Safeguarding Administration Coordinator and Minute Taker
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Our Safeguarding Administration Coordinator and Minute Taker will take a lead role in the co-ordination and arrangement of administrative functions relating to Safeguarding Adults. In particular, they will be responsible for ensuring safeguarding meetings are arranged and that a safeguarding administrator is available to minute take at meetings.
There will therefore be a supervisory responsibility towards other members of the safeguarding administration team in supporting these arrangements. They will also be required to provide a wide range of administrative support for the Safeguarding Adults Team and Community Health and Social Care Teams in safeguarding administration.
High levels of concentration and communication skills are required as well as use of initiative in problem solving. They will be required to work across a number of locations within Torbay and be the primary person in arranging and minute taking at Whole Home/ Large Scale Safeguarding Adult Meetings.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide formal and informal support and supervision to other Safeguarding Adult Team Administrators.
* Take a lead role for the coordination of the Safeguarding MCA DOLS Administration team in ensuring safeguarding meetings are arranged and ensure there are minute takers available to support safeguarding meetings.
* Escalate any concerns in meeting timescales to the appropriate Health and Social Care Lead and engage with the Lead to try and problem solve.
* Take a lead role in ensuring recording systems within the safeguarding team meet data protection requirements.
* Organise and minute take Whole Home / Large Scale Safeguarding Adults Meetings ensuring minutes are produced in a timely manner.
* Minute take at safeguarding adult meetings and prepare minutes of meetings within 5 working days.
* Promote effective working relationships between minute taker and chair for the team and the zones.
* Provide mentoring and training support to all administrators who undertake safeguarding adults minute taking in producing clear and accurate minutes.
Why Work With Us
The Safeguarding Team is an experienced multidisciplinary team consisting of nurses, social workers, and administrators who are passionate about protecting people from abuse, neglect, and human rights breaches. As a progressive team and a point of contact for raising concerns, we provide support, knowledge, and experience across a plethora of communities, multi-agency teams, and external partners.
The post of Safeguarding Administration Coordinator and Minute Taker is a vital role in ensuring the smooth coordination of the team and ensuring that day-to-day activity is allocated and organised. In addition to supervising the administrative team, the post holder will also support the role of Associate Director of Social Work and Professional Practice Head of Safeguarding Adults.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Deborrah Kelly, Job title: Deputy Head of Safeguarding Adults, Email address: Deborrah.kelly@nhs.net, Telephone number: 01803-219831.
Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
Employment Type
Full-time
Job Function
Administrative
Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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