Safeguarding Practice Development Practitioner

The Safeguarding Team for Lancashire and South Cumbria provide safeguarding advise and consultation to the teams working within the Trust to ensure safeguarding practice are embedded and we are creating a culture of vigilance. With ever growing services and the introduction of new services, the Safeguarding team are working in providing experienced safeguarding practitioners to provide specialist advice where needed. The Safeguarding Team also work externally with partner agencies to provide assurance.

Applications are invited from experienced qualified nurses/social workers with leadership qualities and experience in safeguarding practices and legislation.

The post is to support the Safeguarding team, clinicians, and managers in developing and embedding safeguarding practices that reflect contemporary practice and complement the aspirations of national guidance and local health improvement programmes, whilst meeting the Trusts Safeguarding Governance agenda, The main duties of the role are:-

o To lead and support practice development initiatives prioritised within the safeguarding plan as required to facilitate the delivery of evidence based high quality safeguarding practices.

o To develop systems of benchmarking, audit, and evaluation in order to measure and monitor standards of practice as part of the Safeguarding governance team.

All applicants must have an interest and skills in Safeguarding practices, development, quality improvement have a commitment to working collaboratively with colleagues and external partners when challenges mat arise.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

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