Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLs) Co-ordinator
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £30,060 to £34,314 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, Merseyside |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Liverpool in Work |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
A bit about us:
Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.
Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
The Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) team have an important role in upholding the human rights of residents in care homes and hospitals. As a DoLS co-ordinator your role is unique as it combines business administration of documents that could be presented in the court arena along with specialist DoLS legislative knowledge.
As a Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinator you will be working with a dedicated and skilled team of Best Interest Assessors, senior practitioner and DoLS co-ordinators as well as mental health assessors, other professionals and the DoLS team manager.
The Role:
As the Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinator you will be responsible for the receipt, scrutiny, recording and processing of requests for authorisatio
Within the role of the Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinator you’ll be required to assess the quality of all information received into the DoLS team from managing authorities and assessors and be confident in challenging staff across multi-organisational boundaries in order to attain the desired standard
Our Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinator are responsible for the recording and monitoring of conditions placed on a standard authorisation
As the appointed Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinator you’ll be responsible for the monitoring of relevant persons representatives to ensure they are carrying out their duties
Our Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinators work closely with the team manager around initiatives to develop and implement quality assurance mechanisms to ensure data is accurate and of high quality
Day to day you, the Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinator will assist with planning, developing and implementing information and data collection, recording systems and analysis mechanisms in relation to MCA/DoLS
Our offer to you:
At least 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays rising to 32 after 5 years’ service (pro rata if part time) - option to purchase further days
Agile working (Role dependent) - A “Flexibility First” approach to Agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception
Part of the Local Government Pension scheme – option to join the AVC scheme
Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee assistance programme
Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
Discounted Gym Memberships
Employee Volunteering Scheme
Medicash
Applicants to go to website for more job details and a candidate pack.
Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.
Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
The Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) team have an important role in upholding the human rights of residents in care homes and hospitals. As a DoLS co-ordinator your role is unique as it combines business administration of documents that could be presented in the court arena along with specialist DoLS legislative knowledge.
As a Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinator you will be working with a dedicated and skilled team of Best Interest Assessors, senior practitioner and DoLS co-ordinators as well as mental health assessors, other professionals and the DoLS team manager.
The Role:
As the Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinator you will be responsible for the receipt, scrutiny, recording and processing of requests for authorisatio
Within the role of the Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinator you’ll be required to assess the quality of all information received into the DoLS team from managing authorities and assessors and be confident in challenging staff across multi-organisational boundaries in order to attain the desired standard
Our Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinator are responsible for the recording and monitoring of conditions placed on a standard authorisation
As the appointed Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinator you’ll be responsible for the monitoring of relevant persons representatives to ensure they are carrying out their duties
Our Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinators work closely with the team manager around initiatives to develop and implement quality assurance mechanisms to ensure data is accurate and of high quality
Day to day you, the Deprivation of liberty safeguards (DoLS) co-ordinator will assist with planning, developing and implementing information and data collection, recording systems and analysis mechanisms in relation to MCA/DoLS
Our offer to you:
At least 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays rising to 32 after 5 years’ service (pro rata if part time) - option to purchase further days
Agile working (Role dependent) - A “Flexibility First” approach to Agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception
Part of the Local Government Pension scheme – option to join the AVC scheme
Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee assistance programme
Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
Discounted Gym Memberships
Employee Volunteering Scheme
Medicash
Applicants to go to website for more job details and a candidate pack.