This is an exciting time to join our safeguarding team. We work Trust wide supporting practitioners working with safeguarding adults. The post holder will be responsible for supporting practitioners in an identified locality, in addition to supporting safeguarding colleagues Trust wide.
About you
As an ideal candidate, you will be forward-thinking, innovative, and looking to further develop your career in the safeguarding arena. Experience of working within mental health and learning disabilities is desirable.
We are seeking people with a passion for safeguarding for the following roles:
Senior Practitioners for Safeguarding Adults (Band 7)
You will have a proven track record in safeguarding and be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge and skills relevant to safeguarding and able to apply the relevant legal framework. A professional qualification in health and social care is essential.
You will be operating as a lead practitioner for safeguarding within a defined geographical area and will have a thematic Trust wide lead for a specific area of safeguarding practice, e.g., modern slavery or self-neglect.
Main duties of the job
1. Working Trust wide supporting AWP practitioners with management of safeguarding concerns affecting their service users.
2. Taking the lead for safeguarding arrangements in the locality including completing multi-agency audits and writing IMRs for safeguarding adult reviews.
3. Support practitioners with safeguarding meetings and multi-agency strategy discussions.
4. Safeguarding team provide support in relation to safeguarding adults, safeguarding children, domestic abuse, MAPPA and PREVENT.
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire, and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP, we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Working Trust wide supporting AWP practitioners with management of safeguarding concerns affecting their service users.
2. Taking the lead for safeguarding arrangements in the locality including completing multi-agency audits and writing IMRs for safeguarding adult reviews.
3. Support practitioners with safeguarding meetings and multi-agency strategy discussions.
4. Safeguarding team provide support in relation to safeguarding adults, safeguarding children, domestic abuse, MAPPA, and PREVENT.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse
Experience
Essential
* Advanced/expert understanding/application of relevant practice/standards/audit in relation to Safeguarding Children
* Substantial clinical experience in a specialist safeguarding children role
* Management experience in a specialist safeguarding children role
Knowledge
Essential
* Detailed and up-to-date knowledge of policies, statutory regulations, and guidance relating to safeguarding vulnerable people, especially children and young adults, and a working knowledge of guidance relating to safeguarding adults at risk.
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Blackberry Hill Hospital/Callington Road Hospital, Bristol, BS16 2EW
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