Safeguarding Adult Practitioner

Overview

In this Band 6 role, you will provide expert safeguarding guidance to clinical teams and liaise with multi-agency partners to safeguard adults at risk. You will support escalation, Mental Capacity and DoLS considerations, and promote person-centred, Think Family practices. Working within an integrated safeguarding service, you will contribute to education, reviews, and data-informed decision making, helping to improve safeguarding outcomes. This role offers meaningful impact within a mission-driven NHS trust focused on prevention and joined-up care.

Pay / Benefits

• Development opportunities
• Flexible working
• Wellbeing focus
• Disability Confident and equal opportunities employer
• Supportive and inclusive culture

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist advice on adult safeguarding, Mental Capacity and DoLS to staff
• Support escalation of safeguarding concerns and promote person-centred safeguarding approaches
• Promote Think Family, professional curiosity and compassionate persistence in clinical practice
• Collaborate with the safeguarding team and multi-agency partners
• Contribute to safeguarding data and intelligence for clinical practice and management decisions
• Contribute to Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Multi-Agency Reviews, serious incidents and Domestic Homicide Reviews; prepare chronologies when required
• Act as a professional role model and mentor junior staff
• Contribute to safeguarding education, learning, service development and improvement
• Support partnership working and information sharing to protect adults at risk and improve outcomes

Key requirements

• Active registration with NMC or HCPC
• UK-recognised degree in a healthcare profession
• Ongoing professional development and revalidation
• Extensive experience in an acute clinical environment
• Desirable: MCA and DoLS training; prior safeguarding experience

• Approachable
• Strong communication skills
• Professional curiosity
• Knowledge of safeguarding principles
• Mental Capacity Act and DoLS understanding
• Multi-agency working and information sharing

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