All health care staff need education, support, and leadership, both locally and nationally, to fulfil their duties to meet the safeguarding needs of children and young people.
The role description below should be read in conjunction with levels 4 and 5 competencies. Significant expertise, knowledge and skills related to health and outcomes for safeguarding is a pre-requisite for senior posts.
It should be acknowledged that it would be very difficult to accurately data capture time spent in these multifaceted leadership roles. The principles of responsibility and accountability are not restricted to outcome data and model job roles cannot be too prescriptive. Statutory duties must be met. Each health system area of practice must have senior leadership in place as safeguarding children and young people and children and young people in care are integral in general population health needs. Considering a public health approach and long-term planning every intervention for these cohorts of children and young people are also influencing what happens to the adult population of the future and cannot be quantified.