutory and legislative duties for safeguarding children as stipulated in current and future primary legislation, government strategy and national, regional and local guidance.
Although accountable to the Head of Quality, Safety and Improvement, the post holder will also be accountable for any additional delegated authority as agreed or requested by ICB.
Main duties of the job
Be accountable as the ICB Designated Nurse for safeguarding children, as set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026 and Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Looked After Children 2015. The post holder will have a primary responsibility to take on a safeguarding leadership role across the Cluster ICBs ensuring a visible presence in the ICB on a regular basis. The post holder will also provide support to peer Designated Nurses when required.
Although accountable to the Head of Quality, Safety and Improvement the post holder will also be accountable for any additional delegated authority as agreed or requested by ICB Chief Executive Officer and ICB Board.
Job responsibilities
Provide strategic, professional leadership and specialist advice and support on the safeguarding of children and child death and promoting the health of looked after children to governing bodies and designated and named professionals.
Be responsible for ensuring that comprehensive and robust arrangements are in place in all commissioned services, including primary, community and independent care in order for them to fulfil their responsibilities to safeguard children and to improve the health of looked after children.
Provide a framework for commissioning high quality evidence-based safeguarding, looked after children services and child death services and be a source of expertise across sectors on all matters regarding planning, strategy and identifying any gaps in service provision with regards to the safety of vulnerable children, domestic abuse, child death and looked after children.
Ensure that safeguarding children and young people is central to service planning and delivery across the health economy.
Be a source of expert professional advice to Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Boards, and other local, sub-regional and regional strategic multi-agency partnerships such as those for domestic abuse, the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH), the Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) Executives, Performance, Childrens Safeguarding Practice Reviews, any safeguarding reviews and the Child Sexual Abuse Forum (CSAF). (This list is not exhaustive and will be subject to change).
Responsible for the development and implementation of ICB safeguarding vision and strategic plans that enables them to fulfil their statutory duties in relation to safeguarding children and ensuring the health needs of looked after children are met.
Facilitate the commissioning of high-quality safeguarding services for vulnerable and looked after children that meets all national legislation, local policy and guidance.
Ensure there are processes for effective and timely communication and information sharing, both internally and externally, which compliment multidisciplinary/interagency working.
Provide leadership, advice and support for the development of robust training strategies and delivery programmes, to meet all safeguarding children educational/training requirements for health professionals, across all sectors.
About the employer
The Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) is responsible for planning functions; managing the NHS budget and arranging the provision of health services in the geographical area.
Location: Home based/hybrid working.
New starters are expected to collect IT equipment, from offices in Stoke-on-Trent, and if working from home are required to have appropriate desk/chair/ relevant equipment in compliance with DSE regulations.
Posts at Band 8c and above, will take part in the On-call rota, flexible over 7 days, supporting the System Control Centre, with full training provided.
Unconscious Bias/Invisible Disability Training and Equality Induction are mandatory.
Interviews may take place via MS Teams or in person.
We promote a compassionate and inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
The ICB embrace the principles of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and encourages applications from all individuals regardless of their age, disability, gender re-assignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, sex or sexual orientation. It's important that our workforce reflects the diversity of communities as much as possible.
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