Advanced Practitioner

Medirest Signature; Stone; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity within the Staffordshire Adult Safeguarding Team for a qualified Social Worker or Nurse to assess safeguarding concerns and collaborate with partner agencies. Join a supportive work environment focused on improving outcomes for adults at risk, offering learning opportunities and hybrid working options.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Regular supervision

Qualifications

• Registered Social Worker or Nurse with sound knowledge of safeguarding legislation.
• Ability to work autonomously and be a team player.
• Strong commitment to improving safeguarding outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assess adult safeguarding concerns and make threshold decisions.
• Liaise with agencies to gather and share information effectively.
• Support and manage a team of Safeguarding Assistants.

Skills

Knowledge of safeguarding legislation

Liaison with partner agencies

Prioritization and workload management

Commitment to safeguarding outcomes

Teamwork and collaboration

Education

Registered Social Worker or Nurse

Job description

Are you looking for a new challenge where you can provide remarkable care and service?

We have an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and forward-thinking Staffordshire Adult Safeguarding Team (SAST) based within the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) in Staffordshire.

Our team receive all adult safeguarding concerns that occur within Staffordshire and we have a responsibility for determining the next steps with the support from our partner agencies under Section 42 of the Care Act (2014). Those decisions that meet the Local Authority's duties to make enquiries are then passed to relevant teams to complete further enquiries. Those decisions that do not reach Statutory threshold are effectively signposted to other agencies for support.

Main Responsibilities

In this role you'll:

• Ensure adult safeguarding concerns are risk assessed, and a threshold decision made ensuring that the principles of the Care Actare followed
• Effectively liaise with partner agencies, Adults and their representatives to ensure that information is gathered and shared appropriately, including initiating and leading on strategy discussions.
• Contributeto the operational functioning of the team, for example the monitoring of demand and resource, identifying, contributing and striving to improve the quality of work produced.
• Support the day-to-day management of a team of Safeguarding Assistants who carry out necessary research into concerns to assist the risk assessment of referrals.

The Ideal Candidate

For this role you need to be a registered Social Worker or Nurse with:

• A sound knowledge of safeguarding legislation and guidance including The Care Act (2014) and the Mental Capacity Act (2005)
• A good workingknowledge of adult social care and the role ofstatutory and non-statutory partners across Staffordshire
• A passion and commitment to working with other agencies to achieve the bestpossible outcomerelatingto adults with care and support needs who are at risk of abuse or neglect.
• The ability to work autonomously as well as being an excellent team member.
• A Passion and drive to improve safeguarding and social care outcomes for people we work with.
• The ability to prioritise your workload as well as being flexible to meet demands of a high-pressured service.

We offer learning and development opportunities as well as regular supervision in a very supportive and friendly environment.

There are 3 x full time posts available, however a Job Share will be considered for the right candidates.

You will be required to have some office presence working closely with partners but will also have an element of home working.

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 July.

For an informal discussion about the role, please feel free to contact Sarah Braithwaite Safeguarding Team Leader on 01785 278835 or Craig Cassells Safeguarding Practice Lead 01785 89521 or Kate Barnbrook- Practice Lead on 01785 895153.

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you'll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a GoldAward Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as yourapplication meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you'll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that's why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.