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We are seeking an experienced and dynamic lead to provide senior professional leadership for the health contribution to Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. This is a pivotal senior safeguarding role, responsible for leading and coordinating timely, proportionate and high quality health input into multiagency safeguarding decision making. The postholder will work within co located multiagency environments, providing expert clinical oversight, professional challenge and strategic influence, to safeguard children effectively. The health lead for MASH will also contribute to the wider strategic safeguarding agenda, supporting strong multiagency arrangements and continuous service improvement. Main duties of the job This role will provide visible safeguarding leadership for the health contribution within the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH) across Hampshire and Isle of Wight footprint. You will play a key role in driving improvement and influencing change within complex multiagency system, ensuring high quality, timely health input supports effective, child centred decision making. Working closely with partners across our four local authorities, including Children's Social Care, Police, Education and Early Help, you will strengthen multiagency collaboration, promote consistent thresholds and model confident professional challenge where require. You will support the development of effective MASH processes, improving information sharing, risk analysis and decision making across the system. You will provide expert safeguarding advice on complex cases, supporting staff to understand risk, vulnerability and cumulative harm, and ensuring appropriate escalation and outcomes. A key part of the role will be leading quality improvement through audit, performance monitoring and embedding learning from reviews. You will contribute to workforce development through training and guidance and support the development of policies and practice aligned to local and national safeguarding priorities., Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. Job description, Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

This role requires strong leadership, the ability to influence across organisational boundaries, and a commitment to improving outcomes for children and families.,

• Registered Nurse, Midwife, with experience of working with children/young people1st DegreeMaster's degree OR working towards or completion of a level 7 module OR evidence of equivalent experience.Evidence of ongoing CPD in safeguarding children
Desirable
• SCPHN (SN/HV)/ RSCNTeaching & assessment qualificationSafeguarding Children specialist qualificationLeadership and Management training
Experience Essential
• Competent Specialist Safeguarding nurse with recent and extensive experience of working within a safeguarding team.Experience of working in a MASH or similar high risk decision making environmentExperience of leading safeguarding workstreams with measurable outcomes.Managing safeguarding practitioners/teams using a compassionate leadership style.Experience of managing performance using relevant HR processes.Experience working as a safeguarding lead at partnership or systemwide levelExperience delivering supervision within a team contextIn depth knowledge of national/local safeguarding legislation, policy and guidanceKnowledge of patterns of abuse, neglect, cumulative harm and contextual safeguardingKnowledge of multiagency safeguarding systems such as MASHIn depth post registration experienceKnowledge of audit methodology including planning, data collection, analysis, reporting and evaluating impactAbility to interpret and use safeguarding data to drive
improvementExperience developing and implementing safeguarding policiesWorking knowledge of budget/resource management to support service deliveryKnowledge of supervision models and experience delivering safeguarding supervisionAbility to act as a resilient safeguarding professional using a strength based approach.Demonstrates tenacity and responsiveness in safeguarding vulnerable children and families.Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.Strong IT skills (email, Word; ideally Excel/PowerPoint).Confident in delivering presentations and managing challenging discussions.Ability to communicate and influence across organisational boundaries.Ability to prioritise, work flexibly, and meet tight deadlines.Skilled in the leadership and completion of audits, reports, and risk summaries.Ability to coach, support and develop practitioners using compassionate leadership.Professional qualities: resilient, flexible, confident, adaptable, approachable, facilitative, non judgmental, self motivated, credible, decisive, and committed to high professional standards.Car driver with access to a vehicle, and willingness to travel across the HIOW area regularly. Desirable
• Joint Agency Response trainingJoint Agency Response leadership experienceClinical team manager experienceIT skills to include Power Point, Excel, Outlook
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
• Registered Nurse, Midwife, with experience of working with children/young people1st DegreeMaster's degree OR working towards or completion of a level 7 module OR evidence of equivalent experience.Evidence of ongoing CPD in safeguarding children
Desirable
• SCPHN (SN/HV)/ RSCNTeaching & assessment qualificationSafeguarding Children specialist qualificationLeadership and Management training
Experience Essential
• Competent Specialist Safeguarding nurse with recent and extensive experience of working within a safeguarding team.Experience of working in a MASH or similar high risk decision making environmentExperience of leading safeguarding workstreams with measurable outcomes.Managing safeguarding practitioners/teams using a compassionate leadership style.Experience of managing performance using relevant HR processes.Experience working as a safeguarding lead at partnership or systemwide levelExperience delivering supervision within a team contextIn depth knowledge of national/local safeguarding legislation, policy and guidanceKnowledge of patterns of abuse, neglect, cumulative harm and contextual safeguardingKnowledge of multiagency safeguarding systems such as MASHIn depth post registration experienceKnowledge of audit methodology including planning, data collection, analysis, reporting and evaluating impactAbility to interpret and use safeguarding data to drive
improvementExperience developing and implementing safeguarding policiesWorking knowledge of budget/resource management to support service deliveryKnowledge of supervision models and experience delivering safeguarding supervisionAbility to act as a resilient safeguarding professional using a strength based approach.Demonstrates tenacity and responsiveness in safeguarding vulnerable children and families.Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.Strong IT skills (email, Word; ideally Excel/PowerPoint).Confident in delivering presentations and managing challenging discussions.Ability to communicate and influence across organisational boundaries.Ability to prioritise, work flexibly, and meet tight deadlines.Skilled in the leadership and completion of audits, reports, and risk summaries.Ability to coach, support and develop practitioners using compassionate leadership.Professional qualities: resilient, flexible, confident, adaptable, approachable, facilitative, non judgmental, self motivated, credible, decisive, and committed to high professional standards.Car driver with access to a vehicle, and willingness to travel across the HIOW area regularly.,
• Joint Agency Response trainingJoint Agency Response leadership experienceClinical team manager experienceIT skills to include Power Point, Excel, Outlook
  
  Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care. We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support. Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence