Safeguarding Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Safeguarding Practitioner to join the Corporate Safeguarding Team at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust. The postholder will help ensure the Trust meets its statutory safeguarding duties for children, young people, and adults at risk. It involves promoting quality responses, developing policies, and working with complex safeguarding issues. The role requires strong communication skills and engagement with external agencies.
Essential criteria
- RGN/RM/RMN/ or equivalent qualification
- Degree or working towards
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Teaching and assessment qualification
- Masters or working towards Qualification in safeguarding children or adults
- Knowledge and Expertise
- Knowledge of national and local safeguarding children legislation, statutory guidance, and policy
- Knowledge of patterns of abuse and neglect
- Verbal and written presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Knowledge of the local and national Domestic Abuse/Safeguarding agenda
- Knowledge of the local and national Child Exploitation agenda
- Knowledge of 'Family Approach' to safeguarding
- IT skills
- Post-registration experience working with children in the safeguarding environment
- Experience of safeguarding children practice
- Experience of working with multi-agency safeguarding children procedures
- Experience of Partnership working
- Experience of participation in safeguarding meetings
- Trust Values
- Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)
- RGN/RM/RMN/ or equivalent qualification
- Degree or working towards
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Teaching and assessment qualification
- Masters or working towards Qualification in safeguarding children or adults
- Knowledge and Expertise
- Knowledge of national and local safeguarding children legislation, statutory guidance, and policy
- Knowledge of patterns of abuse and neglect
- Verbal and written presentation skills
- Communication skills
- Knowledge of the local and national Domestic Abuse/Safeguarding agenda
- Knowledge of the local and national Child Exploitation agenda
- Knowledge of 'Family Approach' to safeguarding
- IT skills
- Post-registration experience working with children in the safeguarding environment
- Experience of safeguarding children practice
- Experience of working with multi-agency safeguarding children procedures
- Experience of Partnership working
- Experience of participation in safeguarding meetings
- Trust Values
- Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Safeguarding Practitioner
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join the Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust Corporate Safeguarding Team in the role of Safeguarding Practitioner.
As a member of the team, the postholder will contribute to ensuring that the Trust fulfils its statutory duties and responsibilities, and that staff are aware of their responsibilities in relation to the safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk.
This post is full time 37.5 hours per week.
When writing your application, we encourage you to reflect on how your experience and values align with the Trusts 6 Cs: Care, Compassion, Courage, Communication, Commitment, and Competence. These values are central to everything we do at CWP, and we're looking for individuals who demonstrate them in their everyday work and interactions.
Main duties of the job
To support the Head of Safeguarding, Named Nurse and Specialist Practitioners in the execution of statutory roles and responsibilities.
To promote quality and effectiveness of health workers responses to safeguard children and adults at risk.
To take part in developing and implementing policies and procedures and audit in partnership with other organisations.
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