Named Professional Safeguarding Adults/Deputy Head of Safeguarding

To act as Lead Professional for Safeguarding Adults, Prevent, and Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (MCA and DoLS); and to promote excellent practice which is consistent in all areas. The post holder will work closely within the Safeguarding Team to contribute to local service planning, delivery, redesign and performance management in relation to safeguarding adult services.

The post holder will be expected to display high levels of competence, professional judgement, integrity and personal accountability. The post holder is accountable for their own professional actions and is not directly supervised. They will contribute to the development and implementation of safeguarding policy and the Trusts safeguarding adults training strategy, facilitating and evaluating both the mandatory and bespoke training programmes throughout the Trust.

As the Deputy Head of Safeguarding the post holder will:

Work to provide strategic, professional, clinical leadership and consultancy in the safeguarding of adults, and children to include patients with mental health conditions and physical health conditions.

Have a high-profile role as the Deputy Head of Safeguarding throughout the Trust, supporting the Head of Safeguarding and the Associate Director of Nursing (Corporate) in keeping the focus on both strategic as well as local issues.

Main duties of the job

To support staff in the delivery of high-quality safeguarding adults practice including the prevention of abuse and neglect, MCA and DoLS, Domestic Abuse and Prevent agendas.

To act as the Trusts MCA and DoLs lead to ensure compliance is maintained with the statutory requirements of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

To act as Prevent Lead for the Trust and ensure compliance with all statutory and reporting requirements of NHSE and attendance at required meetings and forums.

Provide safeguarding supervision and case management guidance and be able to identify emerging themes from supervision contacts to inform future training needs.

Support staff to professionally challenge the practice and decision making of others where it is believed that adult safeguarding concerns have not been adequately addressed.

Responsible for overseeing the Serious Adult Review (SAR) and Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) process by supporting the production of reports, chronologies or individual management reviews; the implementation of the recommendations and the dissemination of the findings from SARs and other forms of multi-agency review.

Facilitate good standards of record keeping, report and statement writing in line with professional body guidance and guidelines, and Trust policies and procedures, by personal example, within supervision and within the context of training

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING

Essential

• Degree or equivalent Professional Qualification e.g. RGN, Midwife, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Social Worker
• Registration with relevant professional body
• Recognised teaching and assessing certificate / skills
• Mentorship / Preceptorship experience
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Evidence of self-development/clinical knowledge
• Flexible thinking

Desirable

• Evidence of Management Training/Experience
• Post graduate safeguarding modules at Masters level
• Evidence of leadership training
• Evidence of previous training and facilitation of single and multi-agency training

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

Essential

• Significant post registration experience within a health care safeguarding environment. With continued experience of being able to exercise initiative and take independent actions
• Experience of partnership working including inter-professional and multi-agency working
• Broad base of experience working with adults and families in primary and/or secondary care
• Evidence of working with complex safeguarding cases
• In depth knowledge of MCA and DoLS
• Writing reports/ presentation skills
• Wide experience of Safeguarding issues and a clear understanding of national and local policies
• Knowledge around the Prevent, Domestic Abuse and MCA DoLS agendas
• Ability to critically analyse
• Demonstrates good working knowledge of local and National guidelines relating safeguarding adults and associated agendas
• Skills in the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing complex or clinical sensitive information to families and other professionals
• Ability to communicate effectively oral and written information to families and other professionals
• Wide experience of Safeguarding issues and a clear understanding of national and local policies
• Knowledge around the Prevent, Domestic Abuse and MCA DoLS agendas
• Ability to critically analyse
• Demonstrates good working knowledge of local and National guidelines relating safeguarding adults and associated agendas
• Skills in the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing complex or clinical sensitive information to families and other professionals
• Ability to communicate effectively oral and written information to families and other professionals

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking audit and review
• Experience of working in different cultural contents
• Evidence of contributing to service development
• Participated in MARAC and multi-agency safeguarding meetings
• Evidence of attending safeguarding conferences
• Previous experience of applying research and audit to evaluate, develop standards and improve practice

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

Essential

• Excellent time management and ability to work flexibly.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Demonstrates high level decision making.
• An ability to store and retrieve complex information on a wide range of issues relating to practice experience.
• Teaching, facilitation and presentation skills
• Ability to work without direct supervision.
• Able to exercise initiative and take independent actions.
• Ability to communicate across multi-disciplinary teams/multi-agency teams
• Approachable and supportive to others.
• Self-motivated and able to motivate others.
• Positive attitude.
• Enthusiastic and self-directed.
• Requires intense concentration during emotional, stressful and traumatic circumstances
• Ability to work to timescales
• Ability to work to own initiative
• Ability to prioritise own workload
• Respects Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and able to work with colleagues of different backgrounds, experiences and characteristics

Desirable

• Good information technology skills including use of Excel
• Experience of working with a range of electronic patient records

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).