Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Band 7 Specialist Nurse to join the South Gloucestershire Children's Safeguarding team. The role involves offering safeguarding supervision and support, delivering integrated safeguarding training, and participating in child protection strategies. You will work in partnership with Sirona practitioners to provide safeguarding services to children, young people, and families. The team is expanding to support social care reforms and the introduction of MACPT.
Essential criteria
- Experience of line management or experience in a coordinator role
- Experience working with children and families where child safeguarding has been a significant feature
- Experience of team working and the factors that make teamwork effective together with knowledge of primary care services
- Experience of developing and /or delivering training/presentations
- Experience of inter-agency partnership working
- Recent experience of engagement with the child protection supervision process
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Midwifery or sexual health
- Qualifications and Training
- Registered Sick Children's Nurse / Registered General Nurse / Midwife or School Health Nurse
- Educated to degree level
- Evidence of continuing professional development related to child protection through attendance at short courses
- Ability to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Enhanced DBS disclosure
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
- Supervision Qualification
- Teaching or Training Qualification e.g. ENB 998 /997, City & Guilds / experience of developing / delivering training to professional groups
- Skills, Experience and Knowledge
- Experience of line management or experience in a coordinator role
- Experience working with children and families where child safeguarding has been a significant feature
- Experience of team working and the factors that make teamwork effective together with knowledge of primary care services
- Experience of developing and /or delivering training/presentations
- Experience of inter-agency partnership working
- Recent experience of engagement with the child protection supervision process
- Experience of Midwifery or sexual health
- Qualifications and Training
- Registered Sick Children's Nurse / Registered General Nurse / Midwife or School Health Nurse
- Educated to degree level
- Evidence of continuing professional development related to child protection through attendance at short courses
- Ability to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Enhanced DBS disclosure
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse
- Supervision Qualification
- Teaching or Training Qualification e.g. ENB 998 /997, City & Guilds / experience of developing / delivering training to professional groups
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.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Sirona care & health CIC
Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated practitioner to join the South Gloucestershire Children's Safeguarding team, as a Band 7 Specialist Nurse for Safeguarding Children.
This opportunity has risen due to the team expanding to support the Social care reforms and the introduction of MACPT. This is a varied role, which includes, offering safeguarding supervision and support, delivering integrated Safeguarding training as well as involvement in Child Protection strategies and contribution to MASH, MACPT, MARAC. We work in partnership with Sirona practitioners, supporting them to provide a safeguarding service to the children, young people, and families they work with.
If you are a highly motivated individual who enjoys a fast paced environment and is passionate about safeguarding babies, children and young people we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- To facilitate and embed reflective and restorative supervision to all staff and create a culture where practitioners know how to safeguard and protect children.
- To provide line management, supervision and support to team members e.g. ensuring 1:1s, PDR and staff well-being.
- Actively participate within multiagency safeguarding processes such as MA
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