Safeguarding Advisor - Woking, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Woking, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Job Introduction

The starting salary for this role is £48,632 per annum based on a 36-hour working week.
- "Working as a Safeguarding Advisor in the Transition Team means no two days are the same. I really enjoy the wide variety of work, as well as the support of a dedicated and friendly team. The Transition Team enables me to work autonomously and encourages everyone to attend training in order to develop their skills & knowledge and to enable career progression."_ -
Sarah Cave, Safeguarding Advisor
We are excited to be hiring a new
Safeguarding Advisor to join our fantastic Transition team. The team has office bases in Quadrant Court, Woking and Woodhatch Place, Reigate. The team is County wide and covers all of Surrey.

What we can offer you;

Annual Leave with the opportunity to buy up to 10 days additional annual leave
Agile working opportunities your work/life balance is important to us

Training and Development

Superb opportunities for development including a Readiness Programme, Preceptorship, Structured Induction Programme
A supportive, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
Car lease scheme and many more discounted lifestyle benefits, please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff for more information.

About the role

This role will be within the context of achieving and delivering the work of our team for service users and families.

You will lead on the development of safeguarding practice in the team, ensuring that young people and families drive our work.

The role includes engaging with partner agencies and will be able to provide safeguarding advice, guidance and chair safeguarding meetings.

Additionally, you will contribute to the development and implementation of the Safeguarding Strategy ensuring all practice is fully in line with the multi-purpose training programme offered by the Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board.

As a Safeguarding Advisor at Surrey, we will put you in the best possible position to assess the social care needs of our service users, providing direct positive intervention to some of our more complex service users and support for their carers.

The Transition Team are passionate about supporting young people and their families live healthy, active and fulfilling lives, safely, in their own communities.

We would love to hear from you if you share the same passion.

You must hold a professional Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Nursing or other relevant Qualification and be registered with a professional body.
You will need to have a significant working knowledge of the current statutory framework for health and social care provision and relevant legislation and experience of coordinating safeguarding enquires.
Knowledge and experience of working with people who have learning disabilities and/or Autism would be an advantage.

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values
we follow.
Additional Information
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 2nd July 2023.

Interviews will take place week commencing 10th July 2023.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

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Benefits
From flexible working to job sharing we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance.

For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

**Our Commitment