Job summary
An exciting opportunity has become available in the Adult Safeguarding Team for Band 6/7 Adult Safeguarding Practitioner. Working in the Safeguarding Team you will join an enthusiastic, driven and caring team, to help provide support to our adult patients.
The Adult Safeguarding Practitioner is a key position within our Adult Safeguarding team where you will be support the Adult Safeguarding arena which includes:
- Adult Safeguarding
- Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty (DoLS)
- Domestic Abuse and Violence (DA)
- Learning Disabilities
- Mental Health Act Administration
Main duties of the job
- To work closely with the Trust's Safeguarding Team in supporting all activities necessary to ensure that the Trust meets its statutory responsibilities in Adult Safeguarding
- To act as an Adult Safeguarding role model for Trust staff
- To participate in the operational work of the Safeguarding Team. This may include advice and support to employees, participating in safeguarding strategy meetings or enquiries & Best Interest Meetings
- To support the Safeguarding Teams Education & audit agenda
- To advise Police, Adult Social Care, DoLS Teams and other agencies on safeguarding, mental capacity and DA health matters in an acute setting
To work within the multi-professional, multi-agency arena to protect and promote the welfare of adults at risk of abuse and neglect
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Application
Essential
- Registered Nurse, AHP, Social Worker with valid professional registration
- Good grounding of Safeguarding Adults & MCA agenda
Desirable
- Post Reg academic training
- Additional Safeguarding Training & Teaching qualification
Desirable
Essential
- Registered Health Professional
- Good grounding of Safeguarding Adults & MCA agenda
- Leadership experience at Band 6 or equivilant
- Experience of planning and delivering training
- Ability to challenge Practice
- Demonstrates skills in planning, delivery & evaluation of patient's care
- Demonstrates transformational leadership ability
- Articulate with highly developed interpersonal communication
Desirable
- Post Reg academic training
- Additional Safeguarding Training & Teaching qualification
- Experience of Safeguarding Supervision
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of the MCA, DoLS, DA & Learning Disabilities
Person Specification
Application
Essential
- Registered Nurse, AHP, Social Worker with valid professional registration
- Good grounding of Safeguarding Adults & MCA agenda
Desirable
- Post Reg academic training
- Additional Safeguarding Training & Teaching qualification
Desirable
Essential
- Registered Health Professional
- Good grounding of Safeguarding Adults & MCA agenda
- Leadership experience at Band 6 or equivilant
- Experience of planning and delivering training
- Ability to challenge Practice
- Demonstrates skills in planning, delivery & evaluation of patient's care
- Demonstrates transformational leadership ability
- Articulate with highly developed interpersonal communication
Desirable
- Post Reg academic training
- Additional Safeguarding Training & Teaching qualification
- Experience of Safeguarding Supervision
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of the MCA, DoLS, DA & Learning Disabilities
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.
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
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.
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).
