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Designated Professional Safeguarding Adults | NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
| Posting date: | 20 January 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £62,215 - £72,293 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 February 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L3 1AH |
| Company: | NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6941206/493-ICB-6842678-A |
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 .
· Strategicoversightforhealthsafeguarding of adultsinLiverpool place.
· SupporttheSafeguardingofAdultsagendaacrossandonbehalfofNHSCheshireandMerseyside.
· Supportthewider“vulnerableadults”agenda,by advisingcommissioners,stakeholdersandpartnersaroundpathwaysforlongtermpreventionstrategiesandriskmanagementforgroupsofhigh-risk serviceusers.
· Develop theevidencebaseandperformanceinformation toprovideassurancetotheICBQuality&PerformanceCommitteethatNHScommissionedservicesaredischargingtheirsafeguardingresponsibilitieseffectively.
· Enable andensure that theICBcomplies withthestatutorylegislationandguidancethatunderpinsSafeguardingAdults.
· Provideinputtosystemoversightforsafeguardingwhenthereareserioussafeguardingconcerns.
· Provide expertise,professionalleadership,advice,support,andexpertguidanceinrespectofsafeguarding adults,DomesticAbuse,MentalCapacityAct(MCA),DeprivationofLibertySafeguards/LibertyProtectionSafeguards,knifecrime,modernslaveryand the Prevent agenda to the Liverpool Place health economy.
· Work withLocalSafeguardingAdultsBoardstoensurecommunicationandgovernanceprocessesarein placebetweentheICBand LocalAuthorities(LA).
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.
· HavethestrategicoversightforhealthsafeguardingLiverpool place.
· SupporttheSafeguardingofAdultsagendaacrossandonbehalfofNHSCheshireandMerseyside.
· Supportthewider“vulnerableadults”agenda,relatingtopeoplewho donotmeetCareActeligibilityforsafeguarding,intermsofadvisingcommissioners,stakeholdersandpartnersaroundpathwaysandinitiativesforlongtermpreventionstrategiesandriskmanagementforgroupsofhigh-risk serviceusers,suchasthosewhoarehomeless,self-neglectingandfrequentusersofservices.
· Work closelywithmembersof theCheshire&MerseysideICBSafeguardingTeamsacrossneighbouringPlaces,tosharelearning,providesharingofbestpracticeandpeersupervision.
· BeresponsiblefordevelopingtheevidencebaseandperformanceinformationtosupportthePlaceAssociateDirectorofQuality andSafetyImprovementtoprovideassurancetotheICBQuality&PerformanceCommitteethatNHScommissionedservicesaredischargingtheirsafeguardingresponsibilitieseffectively.
· Thepostholder,aspartofand in conjunctionwiththe widerQualityandSafetyTeamwillensurethatservicesaresafe,risksarereduced,assurancesarereceived,andpreventioniskeywhereadultsatrisk accessservices.
· Enableandensurethat theICBcomplies withthestatutorylegislationandguidancethatunderpinsSafeguardingAdults.
· Provideinputtosystemoversightforsafeguardingwhenthereareserioussafeguardingconcerns.
Please see the attached job description for full details of the job duties and responsibilities.
This advert closes on Friday 31 Jan 2025