Band 7 Senior Practitioner- Safeguarding Adults - Bath

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a Senior Practitioner for Safeguarding Adults to lead safeguarding efforts within a specific locality. The ideal candidate will possess extensive safeguarding knowledge and a professional qualification in health and social care. This role involves supporting AWP practitioners and managing multi-agency collaboration concerning safeguarding issues.

Qualifications

• Experience working with mental health and learning disabilities is desirable.
• Proven track record in safeguarding.
• Extensive knowledge of relevant legal frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Support AWP practitioners managing safeguarding concerns.
• Lead safeguarding arrangements in the locality.
• Complete multi-agency audits and write IMRs for reviews.

Skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Innovation

Leadership

Education

Professional Qualification in health and social care

Job description

Job overview

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.

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 eg modern slavery or self-neglect.

Main duties of the job

-Working Trust wide supporting AWP practitioners with management of safeguarding concerns affecting their service users.

-Taking the lead for safeguarding arrangements in the locality including completing multi-agency audits and writing IMRs for safeguarding adult reviews etc...

-Support practitioners with safeguarding meetings and multi-agency strategy discussions.

-Safeguarding team provide support in relation to: safeguarding adults, safeguarding children, domestic abuse, MAPPA and PREVENT.