Job summary
Safeguarding Adult Advisor - Band 7
£49,178 - £55,492 Inc HCAS per annum pro rata
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
The post holder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement and values of the organisation. Community health services are an essential part of national healthcare. We at Bromley Healthcare are here to meet the challenges and reduce health inequalities and create a culture of belonging and inclusivity within our neighborhoods.
Bromley Healthcare want to empower people to live their fullest lives at the heart of their communities. Our values are core to this; these are belonging, health and wellbeing, continuous learning and development with an overarching principle of compassion.
Bromley Healthcare's Safeguarding Service embraces the 'Think Family' model and places a high priority on preventative work. The post holder, alongside other Safeguarding Adult Advisors will act to support the Named Adult Safeguarding Lead and the Associate Director of Safeguarding in ensuring that Bromley Healthcare statutory duties and responsibilities to safeguard adults at risk of abuse or neglect are discharged effectively.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will act as a professional resource to practitioners within Bromley Healthcare, providing expert advice, safeguarding supervision, guidance and support. As a community health provider, Bromley Healthcare staff are supporting service users with increasingly complex safeguarding needs, including self-neglect and domestic abuse. The post holder will therefore have considerable expertise in self-neglect and domestic abuse in order to discharge their duties effectively.
The post holder will be proactive in the delivery of mandatory and bespoke training linked to our teams work in accordance with the Bromley Healthcare's Safeguarding Training Strategy.
The post holder will be well versed with both the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (and the MCA Amendment Act 2019) and the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
About us
Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults.
Social Enterprises are a fairly new and exciting way to deliver healthcare, offering many of the traditional advantages of the NHS with the freedom for innovation by being able to reinvest any surpluses we make into the community.
Salary is dependant on NHS experience and current banding/pay point, applicants from outside the NHS will receive the start point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms & conditions.
Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, access to EAP, high street discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme and we are constantly looking to expand our staff benefits.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure staff are supported and empowered to make decisions related to adult.
- Assist with the development, delivery and evaluation of evidence based Safeguarding Training, including Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (DoLS), Domestic abuse, Self-neglect and PREVENT to staff across Bromley.
- To act as a resource and provide advice on the use and application of the Mental Capacity Act/Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard (DoLS), in particular the use of least restrictive practice. Enabling staff to complete their assessments and applications in a robust and timely manner.
- Develop and maintain Safeguarding adult resources across Bromley Healthcare, ensuring these are updated in line with any changes in legislation, to ensure compliance and support best practice.
- To work in partnership with Safeguarding Children Advisors/Named Nurses and peers to deliver a think family approach when managing adults at risk or those identified as having increased vulnerability who may have children.
- Contribute to audit and the monitoring of standards relating to safeguarding adults. Support the collection and collation of data to inform changes in practice that may be required from the audit.
- Contribute towards the development of safeguarding adult reports for the Bromley Healthcare board and the Safeguarding Adult Boards.
- Attend any adult safeguarding strategy meetings when required and requested by the Named Adult Safeguarding Lead, as support to staff or as a representative of Bromley Healthcare where appropriate.
- Develop and maintain close partnerships with a range of professionals and external stakeholders, attending relevant meetings as required.
- Develop good interagency communication and foster partnership working with statutory and voluntary organisations, including safeguarding discussions.
- Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events relating to adult safeguarding as appropriate.
- Assist the Named Adult Safeguarding Lead in undertaking statutory reviews and investigations / significant incident process, contributing to the writing of reports and support the shared learning and implementation of any changes required following the findings and recommendations.
- Participate in the relevant Bromley Healthcare meetings and any task and finish groups (including self-neglect and domestic abuse) as required.
- Participate in root cause analysis reviews where organizational abuse is identified and contribute to the development of a protection or service improvement plan to manage identified risk.
- Contribute to the development of safeguarding policies and
- Respond to telephone calls, emails and face to face requests for advice, support and signposting relating to all aspects of adult safeguarding, with confidence and in a professional Using clinical judgement to resolve and deal with safeguarding queries as they arise.
- Act at all times in accordance with Bromley Healthcare and departmental policy/guidance.
- To liaise closely with and provide effective safeguarding adult supervision/ debrief to staff as required, which enables the professional development and empowerment of health professionals across Bromley Healthcare.
- Ensure own practice is current and line with current legislation and best practice Take responsibility for updating own knowledge and skills.
- Actively pursue personal and professional development
- Maintain own professional responsibilities, under the relevant professional code of practice and maintain own portfolio and CPD within the required timeframes.
- Participate in supervision and annual staff appraisal, agreeing objectives on an annual basis and reviewing performance and progress at regular intervals.
- Assist the Named Adult Safeguarding Lead in all aspects of the multi-agency safeguarding adult agenda as deemed appropriate.
- Deputize for the Named Adult Safeguarding Lead in their absence and act as a clinical expert within Bromley Healthcare with regard to safeguarding.
- To liaise closely with and provide advice and support role for all service leads and managers on safeguarding adults matters and implications for their service. To support and champion the needs of children and young people transitioning into adult services.
- To have domestic abuse knowledge and recognise how this can impact Bromley Healthcare workforce, acting as a champion in relation to this area.
- To have knowledge of self-neglect in regards to safeguarding, the risks to the patient and how to support staff to effectively work with these cases.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ensure staff are supported and empowered to make decisions related to adult.
- Assist with the development, delivery and evaluation of evidence based Safeguarding Training, including Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Deprivation of Liberty safeguards (DoLS), Domestic abuse, Self-neglect and PREVENT to staff across Bromley.
- To act as a resource and provide advice on the use and application of the Mental Capacity Act/Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard (DoLS), in particular the use of least restrictive practice. Enabling staff to complete their assessments and applications in a robust and timely manner.
- Develop and maintain Safeguarding adult resources across Bromley Healthcare, ensuring these are updated in line with any changes in legislation, to ensure compliance and support best practice.
- To work in partnership with Safeguarding Children Advisors/Named Nurses and peers to deliver a think family approach when managing adults at risk or those identified as having increased vulnerability who may have children.
- Contribute to audit and the monitoring of standards relating to safeguarding adults. Support the collection and collation of data to inform changes in practice that may be required from the audit.
- Contribute towards the development of safeguarding adult reports for the Bromley Healthcare board and the Safeguarding Adult Boards.
- Attend any adult safeguarding strategy meetings when required and requested by the Named Adult Safeguarding Lead, as support to staff or as a representative of Bromley Healthcare where appropriate.
- Develop and maintain close partnerships with a range of professionals and external stakeholders, attending relevant meetings as required.
- Develop good interagency communication and foster partnership working with statutory and voluntary organisations, including safeguarding discussions.
- Investigate and respond to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events relating to adult safeguarding as appropriate.
- Assist the Named Adult Safeguarding Lead in undertaking statutory reviews and investigations / significant incident process, contributing to the writing of reports and support the shared learning and implementation of any changes required following the findings and recommendations.
- Participate in the relevant Bromley Healthcare meetings and any task and finish groups (including self-neglect and domestic abuse) as required.
- Participate in root cause analysis reviews where organizational abuse is identified and contribute to the development of a protection or service improvement plan to manage identified risk.
- Contribute to the development of safeguarding policies and
- Respond to telephone calls, emails and face to face requests for advice, support and signposting relating to all aspects of adult safeguarding, with confidence and in a professional Using clinical judgement to resolve and deal with safeguarding queries as they arise.
- Act at all times in accordance with Bromley Healthcare and departmental policy/guidance.
- To liaise closely with and provide effective safeguarding adult supervision/ debrief to staff as required, which enables the professional development and empowerment of health professionals across Bromley Healthcare.
- Ensure own practice is current and line with current legislation and best practice Take responsibility for updating own knowledge and skills.
- Actively pursue personal and professional development
- Maintain own professional responsibilities, under the relevant professional code of practice and maintain own portfolio and CPD within the required timeframes.
- Participate in supervision and annual staff appraisal, agreeing objectives on an annual basis and reviewing performance and progress at regular intervals.
- Assist the Named Adult Safeguarding Lead in all aspects of the multi-agency safeguarding adult agenda as deemed appropriate.
- Deputize for the Named Adult Safeguarding Lead in their absence and act as a clinical expert within Bromley Healthcare with regard to safeguarding.
- To liaise closely with and provide advice and support role for all service leads and managers on safeguarding adults matters and implications for their service. To support and champion the needs of children and young people transitioning into adult services.
- To have domestic abuse knowledge and recognise how this can impact Bromley Healthcare workforce, acting as a champion in relation to this area.
- To have knowledge of self-neglect in regards to safeguarding, the risks to the patient and how to support staff to effectively work with these cases.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse specalist pracrtitioner
- Educated to Degree Level/ equivalent
- Evidence of Professional development
- recognised safeguarding training
Desirable
- experience of working in a community setting
- experience in working in area of vulnerability and diversity
Knowledge and understanding
Essential
- Sound Knowledge of NHS safeguardingstructure and multi agency working
- Experience of assessing risk and need for children and ability to support staff making decisions
- Able to challenge decisions and articulate rationale effectively
Desirable
- Knowlege of the child death process
Experience
Essential
- Ability to analyses very complex issues where material is conflicting from multiple sourcces
- Demonstrate experience of co -working in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of assessing, managing risks and escalating concerns
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Experience of assessment risk and need for children
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Demonstrates capability to act upon incomplete information , using decision making skills
- Ability to produce concise yet robust communications for dissemination to partners from a broad range of agencies , disciplines and services
Information technology
Essential
- Able to use Microsoft teams and zoom
- Able to use power point for the development and delivery of presentations
Desirable
- Able to manage data bases and spread sheets for data collection
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse specalist pracrtitioner
- Educated to Degree Level/ equivalent
- Evidence of Professional development
- recognised safeguarding training
Desirable
- experience of working in a community setting
- experience in working in area of vulnerability and diversity
Knowledge and understanding
Essential
- Sound Knowledge of NHS safeguardingstructure and multi agency working
- Experience of assessing risk and need for children and ability to support staff making decisions
- Able to challenge decisions and articulate rationale effectively
Desirable
- Knowlege of the child death process
Experience
Essential
- Ability to analyses very complex issues where material is conflicting from multiple sourcces
- Demonstrate experience of co -working in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of assessing, managing risks and escalating concerns
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Experience of assessment risk and need for children
- Ability to analyse very complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Demonstrates capability to act upon incomplete information , using decision making skills
- Ability to produce concise yet robust communications for dissemination to partners from a broad range of agencies , disciplines and services
Information technology
Essential
- Able to use Microsoft teams and zoom
- Able to use power point for the development and delivery of presentations
Desirable
- Able to manage data bases and spread sheets for data collection
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.
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
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
