0-19 Safeguarding Triage and Duty Lead

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and knowledgeable Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor or School Nurse) who has a passion for safeguarding, to have a 6 month secondment as a 0-19 Safeguarding Triage and Duty Lead.

This innovative Band 7 role focuses on providing leadership for safeguarding triage, duty and information sharing across the 0-19 pathway, ensuring children, young people and families receive timely, appropriate and effective safeguarding responses. Working closely with social care, health, education, and partner agencies, you will play a key role in identifying risk, supporting professional decision making and promoting the welfare of children, alongside leading on strategic change. The post holder will influence service development, represent the service within multi-agency forums and support the delivery of safeguarding priorities across the wider health and care system.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced practitioner with excellent safeguarding knowledge who is passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable children and young people and has a passion for service development.

Interview date is Wednesday 18th November 2026

Main duties of the job

Lead safeguarding triage and duty functions across the 0–19 Children’s Universal Health Service, providing expert risk assessment, professional judgement and oversight of complex safeguarding concerns. Act as the key operational link with Children’s Social Care and strengthen strategic partnerships across Health, Education, Maternity and other partner agencies.

Represent the service at multi-agency safeguarding forums, ensuring the child’s voice and health needs remain central. Lead the development of integrated safeguarding pathways, information-sharing arrangements, protocols and service improvements. Analyse safeguarding activity, themes and trends to inform strategy, audit and quality improvement, providing expert advice, reports and recommendations to senior managers and partnership forums.

The post has limited routine clinical work and does not hold a traditional Health Visiting or School Nursing caseload.

Working for our organisation

CNWL - Milton Keynes is committed to providing quality health & social care services, tailored to the needs of individuals, public & private organisations, delivered close to home. Our services are designed to increase well-being & provide opportunities for recovery. We want our employees to feel valued, challenged & supported.

Our commitment as an employer & in accordance with the NHS constitution is to provide you with:

• Buy & Sell Annual Leave
• An attractive pension scheme (including a tax-free lump sum on retirement and family benefits for dependants; ill health retirement benefits; and life assurance cover of twice your annual pay).
• Employee Assistance programme: a free and confidential service to help with personal life
• Physio Med: an education zone, advice line and treatment service for staff
• Staff Wellbeing Zone for free and confidential online health and wellbeing programmes
• The Recovery College: offers a range of health and wellbeing courses for staff
• A range of staff networks: The PRIDE@CNWL Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+) Network Disabled Employees Network
• Lived Experience of Mental Health Staff Network
• Carers at Work Network
• Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Network (BME)
• Discounts and savings at hundreds of retailers nationwide with My Trust Benefits
• Travel discounts
• Interest free season ticket loans

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see Job Description (JD) and Personal Specification (PS) for full details of the job requirements and responsibilities – please note the JD/PS is currently being evaluated and may be subject to change

Person specification

Education, Qualification & Training

Essential criteria

• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification, either Health Visiting or School Nursing with a current registration
• Safeguarding supervision supervisor qualification or willingness to attend training

Desirable criteria

• Additional safeguarding training or evidence of continuing professional development relevant to safeguarding

Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience of working with children, young people and families within a Health Visiting, School Nursing or 0-19 Public Health Nursing service
• Experience of managing complex, sensitive or distressing information

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in a safeguarding duty, triage or single point of access function

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

• Expert knowledge of safeguarding children legislation, guidance, thresholds and local procedures
• Expert knowledge of child development, public health, vulnerability, risk and protective factors
• Ability to recognise risk and support staff to escalate concerns appropriately

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Calm and confident when managing complex or sensitive safeguarding information
• Demonstrates professional curiosity and able to challenge practice