The Cheshire West Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults is a key leadership post in the local safeguarding partnership which forms part of Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board. The primary function of the role is to ensure our Integrated Care Board discharges their full responsibilities for safeguarding adults in this local authority footprint.
The post holder is based in the geographical location of Cheshire West and works as a lead partner alongside local authority and police colleagues. The Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults has strategic oversight for health safeguarding duties in Cheshire West and a relentless focus on continuous improvement of the adult safeguarding arrangements within the local partnership .
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate skill and expertise in safeguarding adults. The Designated Professional for Adult Safeguarding is a clinical expert and a strategic leader who provides a vital source of safeguarding advice and support and direction to colleagues across the local partnership.
Provides professional leadership with regards to Adult Safeguarding, acting as a role model across health services in Cheshire West.
Acts as a Clinical Leader on adult safeguarding for and on behalf of the ICB, advising the Cheshire West Associate Director of Quality and Safety Improvement and Partnership colleagues on any recommendations for change.
Undertakes Adult Individual Management Review for Safeguarding Adults Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews in conjunction with the Named GP on behalf of Cheshire and Merseyside ICB reporting to the Associate Director of Quality and Safety Improvement in Cheshire West.
Develops and implements all appropriate strategies, policies, cross partnership co-ordination and programme development in relation to adult safeguarding.
Reviews and evaluates strategies, policies and services relating to adult safeguarding. This includes analysis of changes in Government legislation and policy guidance; consideration of advice, analysis, and good practice from "think tanks" and research bodies, government associations, lobby groups etc.
Recommends changes in policy to the Associate Director of Quality and Safety Improvement, the ICB and Senior Leadership Team as required.
Ensures that the ICB's adult safeguarding strategy, policies and procedures are implemented and delivered in accordance with good equalities and diversity practice.
CheshireandMerseysideIntegratedCareSystem(ICS)isahighlycomplexorganisationservingapopulationofover2.5millionpeopleacross9Places(BoroughsincludinglocalAuthorities),17NHSProviderorganisations, 51Primary Care NetworksplusNorthWestAmbulanceserviceaswellasthirdsectorandvoluntaryorganisations.CheshireandMerseysideisthethirdlargestICSinthecountry. Fromademographicperspective,therearesomerealchallengeswithinCheshireandMerseyside.33%ofthepopulationofCheshireandMerseysideliveinthemostdeprived20%ofneighbourhoodsinEngland.Inaddition,thepopulationoverallsuffersfromsomeofthepooresthealthoutcomesinEngland.Thepostholderwillbebasedin thegeographicallocation ofCheshire East and WestandwillworkcloselywiththeDesignatedProfessionalsforSafeguardingAdultsacross NHSCheshire&MerseysideICSas part ofa widerenthusiasticanddedicatedsafeguardingteam.The postholderwillprovideakeyleadershiproleforSafeguardingAdultsacrossthe HealthEconomyandSafeguardingPartnershipandwillbeessentialinensuringthat theIntegratedCareBoard(ICB)fulfilstheirstatutorysafeguardingduties.ThesuccessfulcandidatewillbeabletodemonstrateskillandexpertiseinSafeguardingAdults.
As part of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside safeguarding function, the Designated Professional Safeguarding Adults will fulfil the following key functions:
• Strategic oversight for health safeguarding in Cheshire West Place.
• Demonstrate expertise and be embedded in the clinical decision-making of the organization alongside the Local Authority
• Work within local health economies to influence local thinking and practice and the capacity to do so.
• Support the Safeguarding Adults agenda across and on behalf of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside.
• Support the wider adults at risk agenda, relating to people who do not meet Care Act eligibility for safeguarding, in terms of advising commissioners, stakeholders and partners around pathways and initiatives for long term prevention strategies and risk management for groups of high-risk service users, such as those who are homeless, self-neglect and frequently use services.
• Work closely with members of the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB Safeguarding Teams across neighbouring Places, to share learning, provide sharing of best practice and peer supervision
• Be responsible for developing the evidence base and performance information to support the Cheshire West Place Associate Director of Quality and Safety Improvement to provide assurance to the ICB Quality & Performance Committee that NHS commissioned services are discharging their safeguarding responsibilities effectively.
• Work as part of and in conjunction with the wider Quality and Safety Team to ensure that services are safe, risks are reduced, assurances are received, and prevention is key where adults at risk access services.
• Continually ensure improvements in quality and arrangements for safeguarding adults at risk, in partnership with a range of agencies and services.
• Enabling and ensuring that the ICB complies with the statutory legislation and guidance that underpins Safeguarding Adults.
Provide input to system oversight for safeguarding when there are serious safeguarding concerns.
• Responsible for providing expertise, professional leadership, advice, support, and expert guidance in respect of safeguarding, adults, Domestic Abuse, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards / Liberty Protection Safeguards, knife crime, modern slavery and the Prevent agenda to the Cheshire West health economy. In particular within NHS and independent hospitals, residential and nursing care home settings, General Practice, as well as throughout community settings and will work closely with the relevant Local Authorities at place to seek assurance that the protection of adults at risk of abuse is achieved.
• Work with providers of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB commissioned services to ensure that adults at risk are safe and supporting the development and implementation of a cohesive, organisation wide adult safeguarding strategy which reflects national policy, local guidance, and best practice.
• Communicate and provide highly complex information regarding safeguarding across the health economy to a range of internal and external stakeholders, including presenting highly complex information about projects, initiatives, and services to a formal setting such as the Adult Safeguarding Boards.
• Work with Local Safeguarding Adults Boards to ensure communication and governance processes are in place between the ICB and Local Authorities
• Ensure all services commissioned to deliver NHS funded care provide a comprehensive service to safeguard adults at risk, through provision of informed and evidence-based advice and training and through supervision services for all professional disciplines across Cheshire West Place.
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Feb 2025