Job summary
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has a vacancy for a Senior Safeguarding, Public Protection & Mental Capacity Practitioner to join our exceptional team of skilled and passionate professionals.
We are seeking a registered practitioner with experience in mental health settings, a strong understanding of safeguarding processes, and well-developed interpersonal skills that foster teamwork. Most importantly, we are looking for someone with a genuine passion for empowering people through safeguarding and the Mental Capacity Act.
This leadership role operates within a dynamic and supportive environment, committed to protecting individuals, upholding their rights, and promoting best practice across safeguarding, public protection, and the Mental Capacity Act (2005).
It's a varied and impactful position within a team that shares strong values and a common goal: to keep people safe and ensure human rights are respected. Primarily office based at our new Trust Safeguarding Hub, the role offers the opportunity to work alongside experienced practitioners in a collaborative setting -- providing live support, sharing knowledge, and learning together.
This is a forward-thinking environment where your development is actively supported, your voice is heard, and your contribution is valued. If you're ready to advance your career in a place where safeguarding practice is respected, continually evolving, and central to everything we do -- we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work with key professionals and partner agencies to develop and deliver safeguarding, public protection, and mental capacity processes that protect children, adults, and families.
They will provide expert advice and support on safeguarding children, adults at risk, domestic abuse, MAPP, Prevent, ASB, and the Mental Capacity Act. The role includes leading working groups, supporting staff, chairing MARACs, and participating in multi-agency safeguarding forums.
The postholder will supervise safeguarding champions, advise on HR matters including DBS and allegations management, support court processes, and take a lead on complex safeguarding cases. They will also deputise for senior safeguarding leaders as required.
They will support incident reporting, contribute to internal and external reviews, and provide specialist safeguarding supervision and training. Working mainly from the Trust Safeguarding Hub, they will coordinate responses and promote effective information sharing.
They will help develop and monitor safeguarding policies, contribute to audits and inspections, and ensure the Trust meets statutory requirements. The role includes promoting equality, diversity, and human rights and supporting quality improvement and governance agendas.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification document for complete details regarding this post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification document for complete details regarding this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification to degree level in Social Work, Mental Health Nursing, Psychology, Medical or Occupational Therapy
- Safeguarding Children Level 3
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Level 3
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Level 3
- Mental Capacity Act Training Level 3
- Domestic abuse training Level 3
- Mental Capacity Act Level 3
Desirable
- Supervision Training or Qualification
- Presentation and training qualification
- Leadership/Management Training or Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of specific experience in the assessment, care, and management of individuals with mental health, learning disability and autism needs, aligned to their professional scope of practice
- Safeguarding adults at risk, children, MAPP and domestic abuse in clinical practice
- Use of MCA (2005) including Deprivation of Liberty in clinical practice
- Working in an advisory capacity to others
- Liaising and networking with other agencies and internal services
- Delivering information to small/large groups
- Knowledge of Prevent and the risk of radicalisation
- Management of complex safeguarding cases
- Specialist knowledge/experience around domestic abuse, safeguarding adults/children and/or public protection
- Report writing- for example Court reports, statutory reports for Safeguarding reviews, Root Cause Analysis etc
- Leadership experience
- Working independently and as part of a team
Desirable
- Clinical/Management Supervision of other clinicians or staff on a group or individual basis
- Developing and/or delivering training programmes
- Specialist knowledge around the Mental Capacity Act and DoLS
- Use of escalation processes
- Awareness of the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Boards and Partnerships
Special Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel around the county independently and attend other Trust premises
Skills & Competences
Essential
- Analytical skills
- A desire to uphold people's Human Rights and to ensure they live free from abuse
- Communication skills in relation to escalating concerns with other agencies and respectful challenge
- Care, compassion, competence, communication, commitment and above all courage to safeguard the public and protect individuals and our communities
- Effective time management
- Ability to prioritise competing objectives and workload
- Effective conflict management skills
- Problem solving skills
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
- Basic IT skills
- Self-motivated and excellent personal management skills
- Willingness to undertake additional training and development
Desirable
- Sharing of proportionate information that is complex and concerns risk
- Complex case management
- The ability to support clinical staff who are dealing with complex and at times emotionally challenging cases
- Taking the initiative to address areas that require improvement
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification to degree level in Social Work, Mental Health Nursing, Psychology, Medical or Occupational Therapy
- Safeguarding Children Level 3
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Level 3
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Level 3
- Mental Capacity Act Training Level 3
- Domestic abuse training Level 3
- Mental Capacity Act Level 3
Desirable
- Supervision Training or Qualification
- Presentation and training qualification
- Leadership/Management Training or Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of specific experience in the assessment, care, and management of individuals with mental health, learning disability and autism needs, aligned to their professional scope of practice
- Safeguarding adults at risk, children, MAPP and domestic abuse in clinical practice
- Use of MCA (2005) including Deprivation of Liberty in clinical practice
- Working in an advisory capacity to others
- Liaising and networking with other agencies and internal services
- Delivering information to small/large groups
- Knowledge of Prevent and the risk of radicalisation
- Management of complex safeguarding cases
- Specialist knowledge/experience around domestic abuse, safeguarding adults/children and/or public protection
- Report writing- for example Court reports, statutory reports for Safeguarding reviews, Root Cause Analysis etc
- Leadership experience
- Working independently and as part of a team
Desirable
- Clinical/Management Supervision of other clinicians or staff on a group or individual basis
- Developing and/or delivering training programmes
- Specialist knowledge around the Mental Capacity Act and DoLS
- Use of escalation processes
- Awareness of the Lincolnshire Safeguarding Boards and Partnerships
Special Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel around the county independently and attend other Trust premises
Skills & Competences
Essential
- Analytical skills
- A desire to uphold people's Human Rights and to ensure they live free from abuse
- Communication skills in relation to escalating concerns with other agencies and respectful challenge
- Care, compassion, competence, communication, commitment and above all courage to safeguard the public and protect individuals and our communities
- Effective time management
- Ability to prioritise competing objectives and workload
- Effective conflict management skills
- Problem solving skills
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
- Basic IT skills
- Self-motivated and excellent personal management skills
- Willingness to undertake additional training and development
Desirable
- Sharing of proportionate information that is complex and concerns risk
- Complex case management
- The ability to support clinical staff who are dealing with complex and at times emotionally challenging cases
- Taking the initiative to address areas that require improvement
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).
