Job summary
Are you passionate about safeguarding adults? if so, this might just be the job for you. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the safeguarding team at Liverpool Place, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside as the Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults. We are an established team of professionals looking to address the safeguarding needs of population of Liverpool. We are seeking a full time Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults.
The Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults provides expertise and leadership throughout health and multiagency partnerships across the Liverpool geographical location and wider ICB. The role is pivotal to complex case management, improved partnership working, strategic planning, quality assurance and performance monitoring.
The role of the Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults is to continually ensure improvement in safeguarding arrangements across the health economy in partnership with a range of agencies and services across Cheshire and Merseyside. This role encompasses enabling Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board to ensure they comply with the statutory guidance for safeguarding adults .
Main duties of the job
Strategic oversight for health safeguarding of adults in Liverpool place.
Support the Safeguarding of Adults agenda across and on behalf of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside.
Support the wider "vulnerable adults" agenda, byadvising commissioners, stakeholders and partners around pathways for long term prevention strategies and risk management for groups of high- risk service users.
Develop the evidence base and performance informationto provide assurance to the ICB Quality & Performance Committee that NHS commissioned services are discharging their safeguarding responsibilities effectively.
Enableand ensurethat the ICB complies with the statutory legislation and guidance that underpins Safeguarding Adults.
Provide input to system oversight for safeguarding when there are serious safeguarding concerns.
Provide expertise, professional leadership, advice, support, and expert guidance in respect of safeguardingadults, Domestic Abuse, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards / Liberty Protection Safeguards, knife crime, modern slavery and the Prevent agenda to the Liverpool Place health economy.
Work with Local Safeguarding Adults Boards to ensure communication and governance processes are in place between the ICB and Local Authorities (LA).
About us
The population of Cheshire and Merseyside is diverse and growing and we are keen to see that diversity recognised within our own workforce. As an employer we seek to open opportunities for our staff to gain new skills, gain knowledge and develop careers in heath and care.
We welcome students, staff, people of all races, religions, genders, sexual orientation, physical abilities, backgrounds, and philosophies and those who are accepting of others. Our goal is to support all of our workforce in their work, if you believe you can bring your skills and experiences and an open-minded approach into our fast paced and dynamic organisation, we are committed to providing a positive and supportive experience for all of our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Have the strategic oversight for health safeguarding Liverpool place.
Support the Safeguarding of Adults agenda across and on behalf of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside.
Support the wider vulnerable adults agenda, relating to people who do not meet Care Act eligibility for safeguarding, in terms of advising commissioners, stakeholders and partners around pathways and initiatives for long term prevention strategies and risk management for groups of high- risk service users, such as those who are homeless, self-neglecting and frequent users of services.
Work closely with members of the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB Safeguarding Teams across neighbouring Places, to share learning, provide sharing of best practice and peer supervision.
Be responsible for developing the evidence base and performance information to support the Place Associate Director of Quality and Safety Improvement to provide assurance to the ICB Quality & Performance Committee that NHS commissioned services are discharging their safeguarding responsibilities effectively.
The postholder, as part of and in conjunction with the wider Quality and Safety Team will ensure that services are safe, risks are reduced, assurances are received, and prevention is key where adults at risk access services.
Enable and ensure that the ICB complies with the statutory legislation and guidance that underpins Safeguarding Adults.
Provide input to system oversight for safeguarding when there are serious safeguarding concerns.
Please see the attached job description for full details of the job duties and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Have the strategic oversight for health safeguarding Liverpool place.
Support the Safeguarding of Adults agenda across and on behalf of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside.
Support the wider vulnerable adults agenda, relating to people who do not meet Care Act eligibility for safeguarding, in terms of advising commissioners, stakeholders and partners around pathways and initiatives for long term prevention strategies and risk management for groups of high- risk service users, such as those who are homeless, self-neglecting and frequent users of services.
Work closely with members of the Cheshire & Merseyside ICB Safeguarding Teams across neighbouring Places, to share learning, provide sharing of best practice and peer supervision.
Be responsible for developing the evidence base and performance information to support the Place Associate Director of Quality and Safety Improvement to provide assurance to the ICB Quality & Performance Committee that NHS commissioned services are discharging their safeguarding responsibilities effectively.
The postholder, as part of and in conjunction with the wider Quality and Safety Team will ensure that services are safe, risks are reduced, assurances are received, and prevention is key where adults at risk access services.
Enable and ensure that the ICB complies with the statutory legislation and guidance that underpins Safeguarding Adults.
Provide input to system oversight for safeguarding when there are serious safeguarding concerns.
Please see the attached job description for full details of the job duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current professional registration
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in health and social care within safeguarding
- Experience of managing complex tasks that support the delivery of organisational adult safeguarding responsibilities
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Skills relating to performance management
- Implementing and evaluating business processes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current professional registration
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in health and social care within safeguarding
- Experience of managing complex tasks that support the delivery of organisational adult safeguarding responsibilities
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Skills relating to performance management
- Implementing and evaluating business processes
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).
