Safeguarding Co-ordinator

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To provide advice and guidance to ACS and appropriate Oxleas NHS Trust staff and other partner organisations on the proper operation of the Bexley Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) procedures ( London multi agency safeguarding procedures) ensuring that staff involved are clear about their roles and responsibilities
• Responsible for monitoring and tracking safeguarding information in order to identify any issues that requires further action. For example where procedures and timescales are not being followed reminding staff and managers and escalating to the head of the relevant service if necessary.
• To monitor investigations, conferences and outcomes in order to promote good practice
• Assist in the production relevant information for the SAB ensuring that the content assists the SABs strategic plan and objectives.
• Keep managers informed about key performance indicators and activity regarding adult safeguarding and assist in the preparation of statistical information, as required.
• To provide guidance on application of SAB procedures to Team Managers, Social Workers and Care Managers when coordinating adult safeguarding strategy meetings and enquiries
• Provide the Care Quality Commission with relevant information relating to adult safeguarding outcomes and ensure that potential safeguarding risks are coordinated effectively by the local authority, providers regulators and other care and health professionals.
• Have involvement in SAB sub groups as directed ensuring that the groups attend to key business issues, arrive at decisions and recommendations within the ambiance with the agreed terms of reference for each group.
• To prepare and present reports as required by the Safeguarding Adults Board, and Sub -groups as required.
• Inform developments to the case audits for Safeguarding advising on policy change and the learning from individual/group case work.
• Undertake regular and thematic audits across all service user groups with a specific focus on adult safeguarding and advise on adult protection and safeguarding risks ensuring the Head of Adult Safeguarding is informed as a matter of urgency if service users are being placed at unnecessary serious risk of abuse.
• Report on and implement strategic safeguarding developments required as a result of case audit and other Quality Assurance findings to ensure practice standards are met.
• Keep up to date on national and local trends in adult safeguarding work, government legislation and reports, advising on consequent changes required in policy and practice and ensure such knowledge is shared with practitioners
• Assist in identifying and addressing training needs of staff, undertake and providing training and briefing sessions across agency organisation in line with the strategic training plan, but also in response to highlighted needs by individual service areas.
• Assist PSW with safeguarding practice forums.
• Chair safeguarding meetings
• Assist in maintaining regular liaison between the Social Services and Housing Department, Bexley Integrated networks, and also voluntary, private and statutory organisations on adult safeguarding/protection issues.
• To attend management meetings and other meetings, both local and national, as required and to deputise as necessary for the Head of Adult Safeguarding.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• - Professional Social Work qualification or other relevant professional
• qualification qualifications or equivalent work experience
• - Appropriate and up to date professional registration ie. Social Work
• England.

Experience

Essential

• - Substantial experience of working as a senior practitioner with
• vulnerable adults in a health or social care setting.
• - Experience of coordinating/conducting Adult Safeguarding
• investigations.
• - Knowledge of health and social care systems and services
• - Skills in report writing and presenting statistical information
• - The ability to engage across a wide range of individuals and groups
• - Ability to prioritise workload and of managing multiple priorities to a
• successful conclusion
• - Able to demonstrate relevant capabilities against the Social Work
• PCF at the appropriate level (if applicable)

Desirable

• - Accredited Best Interest Assessor under the Deprivation of Liberty
• Safeguards

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).

Employer details

Employer name

London Borough of Bexley

Address

Civic Offices

2 Watling Street

Bexleyheath

Kent

DA6 7AT

Employer's website

https://www.bexley.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)