Band 7 Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner

Wigan Wrightington and Leigh Nhs Foundation Trust; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a dedicated Specialist Practitioner for their Safeguarding Adult Team. This full-time role offers the chance to work within a passionate team focused on protecting adults and families through a holistic approach. The successful candidate will engage closely with multi-professional teams, ensuring compliance with statutory safeguarding responsibilities. Join a supportive environment that values staff engagement and promotes a culture of safety and dignity for all patients. If you are committed to making a difference in safeguarding practices, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Employee Wellness Programs

Professional Development Opportunities

Flexible Working Hours

Pension Scheme

Annual Leave Entitlement

Qualifications

• Strong interest and commitment to safeguarding adults and families.
• Evidence of original qualifications required at interview.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and expert guidance for safeguarding duties.
• Work collaboratively to ensure safeguarding needs are met.
• Conduct safeguarding audits and maintain high-quality service.

Skills

Safeguarding Adults

Multi-professional Collaboration

Clinical Supervision

Assessment and Evaluation

Care Planning

Education

Relevant Professional Qualification

Tools

Safeguarding Audit Tools

NMC Guidelines

Job description

A Vacancy at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

An opportunity has arisen within the Think Family Safeguarding Service for an enthusiastic and skilled Specialist Practitioner within the Safeguarding Adult Team. This post is a 37.5 hours, full-time, permanent position.

Would you like to work as part of a friendly, passionate, and caring safeguarding team? We are seeking a highly experienced practitioner with a strong interest in safeguarding adults and a genuine commitment to safeguarding under a whole family strategy. The post holder will be expected to demonstrate a sound understanding of the issues relating to adults within a safeguarding context. The Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner Think Family (Adults) will work closely with Named Safeguarding Professionals and multi-professional clinical teams to ensure that the Trust’s statutory responsibilities to safeguard and promote the welfare of adults are met.

Candidates are required to show evidence of their original certificates for qualifications to the interview panel.

The role will require you to work across all areas in the Trust which includes those that are designated as positive, asymptomatic, and negative COVID wards.

Safeguarding at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust encompasses promoting the welfare of children/young people and adults, considerate of a Think Family approach to protect from harm. The post holder will be expected to demonstrate a sound understanding of the issues relating to children, young people, and families within a safeguarding context.

Working closely with Named Safeguarding Professionals and multi-professional clinical teams to ensure that the Trust’s statutory responsibilities to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people, adults, and their families are met.

Choose Well - Choose WWL

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff makes for happy patients'. We have a recognized track record in staff engagement and living our values.

WWL is committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind, we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

For overseas candidates wishing to apply for the job role and require immigration sponsorship, you can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a CoS for the post on the GOV.UK website.

1. To work with all staff to provide support, advice, and expert guidance to assist in exercising duties and responsibilities for safeguarding of children, young people, adults, and their families.
2. To deputise for Named Safeguarding Professionals within the WWL Think Family Safeguarding Team.
3. To be a competent, knowledgeable, and visible practitioner, ensuring the provision of a high-quality Think Family Safeguarding Service.
4. Assess, implement, plan, and evaluate care and interventions for service users with complex safeguarding needs.
5. To complete safeguarding audits as per the Think Family Safeguarding Audit calendar.
6. Maintain and develop own levels of specialist knowledge and skills in relation to safeguarding and clinical practice. To access regular clinical supervision for own personal and professional development, whilst ensuring participation with management supervision and annual performance reviews.
7. Work collaboratively as part of the WWL Think Family Safeguarding Service, in the continued progression and development of such ensuring delivery of the Think Family Safeguarding Strategy.
8. Referral of safeguarding concerns as per statutory processes, local and internal policy, and procedure, to ensure a coordinated approach in meeting the needs of service users who are at risk of/suffering abuse and/or neglect.
9. Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure children, young people, adults, and their families' needs are met.
10. To escalate safeguarding concerns, internally and externally as per local, regional, and National directives.
11. To assist with the development, implementation, and evaluation of action plans and recommendations of lessons learned from Children Safeguarding Practice reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews, brief learning reviews, and Domestic Homicide reviews. Ensuring timely and regular review of such to provide assurance.
12. To support managers and staff in the delivery of high-quality care throughout the journey of the child, young person, adult, and families (particularly with respect to robust discharge planning) by promoting an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of safeguarding practice.
13. Provide safeguarding supervision and case management guidance, inclusive of supporting staff to professionally challenge, where safeguarding concerns have not been adequately addressed. To identify emerging themes and inform future training and support needs.
14. Facilitate good standards of record keeping, report and statement writing in line with NMC, other professional regulatory bodies, and Trust guidelines.
15. Attend as required all appropriate safeguarding meetings, to advocate on behalf of service users, acting as a support to staff or as a representative of the Trust.
16. To promote a rights-based approach in the safeguarding of service users and their families.

This advert closes on Sunday 8 Dec 2024.