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•  Explain clearly, and with sound rationale, health information relating to complex safeguarding children issues to other MASH professionals.
•  To offer healthy child service specific safeguarding advice and expertise to the MASH team and partner agencies. 
• To facilitate the timely exchange of relevant health information using professional analysis to inform safeguarding assessments and decision making in accordance with information sharing guidelines.
• To provide case specific consultation and advice in relation to health needs for Children’s Social Care team. 
• Contribute to the MASH Performance Framework by assisting in the evaluation and analysis of the Healthy Child Service contribution to the MASH process
• To ensure timely and appropriate information sharing between MARAC team and Healthy Child Service regarding Police high risk domestic incidents.
• To signpost partner agencies within MASH to appropriate relevant health staff within the health system.
• To contribute towards the quarterly report to CCS and the CCG as requested by the CCS Named Nurse via the normal reporting route.
• Review gather and analyse available health information identifying any additional health agencies involved in the child’s care. 
• To actively participate, share health information and contribute to decision making, analysing highly complex information to appropriately inform strategy meetings and risk assessments within the MASH
• To ensure relevant information and outcomes of strategy meetings/discussions in the MASH are shared back into Systm1 and where relevant, the named health practitioner is notified in a timely manner of MASH contact, activity and outcome of discussion. 
• Ensure the CCS Named Professional is aware of serious cases/incidents or concerns involving CCS, to ensure continued health contribution in the development of the MASH.
• To ensure named professional is aware of concerns regarding practice to be considered for discussion with the provider organisation or directly with the CCG in the case of primary care.
•  Contribute to the evaluation of MASH processes from a healthy child service perspective to ensure safe and appropriate information sharing within the MASH and across the wider health economy. 
• To contribute where required to audits within MASH to aid development of the performance framework.
•  To contribute to the planning and facilitate the delivery of training and learning events.
• To maintain high standards of record keeping and documentation on cases where information has been shared.
• The post holder will access safeguarding and clinical supervision from within CCS Safeguarding Children Team and as per the CCS Safeguarding Supervision policy.
• The post holder is expected to work in collaboration with multi-agency partners to promote effective information sharing and assessment to contribute to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.
• To maintain a working knowledge and understanding of the healthy child service by attending a monthly locality meeting and undertaking a working day once every 6-8 weeks within the healthy child service.
• To maintain knowledge and expertise on local and national policy in relation to safeguarding children.
• Ensures that own personal and professional development maintains a high level of expertise in relation to safeguarding children.  

Communication 

• To establish good working relationships and work collaboratively with social care, Police and other partner agencies, promoting effective safe communication networks.
• Communicate effectively in case and strategy discussions to inform decision making regarding thresholds and risk. 
• Contribute to the safe and effective running of MASH health ensuring timely and effective communication with the wider safeguarding team, utilising resources efficiently.
• Ability to recognise when professional challenge is required and escalate concerns in line with the resolving professional disagreements guidance, ensuring a clear focus of the risk to the child/children is maintained.

People Management

• Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and management supervision.
• To provide daily leadership to the MASH health team ensuring effective coordination of workload and facilitation of visiting staff.

Clinical and Practice Governance

• Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
• Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies.  
• The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes.
• The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures.
• It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with the NMC and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration.
• Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust.
• The post holder must participate in clinical and other audits as required.
• Participate in regular safeguarding supervision.
• The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team.