Safeguarding Children Advisor | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicatedSafeguarding Children Advisorto join our team. In this vital role, you will be responsible for ensuring the organisation meets its safeguarding obligations, advising on safeguarding best practices, and supporting staff in handling complex safeguarding situations in a confident and informed manner. As the Safeguarding Children Advisor, you will respond effectively to safeguarding concerns while championing best practices and promoting inclusion for individuals with mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity across all our service lines both community and inpatient.

We can offer working in a supportive, dynamic team with opportunities to develop safeguarding knowledge and skills and further your career in safeguarding. We are looking for an individual who is passionate, enthusiastic and highly motivated to ensure the safeguarding obligations are met within a busy mental health trust.

This role involves leading and supporting high-quality safeguarding practice across the Trust, ensuring staff are equipped to identify and respond to risks to children and young people. Working closely with safeguarding leads, the post holder will provide expert advice, contribute to the management of complex cases, and collaborate with partner agencies to ensure effective, coordinated responses.

The role also focuses on improving standards through training, audits, and implementing learning from reviews, while contributing to reporting and governance processes. It requires strong safeguarding expertise, excellent communication and influencing skills, sound judgement under pressure, and the ability to build effective working relationships. The ideal candidate will be organised, resilient, and able to work both independently and as part of a team to drive continuous improvement in safeguarding practice.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

About our location

This post will be based at Springfield Hospital

Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

· To work in close collaboration with Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children & other Safeguarding Leads to ensure that promote safe, effective, person centred safeguarding practices across the Trust, including assurance that duties are met in accordance with Children Act 1989, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026, Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and Care Act 2014.

· To support Trust Executive Safeguarding Meeting to meet all statutory, mandatory and best practice standards in conjunction with Safeguarding Leads.

· To support Trust Named Nurse/Safeguarding Leads with audits and training.

· To support Quality Improvement initiatives and service developments in relation to safeguarding children.

· To contribute to internal and external assurance reports.

· To provide Trust wide specialist advice, training and support service regarding safeguarding children.

· Contribute to management of high-risk cases through Virtual Risk Team and other multi-agency panels where safeguarding has been identified as contributory factor.

· To provide specialist safeguarding children advice across partner agencies.

· To be able to work both autonomously and under guidance to agreed deadlines.

· To deputise for the Trust Safeguarding Leads as appropriate.

This advert closes on Thursday 21 May 2026