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Safeguarding Adult Mental Capacity Act Lead (TSDFT Regulated Services)

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Torquay

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GBP 43,000 - 51,000

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity exists for a Registered Health or Social Care professional to join the NHS Trust as a Lead in the Safeguarding Adult / Mental Capacity Act Team. This role involves working with various health and social care colleagues to ensure effective safeguarding practices and compliance with legal duties, while also supporting workforce education programs.

Qualifications

Registered health or social care practitioner with safeguarding and Mental Capacity Act experience.
High level of knowledge of adult social care legal frameworks.
Experience in complex multi-disciplinary risk assessments.

Responsibilities

Lead role in safeguarding adult concerns and Mental Capacity Act implementation.
Maintain systems and processes to protect adults from abuse.
Analyze information about safeguarding effectiveness.

Skills

Safeguarding Adult Training

Mental Capacity Act Training

Legal literacy relating to safeguarding adults

Complex decision making

Multi-disciplinary training delivery

Education

Registered health or social care practitioner

Educated to Master's Level or above

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Health or Social Care professional to join our NHS Trust as a Lead in the Safeguarding Adult / Mental Capacity Act Team.

The post provides the opportunity to work with a variety of health and social care colleagues on all aspects of Adult Safeguarding and Mental Capacity Act legal duties. Working closely with our Integrated Service Units, you will also maintain and develop systems and processes to safeguard patients from abuse and improper treatment and support our workforce education programme.

This will include taking a lead role in ensuring there are consistent and effective operational responses to safeguarding adult concerns within TSDFT regulatory settings and ensuring all (regulated) clinical staff understand their roles in keeping people safe from abuse or neglect and responding to adult abuse concerns.

If you enjoy working in a varied and busy environment and have a passion for upholding human rights principles, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will have a central and highly visible role in embedding systems and processes in TSDFT regulatory services to ensure adults are protected from abuse and neglect.
This will include taking a lead role in ensuring there are consistent and effective operational responses to safeguarding adult concerns within TSDFT regulatory settings and ensuring all (regulated) clinical staff understand their roles in keeping people safe from abuse or neglect and responding to adult abuse concerns.
You will take a lead role in ensuring existing legal frameworks of the Mental Capacity Act are embedded into clinical practice at all levels of regulated services and that staff are clear on how to implement the requirements of Mental Capacity Act legislation and code of practice guidance. This includes deprivation of liberty and liberty protection safeguards.
Using intelligent monitoring, the post holder will collect and analyse information about the effectiveness of systems and processes and will implement action plans in response as needed.
A key component will be to maintain strong partnership relationships to support effective responses to safeguarding and mental capacity operational activity.

About us

The Safeguarding Adult Mental Capacity Act Team is an experienced multi-disciplinary team consisting of Social Workers, Nurses, Allied Professionals and Administrators.

Together we are passionate about protecting people from abuse, neglect and human rights breaches. We all have an important role to play and work hard in achieving our shared aims and goals.

We work closely with patients, colleagues within TSDFT, as well as working in collaboration with our Partners and Stakeholders across Torbay and Devon to fundamentally protect people's human rights.

Why work with us- Torbay Hospital provides acute care for the local community and has several community hospitals, and is a hot-spot for those who are considering living by the sea or within half an hour of Dartmoor National Park and an hour to Exmoor National Park. Meanwhile, Plymouth and Exeter are also both within a short drive to enjoy the culture, maritime history and shopping experiences.

Details Date posted

21 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

388-7162136-AHP

Job locations

Torbay Hospital

Kitson Hall, Newton Road

Torquay

TQ2 7AA

Job description Job responsibilities

Current Registered NMC or HCPC Professional

Broad range of safeguarding adult and Mental Capacity Act clinical practice experience including contributing to or chairing safeguarding adult Care Act s.42 enquiry meetings, Mental Capacity Act best interest meetings or similar

To be responsible for your own continuing self-development, undertaking training as appropriate

Complex decision making

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Job description Job responsibilities

Current Registered NMC or HCPC Professional

To be responsible for your own continuing self-development, undertaking training as appropriate

Complex decision making

Person Specification Qualifications and training Essential

Registered health or social care practitioner
Mental Capacity Act Training
High level of knowledge relating to adult social care legal frameworks - specifically Mental Capacity Act, Human Rights Act, Care Act - including codes of practice where relevant.
Safeguarding Adult Training
Comprehensive training in safeguarding adult, Mental Capacity Act or other relevant training e.g. safeguarding risk management frameworks (Prevent, Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour Based Violence)

Desirable

Educated to Master's Level or above

Knowledge and experience Essential

Broad range of safeguarding adult and Mental Capacity Act clinical practice experience including contributing to or chairing safeguarding adult Care Act s.42 enquiry meetings, Mental Capacity Act best interest meetings or similar
Broad range of legal literacy relating to safeguarding adults and Mental Capacity Act frameworks. E.g. Care Act, Human Rights Act, Mental Capacity Act, Modern Slavery Act, Counter Terrorism and Security Act, Mental Health Act, Domestic Abuse
Knowledge of CQC regulatory standards relating to safeguarding adults
Experience in undertaking complex multi-disciplinary risk assessment and risk management
Substantial experience of partnership working across a number of agencies
Demonstrate ability to deliver multi-disciplinary training
Experience of supervising others

Desirable

Knowledge of application of NMC and HCPC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice

Person Specification Qualifications and training Essential

Registered health or social care practitioner
Mental Capacity Act Training
High level of knowledge relating to adult social care legal frameworks - specifically Mental Capacity Act, Human Rights Act, Care Act - including codes of practice where relevant.
Safeguarding Adult Training
Comprehensive training in safeguarding adult, Mental Capacity Act or other relevant training e.g. safeguarding risk management frameworks (Prevent, Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour Based Violence)

Desirable

Educated to Master's Level or above

Knowledge and experience Essential

Broad range of safeguarding adult and Mental Capacity Act clinical practice experience including contributing to or chairing safeguarding adult Care Act s.42 enquiry meetings, Mental Capacity Act best interest meetings or similar
Broad range of legal literacy relating to safeguarding adults and Mental Capacity Act frameworks. E.g. Care Act, Human Rights Act, Mental Capacity Act, Modern Slavery Act, Counter Terrorism and Security Act, Mental Health Act, Domestic Abuse
Knowledge of CQC regulatory standards relating to safeguarding adults
Experience in undertaking complex multi-disciplinary risk assessment and risk management
Substantial experience of partnership working across a number of agencies
Demonstrate ability to deliver multi-disciplinary training
Experience of supervising others

Desirable

Knowledge of application of NMC and HCPC Code of Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Certificate of Sponsorship

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Torbay Hospital

Kitson Hall, Newton Road

Torquay