3547 - Named Midwife for Safeguarding Children

Haringey GP Federation; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier healthcare organization in Barnsley seeks an experienced Named Midwife for Safeguarding to ensure the best safeguarding practices for vulnerable women, children, and families. This pivotal role includes providing expert advice, training staff, and collaborating with various agencies. You will lead safeguarding initiatives and contribute to policy development, ensuring compliance with statutory guidelines. The role offers significant opportunities for professional growth and aims to make a meaningful difference in the community's safety and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with active NMC Registration required.
• Significant experience in safeguarding children within maternity services.
• Experience in multi-agency working and delivering training.

Responsibilities

• Lead on safeguarding within maternity services, ensuring compliance.
• Provide specialist advice on safeguarding concerns.
• Design and evaluate safeguarding training programs for staff.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to deliver safeguarding training

Ability to establish effective relationships

Ability to work under pressure

Leadership skills

Education

Registered Midwife

Training/teaching qualification

Masters in Child Protection

Job description

We are seeking an experienced andmotivated midwife to join our Safeguarding Team as the Named Midwife forSafeguarding. This is a pivotal role ensuring the highest standards ofsafeguarding practice for women, children, and families.

As the Named Midwife forSafeguarding, you will:

Provide expert advice, training, supervision, and leadership to maternity staff to ensure vulnerable pregnantwomen, babies, and families receive high-quality, evidence-based protection from harm.

Work closely with other professionals and agencies to develop policies, monitor care, and ensure statutory duties are met, with a particular focus on domestic abuse, substance misuse, and complex needs. Act as a key safeguarding lead within maternity services, supporting staff in managing complex cases and promoting a Think Family approach.

You will be part of a supportive safeguarding team committed to continuous improvement and innovation. This role offers opportunities for professional development and the chance to make a real difference to the safety and wellbeing of families in our care.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities include

• Safeguarding Leadership: Act as the lead professional for safeguarding within maternity services, ensuring compliance with statutory guidance, NHS England standards, and local safeguarding policies.
• Expert Advice & Support: Provide specialist advice to midwives and the wider multidisciplinary team on safeguarding concerns, including child protection, domestic abuse, and vulnerable adults.
• Multi-Agency Collaboration: Work closely with social care, police, health visitors, and other agencies to promote a ThinkFamily approach.
• Case Management: Participate in and contribute to serious case reviews, domestic homicide reviews, and safeguarding audits.
• Training & Development: Design, deliver, and evaluate safeguarding training programmes for maternity staff.
• Supervision: Provide safeguarding supervision to midwives and other staff, supporting reflective practice and professional development.
• Policy & Governance: Assist in developing and reviewing safeguarding policies, procedures, and guidelines within maternity services.
• Data & Reporting: Maintain accurate safeguarding records and produce reports for internal governance and external agencies as required.
• Quality Improvement: Lead on audits and quality improvement initiatives related to safeguarding, ensuring continuous improvement in practice.
• Escalation & Risk Management: Act as the point of escalation for complex safeguarding cases and ensure timely risk assessments and action planning.

About us

We reserve the right to close positions early

BarnsleyHospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust, currently rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives, including our ambition to be the best Place to Work.

We scored best in the country in the most recent NHS Staff Survey for teamwork, compassionate leadership, and supporting work/life balance. In 2024's survey, the Trust also scored above average in every theme of the NHS People Promise the promise NHS colleagues make to each other to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone.

We are proud of the commitment of our colleagues to ensuring a strong and sustainable future and our organisation is highly valued by our local communities.

There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation.

BarnsleyHospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants.

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert to check your eligibility, please note that band 2 and 3 entry roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will only be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

Job responsibilities

Job Description for NamedMidwife Safeguarding Children

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Supporting Documents

Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.

Person Specification

Trust Values

• In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
• In around 100 words please describe what motivates you to do a good job.

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate with a range of people including staff, other professionals, service users and parents/carers.
• Ability and skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff internal and external to the organisation i.e. partner agencies.
• Able to confidently deliver safeguarding training.
• Able to undertake audits.
• Able to work independently, organise workload, prioritise, and demonstrate initiative.
• Will have the skills and ability to be able to analyse information and make decisions in stressful and complex situations.
• Ability to prioritise and move from one task to another at short notice.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Ability to offer constructive challenge and escalated concerns where appropriate.
• Ability to lead a small team.

Experience

• Significant experience of working at a senior level.
• Significant experience of working to safeguard children in maternity services.
• Experience of planning, delivering, and designing training.
• Experience of multi-agency working at a senior level.
• Experience in undertaking audits, collating data and analysing findings.
• Experience of developing or contributing to policy, procedure or guidance.
• Experience of managing investigations, including root cause analysis.
• Experience of making/ leading improvements in service delivery.
• Experience of facilitating and supporting change in practice delivery.
• Experience of offering specialist advice and support to staff.
• Experience of delivering safeguarding supervision.
• Experience of preparing reports and statements for case conferences and court statements.
• Experience of escalating concerns and making professional challenge.
• Experience of producing annual reports.
• Experience of representing an organisation at subgroups of the safeguarding board.
• Experience of undertaking serious case reviews or contributing towards them.
• Experience of working as a Named Midwife.
• Experience of dealing with the child death, rapid response process.
• Experience of horizon scanning and implementing changes to practice based on local or national drivers.
• Experience of the MARAC process.

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Midwife (Active NMC Registration) and hold one of the following qualifications:
• Training/teaching qualification.
• Masters in Child Protection or be working towards this.
• Undertaken supervision training equivalent to the NSPCC safeguarding supervision skills course.

Knowledge and Awareness

• Principles underpinning effective child protection practice.
• A good level of knowledge of the national and local safeguarding agenda including relevant policy, procedures, practice legislation and developments.
• Knowledge of current research findings and evidenced based practice.
• A thorough understanding of policy and issues relating to data protection, confidentiality and information sharing.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.