Clinical Safeguarding Specialist Job 2024 Full Time

Clinical Safeguarding Specialist | Full- Time, Remote

ABOUT US!

At Kooth, our mission is to create a welcoming space for effective personalized digital mental health care that is available to all. We do this by leveraging an early intervention model and theory of change that empowers young people (13-25 years old) to overcome challenges, unlock their full potential, and lead fulfilling lives. We’re not just a service; we’re a culture of care committed to inclusivity, innovation, and impact.

Our culture is driven by our values – Alongside You, Flexible, Compassionate, Committed, and Safe. These values are present in the work that we do, the environment in which we do it, and in the relationships we have with our service users, peers, and leaders. With Kooth, you will be a part of something bigger than yourself. We offer more than just a job. We offer you the chance to positively impact one of the greatest challenges of our time.

Kooth exists to positively impact the global mental health crisis. Are you ready to join our movement?

WHAT YOU WILL DO.

The Clinical Safeguarding Specialist is responsible for supporting the safeguarding and risk functions for Kooth Behavioral Health Services. Accountable for the delivery of strategic objectives that ensure that the Kooth offer is safe and in line with regulatory frameworks. Provide support and guidance for both Kooth staff as well as external stakeholders, including school based staff, health care providers, commissioners and emergency teams as required.

Main responsibilities:

Safeguarding and Risk:

• Completes daily tasks to ensure that relevant legislation regarding the safety of youth using the Kooth service is in line with relevant legislation as guided by the Director of Safeguarding.
• Contributes to the review of safeguarding processes, including risk management, risk reporting and risk prevention.
• Feeds into the risk register to ensure that safeguarding specific issues are picked up and appropriately understood in terms of cause, effect, and mitigation.
• Offers specialist advice to internal staff (within scope of expertise) on safeguarding and its applicability within youth behavioral health (including vulnerable adults).
• Contributes to the implementation of actions to mitigate identified safeguarding risks.
• Supports the development of all policies relating to safeguarding and works closely with colleagues in service delivery to help ensure that any guidance is implemented on the ground.
• Contributes to the on-call provision, ensuring that Practitioners are adequately supported in dealing with safeguarding risks.
• Supports the lessons learned process, by contributing to discussions and reviews as well as specific corrective actions following safeguarding incidents.

Behavioral Health:

• Remains up to date with relevant evidence-based practices in the behavioral health domain, generally and within digital health specifically.
• Contributes to the review of relevant policies to ensure that they remain in line with regulatory and best practice frameworks regarding any safeguarding elements.
• Provides direct support to relevant teams where there is a safeguarding element, including product, content, and service delivery; this could be through both formal and informal mechanisms as required.
• Conducts practice audits as appropriate to role as part of the overall governance function with a specific focus on the area of safety.

Stakeholder Management:

• Meets with key staff across the organization, as well as externally as advised by the Safeguarding Director, to ensure a clear understanding of the role of the safeguarding team and to provide assurances as required.
• Attend industry conferences and meetings, building relationships with key stakeholders and developing professional knowledge in the field of youth safeguarding within behavioral health.
• Supports the Safeguarding Director in a timely and accurate provision of relevant safeguarding activity to local commissioners and stakeholders in line with contract compliance requirements.

Training:

• Supports the training team by contributing to the learning and development program for Practitioners. This could be through a one-off session or through contributing to the training program on a regular basis as agreed.
• Ensures that any training regarding safeguarding and risk management is up to date with national and local policy. Actively seeks to develop new skills through shadowing the training of others and continuous professional development opportunities.

Analytics, Reporting & Insights:

• Supports the Safeguarding Director in collecting data in preparation for monthly reporting to demonstrate team activity, trends, and challenges.
• Uses insights from auditing, team support, and on call activities to feed into conversations regarding potential risks to service users, Practitioners, and the wider organization, as part of a proactive approach to quality improvement.
• Contributes to the incident reporting framework relating to practice by collecting relevant data required for reviews.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING.

Experience & Education:

• Masters Degree, Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health.
• 3+ years of experience managing risk in a relevant field, with demonstrable knowledge of regulatory frameworks/challenges in relation to youth behavioral health.
• Clinical license in a related field preferable but not essential.

WHAT YOU WILL GET!

Compensation: The base salary for this role will be approximately$75K – 85K annually based on experience.

Kooths Benefits:

• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits on day one
• Prescription drug coverage on day one
• Five weeks of accrued paid time off
• Eight paid holidays plus two, half-day holidays (Christmas Eve and New Years Eve)
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Equity award program for full-time employees vested after three years of service

Kooth provides equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.