Lead for Safeguarding Adults - Community

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Colchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health service in Colchester is seeking a Lead for Safeguarding Adults to provide expert knowledge and support within the safeguarding framework. The role entails promoting safeguarding practices, leading initiatives, and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure adult safety. Candidates should have prior safeguarding experience, relevant qualifications, and the ability to engage in multi-agency work. This position promises a fulfilling career in a supportive environment with flexible working options.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

Access to NHS discounts

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience handling safeguarding cases and making referrals.
• Working experience in multi-agency settings.
• Ongoing professional learning in safeguarding practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist knowledge and advice to NEECS staff.
• Promote safeguarding for adults at risk.
• Lead initiatives related to Safeguarding Adults.

Skills

Post registration experience in safeguarding

Team collaboration

Audit and monitoring

Teaching skills

Education

Registered Professional (Nurse, AHP, Social Worker)

Relevant Safeguarding training

Relevant teaching qualification

1st level degree

Job description

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Lead for Safeguarding Adults - Community

The closing date is 06 January 2026

We are currently recruiting to our safeguarding team and are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and innovative individual with experience of safeguarding adults.

Our team offers a Mon-Fri 9-5pm service.

You will be a highly visible experienced practitioner, providing specialist knowledge, advice and clinical expertise to North East Essex Community Services (NEECS) staff in all areas of Safeguarding Adults.

You will be a member of the ESNEFT Safeguarding Families & Complex Health Team and will enable a holistic approach to the care of adults at risk of abuse/neglect in delivering safeguarding advice, support, training and supervision.

You will be responsible for providing effective and timely flow of information between the community/hospital and other agencies as appropriate.

The Safeguarding Families & Complex Health Team have a robust audit programme in which you will participate. They will also be assisting in the co-ordination and contribute to inter-professional training in safeguarding adults across the Trust and will be expected to deputise for the Head of Safeguarding Families as required.

Main duties of the job

To be a highly visible senior practitioner, providing specialist knowledge and advice expertise to all staff working in North East Essex Community Services (NEECS) for all areas of Safeguarding Adults

To promote the safeguarding of adults at risk within North East Essex Community Services (NEECS)

To identify and lead on workstreams and initiatives relating to Safeguarding Adults.

To promote high quality and evidence based improvements in service delivery

To overcome staff and public barriers to understanding around the area of safeguarding adults at risk including domestic abuse and the assessment of mental capacity

To promote the message that 'safeguarding is everyone's business', sharing best practice and lessons learnt.

To support the Local Authorities and other partners in their delivery of their statutory safeguarding responsibilities and priorities

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) & access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is thatTime Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

• Proven post registration experience of working with safeguarding cases, making referrals and analysing risk and resilience.
• Experience in working with others as part of a team.
• Experience in of audit and monitoring processes.
• Teaching experience
• Experience of working within safeguarding arena.

Qualifications

• Registered Professional (eg Nurse; Allied Health Professional; Social Worker)
• Relevant Safeguarding post basic training or equivalent experience.
• Relevant teaching qualification or working towards.
• Educated to 1st level degree.

Knowledge

• Experience in multi- agency work.
• Knowledge of legislation relevant to safeguarding adults.
• Evidence of on-going professional learning.
• Knowledge of adult social care services.
• Knowledge of evidence based safeguarding adult practice.
• Knowledge of legal framework for information sharing.
• Experience in education and training.

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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust