Multi-Agency: Safeguarding Hub (MASH) Named Health Professional for Safeguarding Children - Band 7
Based with MASH Team at Friargate House, Coventry
An exciting opportunity for a Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) health practitioner in Coventry has arisen. The post holder will work in a dynamic team and hold a senior position with a key role in the day-to-day running of the MASH. The applicant needs experience collating information from a wide range of systems including mental health, learning disabilities, autism, and universal services. As a key clinician in the MASH, you will be responsible for analysing and interpreting health information about the risk of significant harm to children and families. You will contribute to multi-agency decision-making to safeguard and protect children. You will have expertise in working with child safeguarding issues and experience in working with multi-agency and multidisciplinary colleagues to inform decisions.
This post holder will need to have a good knowledge of reflective practice and be able to demonstrate this to support themselves and others.
Main Duties of the Job
The main duties are to manage and analyse highly complex information to appropriately inform strategy meetings and risk assessments within the MASH. This will involve ensuring that information is collated, recorded, and disseminated promptly and participating in MASH management meetings to ensure continued health contribution to the development of the MASH function. To highlight concerns regarding practice to the appropriate Lead Named Professional within the provider organisation. To maintain high standards of record keeping and documentation on cases where information has been shared.
About Us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability, and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire, and beyond. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. These include:
Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us. Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching, and mentoring. Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership, and more. Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants, and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes. Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline, and more. Staff networks and support groups. We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and respect.
Job Responsibilities
For the main description of The MASH Safeguarding Hub Named Health Professional for Safeguarding Children responsibilities, please read the job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential Registered Professional Educated to degree level/Professional Health Registration or experience in safeguarding/child protection.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential Excellent knowledge/skills in safeguarding children and young people. Evidence of continued professional development in safeguarding children to level 3 (Intercollegiate Guidance 2019). Understanding of the multi-agency roles involved with children & families / Think Family. Understanding of the wider healthcare environment and multidisciplinary roles. Sound knowledge of local and national legislation and policy, e.g., Children Act 1989, GDPR, Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023), Care Act 2014, Domestic Abuse Act 2021. Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to partners from a broad range of agencies, disciplines, and services. Ability to analyse very complex issues where the material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources. Able to challenge decisions and escalate in an articulate rational manner. Experience/skills in identifying and responding to Children who have been the victims of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA).
Other
Essential Able to travel for work purposes and have access to an independent means of transport.
Employer Details
Employer Name
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address
Wayside House
Wilsons Lane, Longford
Coventry
CV6 6NY
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr
An exciting opportunity for a Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) health practitioner in Coventry has arisen. The post holder will work in a dynamic team and hold a senior position with a key role in the day-to-day running of the MASH. The applicant needs experience collating information from a wide range of systems including mental health, learning disabilities, autism, and universal services. As a key clinician in the MASH, you will be responsible for analysing and interpreting health information about the risk of significant harm to children and families. You will contribute to multi-agency decision-making to safeguard and protect children. You will have expertise in working with child safeguarding issues and experience in working with multi-agency and multidisciplinary colleagues to inform decisions.
This post holder will need to have a good knowledge of reflective practice and be able to demonstrate this to support themselves and others.
Main Duties of the Job
The main duties are to manage and analyse highly complex information to appropriately inform strategy meetings and risk assessments within the MASH. This will involve ensuring that information is collated, recorded, and disseminated promptly and participating in MASH management meetings to ensure continued health contribution to the development of the MASH function. To highlight concerns regarding practice to the appropriate Lead Named Professional within the provider organisation. To maintain high standards of record keeping and documentation on cases where information has been shared.
About Us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability, and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire, and beyond. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. These include:
Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us. Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching, and mentoring. Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership, and more. Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants, and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes. Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline, and more. Staff networks and support groups. We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and respect.
Job Responsibilities
For the main description of The MASH Safeguarding Hub Named Health Professional for Safeguarding Children responsibilities, please read the job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential Registered Professional Educated to degree level/Professional Health Registration or experience in safeguarding/child protection.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential Excellent knowledge/skills in safeguarding children and young people. Evidence of continued professional development in safeguarding children to level 3 (Intercollegiate Guidance 2019). Understanding of the multi-agency roles involved with children & families / Think Family. Understanding of the wider healthcare environment and multidisciplinary roles. Sound knowledge of local and national legislation and policy, e.g., Children Act 1989, GDPR, Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023), Care Act 2014, Domestic Abuse Act 2021. Ability to prepare and produce concise yet insightful communications for dissemination to partners from a broad range of agencies, disciplines, and services. Ability to analyse very complex issues where the material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources. Able to challenge decisions and escalate in an articulate rational manner. Experience/skills in identifying and responding to Children who have been the victims of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA).
Other
Essential Able to travel for work purposes and have access to an independent means of transport.
Employer Details
Employer Name
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address
Wayside House
Wilsons Lane, Longford
Coventry
CV6 6NY
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr
