Safeguarding Practitioner
| Posting date: | 24 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £39,151 to £47,181 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 December 2025 |
| Location: | Civic Offices Portsmouth, PO12EP |
| Company: | Portsmouth City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | pcc/TP/724/1015 |
Summary
Safeguarding Practitioner - Adult Safeguarding Team
Salary: Band: 9 or 10 dependant on experience
(Band 9:£39,151- £42,838p.a., Band 10: £42,838-£47,181).
37 hours per week
What is the role
Portsmouth Adult Safeguarding Team is a fast-paced, dynamic team, committed to promoting individuals' rights and choices, and keeping people in Portsmouth safe.We are looking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Social Worker or Registered Nurse to join our expanding team.
The Adult Safeguarding team work to support adults who are experiencing, or are at risk of experiencing, abuse, or neglect, and as such the ideal candidate will:
- Be resilient and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Be able to develop positive and effective relationships with other agencies.
- Be passionate about making safeguarding personal.
Over the last year, the Adult Safeguarding team has evolved significantly, and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to be involved in the ongoing development of the team, including organising and facilitating learning events to broaden safeguarding knowledge across the city.
Who is the person?
The successful candidate will need to hold a professional qualification with relevant registration and have a relevant legal, theoretical and practice knowledge base, and willingness to develop knowledge and skill in relation to adult safeguarding, The Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Making Safeguarding Personal.
With robust and comprehensive skills in risk management, the ability to negotiate, work creatively and flexible with an aptitude for innovative decision making, you will be passionate about putting the individual at heart of what you do. You will be effective at managing and organising your own workload whilst working in a busy office environment whilst responding to competing demands and changing priorities.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role and what you will need to demonstrate in order to succeed.
About Portsmouth City Council
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board safer recruitment procedures.
Additional information
Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Applicants will be shortlisted based on their ability to use good examples that meet the criteria of this role.
We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found atEquality, diversity and inclusion - Careers portal. We are committed to offering an interview to all those candidates that qualify under one of our commitments and meet the minimum criteria, however for roles that receive a large number of applications, this is not always possible, and we will select the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria.
The interview process will take place w/c 12 January 2025.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk. or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800.