• The post holder will work as a member of the Trust's centralised Safeguarding Team with the Associate Director for Safeguarding to ensure the organisation meets its organisational, statutory and regulatory requirements and responsibilities to safeguard adults and children.
• The post will have a direct impact on the way the Trust delivers services to service users and carers, working to embed a robust culture of safeguarding. The post holder will report to either the Trust's Safeguarding Adults and Prevent Lead or Named Nurse for Safeguarding Children, promoting exemplar safeguarding practice and incorporating a 'Think Family' approach.
• The post holder will be aligned to a Directorate(s) and provide advice and support to staff, including managers, on safeguarding enquiries, serious safeguarding reviews, and provide input into place/ borough based multi-agency safeguarding partnership committees and sub-groups.
• The post holder will attend both internal and external safeguarding meetings. These will include the Trust's Integrated Safeguarding Committee, Local Authority Safeguarding sub-groups, relevant operational Directorate sub-groups and 'Task and Finish Groups'/ workstreams, as appropriate

Main duties of the job

• To provide safeguarding practice leadership, knowledge and skills within a centralised safeguarding team and provide excellence in the quality and delivery of services.
• To work with the Trust's Named professionals for safeguarding adults and safeguarding children and deliver a robust safeguarding service based on 'Think Family' principles.
• To champion the Trust safeguarding agenda through modelling excellent safeguarding practice, ensuring that Trust staff are appropriately trained & supported to effectively cascade practice and knowledge to teams throughout all Trust services.
• To apply own area of expertise in the development of appropriate adult and/ or children safeguarding training material.
• To both receive, deliver, and develop best practice safeguarding supervision in line with the Trust's Safeguarding supervision policy and other best practice guidance.
• To directly participate and support Directorate staff through the adult and/ or children safeguarding processes, including individual management reviews, rapid reviews, and multi-agency serious safeguarding review panels.
• To closely work with the Serious Incidents team, legal team and the complaints team and advise them around adult and children safeguarding matters when requested.

About us

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated therefore have a comprehensive benefits package on offer. Some of our amazing benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and annual leave.
• Work life balance and supportive of a range of flexible working options
• Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
• Other benefits include: Counselling services, Wellbeing events, Long service awards, Cycle to work scheme, Season ticket loan and Staff restaurants.

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To direct, implement, monitor and review the Trust strategic priorities and workplans for safeguarding adults and the Prevent Duty, ensuring that it meets appropriate statutory requirements and guidance and is fit for purpose.
• To oversee safeguarding adult quality improvements, development of safeguarding policies and processes to strengthen and embed a culture of safeguarding adults within a Think Family framework.
• Ensure that quality assurance processes are in place for safeguarding adults, that they are implemented and reviewed as needed.
• To direct the implementation and delivery of safeguarding standards for new and existing services to ensure safeguarding and the protection of adults at risk is embedded in operational policies and practice.
• To develop, review and implement Trust policies and procedures that reflect current guidance and practice for the protection and safeguarding of adults at risk. Maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of service users and carers.
• To provide Safeguarding Adults expertise knowledge, skills and input into staff allegations involving Persons in Position of Trust (PiPOT), working collaboratively with Human Resource (HR) team, relevant operational service areas and Local Authority partners. Supporting the Trusts Executive lead for Safeguarding, Chief People Officer and Associate Director of Safeguarding in fulfilling the Trusts duties under the PiPOT policy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in relevant health / social care RGN / RMN/ RGM / RN Child Branch Part 1 and 3 of NMC Register or Degree in social work approved by Social Work England or occupational (HCPC) l therapy psychologist and registered with a professional body.
• Evidence of continuing professional development including recently in safeguarding adults/ children practice.
• Completed specific post-registration training in safeguarding children and young people prior to commencement in the post.

Desirable

• Mentorship or equivalent training qualification.
• Safeguarding supervision skills training

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience related to Safeguarding Children and Adults, and currently practising in the field of safeguarding.
• Knowledge of current relevant legislation and statutory duties, responsibilities and the best practice in mental health, children's and adult social care including in relation to safeguarding and personalisation.
• Experience of delivering safeguarding training to health and/or social care professionals.

Desirable

• Understanding of Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR's) under S44 Care Act 20

Employer details

Employer name

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lewisham Directorate

Maudsley Hospital

London

SE5 8AZ

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