Specialist Safeguarding Nurse for Integrated Front Door (IFD)

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Specialist Safeguarding Nurse for Integrated Front Door (IFD)

The closing date is 10 March 2026

We are looking for a dedicated and proactive individual to join our Safeguarding team as an Integrated Front Door (IFD Nurse). The successful candidate will work as part of a dynamic multi-agency team, assessing notifications and referrals regarding children aged 0-18 in the IFD within Cheshire East children's services. This vital role plays a key part in ensuring the health needs of children and young people are identified, represented, and shared during multi-agency discussions and assessments.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic, child-focused team, driving forward safeguarding excellence across Cheshire East.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of a co-located multi-agency team including police officers, social workers, and others.

The post holder will be required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders and specifically health professionals from a wide range of services and disciplines.

Through liaison and dialogue identify and collate the relevant health information to add to the assessment for early help provision and also contribute to the multi-agency risk assessment in relation to safeguarding decisions.

Record, interpret and present health information and issues that can impact on the risk or needs assessment of child/children from a range of health perspectives.

Explain clearly, and with sound rationale, highly complex safeguarding children information, to a wide range of professionals.

Participate in the IFD multi-agency risk assessment to inform the case management, advising where necessary and challenging decisions when appropriate.

About us

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas.

As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust's policies, at all times.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information regarding this role.

Person Specification Qualifications and professional training

• Registered Nurse
• Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse or RSCN
• NSPCC safeguarding supervision Training or Equivalent
• Post graduate qualification in leadership or equivalent experience
• Post graduate qualification in a safeguarding relating subject such as supervision
• Post graduate qualification in safeguarding related subject

Experience and knowledge

• Post registration experience as Health Visitor, School Nurse or RSCN, with significant experience of Safeguarding Children processes
• Experience of providing supervision to staff
• Sound working knowledge of Community Health Care provision
• Sound working knowledge of the legislative framework underpinning children's health provision and safeguarding children
• Ability to demonstrate appropriate assessment of needs of children and interventions required to safeguard children
• Effective inter-personal skills in order to work with and liaise effectively with health staff and personnel from other agencies
• Ability to prioritise workload and sound personal organisational skills
• Ability to produce clear and concise written reports as required
• Effective presentation, facilitation and teaching skills
• Able to give sound advice on working with vulnerable children based on in-depth knowledge
• Ability to make sound judgements regarding the welfare of children, demonstrating confidence in professional view and analysis
• Ability to plan interagency interventions for children and families
• Ability to manage potentially hostile, antagonistic or highly emotive atmospheres, disseminating unwelcome information in a sensitive manner
• Able to undertake responsibility for service developments
• Experience of offering training to colleagues

Skills and attributes

• Excellent inter-personal skills including negotiation, influencing and presentation skills
• Excellent leadership skills
• Ability to influence, motivate and negotiate with others
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to understand and analysis complex data
• Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care with a detailed understanding of safeguarding policy context
• Self-management and motivation skills
• Confidence to challenge traditional practice and persistence to address difficult issues
• IT literate
• Flexibility in work patterns
• Ability to balance work/home life
• Able to travel between sites

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.

Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum (pro rata)