Safeguarding Administrator

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Safeguarding Administrator to join our team at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

Working as our Safeguarding Administrator provides essential administrative support to the healthcare organisation’s safeguarding arrangements, ensuring robust systems are in place to protect children, young people, and adults at risk.

You will support clinical and non-clinical staff in the safeguarding team, Working closely with the Safeguarding Lead, and external agencies.

Ensure safeguarding concerns are managed efficiently, confidentially, and in a timely manner, contributing to safe.

No VISA sponsorship available for this role.

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Please refer to the Job Description for the full list of duties and responsibilities.

However, some of the key requirements of the role are outlined below:

To support and strengthen effective safeguarding practice across healthcare services, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of patients.

Maintain accurate, secure and compliant safeguarding records in line with regulatory and organisational requirements.

Facilitate timely reporting, monitoring and assurance of safeguarding activity, supporting robust governance and continuous improvement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Safeguarding Administrator role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

Person specification

Qualifications:

Essential criteria

• GCSE or equivalent in English and Maths

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience in an administration role database i.e. Access
• Understanding of Safeguarding and Medical terminology
• Experience of working in safeguarding.

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of working in healthcare environment

Documents

• Safeguarding Admin - COR - BA - B3 (PDF, 408.4KB)
• Privacy Policy (PDF, 441.0KB)
• AFC Pay Poster 26/27 (PDF, 44.7KB)
• Leadership and Management Framework (PDF, 120.6KB)
• Medical Payscales 2/2025 (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Applicant MS Teams Checklist (PDF, 560.5KB)
• Trust 10 Year Strategy (PDF, 2.1MB)
• General Statements AFC - V5.2 (PDF, 592.5KB)