Safeguarding Specialist Nurse/Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 04/10/2026
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Role summary
This role involves supporting and promoting the welfare of children and adults within the Trust, focusing on a Family Approach to safeguarding. The post holder will assist the Named Nurse/Professional in embedding safeguarding practices across various specialist services, including community and inpatient CAMHS and Adult Forensic units. Key responsibilities include contributing to safeguarding training, participating in multi-agency reviews, and providing expert supervision to staff. The role requires tenacious safeguarding leadership to improve outcomes for vulnerable individuals.
Essential criteria
- Registered Professional on Part 1 of the NMC Register (Nursing and Midwifery Council), or relevant qualifications as a Midwife, Allied health professional or social worker with relevant and current professional registration.
- Degree level qualification or Equivalent
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Evidence of Specialist specific safeguarding training and experience.
Desirable criteria
- Registered Health Visitor/Public health nurse.
- Mental health qualification
- Teaching and assessment qualification.
- Master's Level study or working towards.
- Accredited safeguarding supervision training
- Evidence of significant experience relating to safeguarding adults and / or children using a family approach.
- Have sound clinical background and relevant post qualification experience.
- Experience of inter-agency partnership working
- Experience of attending multiagency safeguarding meetings.
- Experience of delivering supervision to staff or students with a sound knowledge of supervision models.
- Evidence of skills in assessing and interpreting complex safeguarding needs of patients/clients
- Experience of completing reports, care plans and risk assessments.
- Demonstrates strong team player attributes, working collaboratively with colleagues from diverse disciplines to ensure the best outcomes for vulnerable individuals.
- Is approachable, friendly, and committed to fostering a positive team environment.
- Maintains a non-judgmental attitude, ensuring all individuals are treated with respect, dignity, and empathy, regardless of background or circumstances and upholds high standards of personal and professional integrity.
- Evidence of recent community practitioner experience
- Mental health experience, or interest
- Previous safeguarding experience
- Experience of working within a CAMHS setting or with CAMHS patients, families and carers
- Experience of presenting complex, or highly sensitive information to a diverse and large audience
- Registered Professional on Part 1 of the NMC Register (Nursing and Midwifery Council), or relevant qualifications as a Midwife, Allied health professional or social worker with relevant and current professional registration.
- Degree level qualification or Equivalent
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Evidence of Specialist specific safeguarding training and experience.
- Registered Health Visitor/Public health nurse.
- Mental health qualification
- Teaching and assessment qualification.
- Master's Level study or working towards.
- Accredited safeguarding supervision training
- Evidence of significant experience relating to safeguarding adults and / or children using a family approach.
- Have sound clinical background and relevant post qualification experience.
- Experience of inter-agency partnership working
- Experience of attending multiagency safeguarding meetings.
- Experience of delivering supervision to staff or students with a sound knowledge of supervision models.
- Evidence of skills in assessing and interpreting complex safeguarding needs of patients/clients
- Experience of completing reports, care plans and risk assessments.
- Demonstrates strong team player attributes, working collaboratively with colleagues from diverse disciplines to ensure the best outcomes for vulnerable individuals.
- Is approachable, friendly, and committed to fostering a positive team environment.
- Maintains a non-judgmental attitude, ensuring all individuals are treated with respect, dignity, and empathy, regardless of background or circumstances and upholds high standards of personal and professional integrity.
- Evidence of recent community practitioner experience
- Mental health experience, or interest
- Previous safeguarding experience
- Experience of working within a CAMHS setting or with CAMHS patients, families and carers
- Experience of presenting complex, or highly sensitive information to a diverse and large audience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Safeguarding Specialist Nurse/Practitioner
The closing date is 04 October 2026
Job summary
The Safeguarding Specialist Nurse/Practitioner will be part of a service dedicated to supporting and promoting the welfare of children and adults. The role involves assisting the Named Nurse/Professional to embed a Family Approach towards safeguarding across Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare (the Trust) for Specialist Services to include community CAMHS, inpatient CAMHS and Adults Forensic units across the Trust being based in a hub within Safeguarding Support Team. There will also be a requirement to provide generic safeguarding support as part of the Safeguarding Support Team. The post holder will actively contribute to family approach, safeguarding training across the Trust, preparing and delivering training sessions for staff groups across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will also work in the multiagency arena supporting and working with the Named Nurse/Professional as required in the completion of safeguarding reviews, internal and external, including Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (CSPR), Domestic Abuse Related Death Review (DARDR), Adult Safeguarding Reviews.
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