Job summary
We require a highly motivated, committed and flexible practitioner to work with health and multi-agency colleagues to ensure provision of safe and effective services to safeguard vulnerable children across the City of Manchester and all children accessing MFT Hospital Services. You will provide safeguarding training, leadership, advice, supervision and expertise to health practitioners across the Trust and should have an ability to effectively challenge practice and promote the embedding of safeguarding principles into every day professional practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to provide expertise and knowledge, demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues relating to identification, assessment, treatment and management of vulnerable children & families. This will include involvement in monitoring and improving standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, evidence based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and contributing to Safeguarding Governance processes across the Trust.
About us
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Essential List
Essential
- oRN child (or equivalent qualification and/or experience in relation to children).
- Minimum of 3 years post registration experience.
- o1st Level Degree or working towards.
- oEvidence of ongoing professional development and training undertaken in respect of safeguarding to minimum Level 3 (as per Working Together).
- oKnowledge of national and local Safeguarding Policies, guidelines and recommendations.
- oKnowledge of relevant legislation relating to Safeguarding
- oDemonstrates knowledge relevant to patterns of abuse and neglect.
- oExperience of safeguarding supervision
- oExperience of delivering training
- oAwareness of issues affecting ethnic minority families and other socially excluded groups.
- oWorking knowledge of children’s health and development and the nature and impact of child maltreatment.
- oCritical thinking, reflection and analysis to inform clinical assessment
- oExperience of policy development and implementation.
- oBasic IT skills, including email, Word
- oPresentation skills
- oAbility to analyse and critically evaluate information and record in a concise and accurate manner.
- oConfidence to challenge appropriately in difficult situations
- oAbility to communicate across organisational boundaries.
- oAbility to work under pressure, to prioritise, work flexibly and to tight deadlines.
- oCompletion of audits and reports within timescale.
Desirable
- oSpecialist Practitioner Public Health
- oRecognised teaching/ mentoring qualification
- oQualification in safeguarding supervision
- oAccredited training qualification
- oExperience of policy development and implementation.
- oExperience of policy development and implementation.
Person Specification
Essential List
Essential
- oRN child (or equivalent qualification and/or experience in relation to children).
- Minimum of 3 years post registration experience.
- o1st Level Degree or working towards.
- oEvidence of ongoing professional development and training undertaken in respect of safeguarding to minimum Level 3 (as per Working Together).
- oKnowledge of national and local Safeguarding Policies, guidelines and recommendations.
- oKnowledge of relevant legislation relating to Safeguarding
- oDemonstrates knowledge relevant to patterns of abuse and neglect.
- oExperience of safeguarding supervision
- oExperience of delivering training
- oAwareness of issues affecting ethnic minority families and other socially excluded groups.
- oWorking knowledge of children’s health and development and the nature and impact of child maltreatment.
- oCritical thinking, reflection and analysis to inform clinical assessment
- oExperience of policy development and implementation.
- oBasic IT skills, including email, Word
- oPresentation skills
- oAbility to analyse and critically evaluate information and record in a concise and accurate manner.
- oConfidence to challenge appropriately in difficult situations
- oAbility to communicate across organisational boundaries.
- oAbility to work under pressure, to prioritise, work flexibly and to tight deadlines.
- oCompletion of audits and reports within timescale.
Desirable
- oSpecialist Practitioner Public Health
- oRecognised teaching/ mentoring qualification
- oQualification in safeguarding supervision
- oAccredited training qualification
- oExperience of policy development and implementation.
- oExperience of policy development and implementation.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
