Advanced Safeguarding Practitioner - Luton, United Kingdom - Luton Borough Council

Luton Borough Council

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Luton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Number
LBC02962

Contract Type
Permanent

Posting End Date
27 February 2024

About us:

Our ambitious
Luton 2040 Vision - that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty - is at the heart of everything we do.

We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.

The people of Luton depend heavily on this council - and that means our workforce Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?

About the job:

Hours per week: 37

Contract type:
Permanent

Our Adult Social Care department have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Practitioner to join their Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub team who work together to protect adults who may be at risk of abuse, harm or neglect.

The MASH aims to improve the responses to safeguarding concerns through stronger links and better information sharing between organisations and agencies to lead to better outcomes for adults.

As part of the safeguarding adult team, you'll provide professional support and safeguarding leadership to qualified and unqualified social workers and other staff as directed, who form part of integrated community multi-disciplinary teams.

You'll provide leadership, advice and support to team members on risk assessment and management of complex cases and safeguarding work, and additionally on professional social work matters in order to promote personalised care pathways ensuring choice and control for all eligible individuals.

About you:

We need someone who can successfully motivate and build a team consistently to achieve and exceed personal and team objectives

You'll have experience of:

complex case work with different adult client groups, advocacy and user and carer involvement issues, business/financial management and taking effective action to achieve performance improvements.

You will have the opportunity to develop on your already existing in depth knowledge and understanding of Social Care legislation and regulations.

This would include personalisation, eligibility criteria, rehabilitation and reablement, Safeguarding and MCA, DOLS, Multi-disciplinary complex case work, CQC Care Standards and Human Right Act.

We do ask that you have a degree or equivalent Social Work qualification, registered with professional body and demonstrable commitment to professional development.

This is a public facing role so you'll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English.

Application process:

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in A person's criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.

Additional information:

We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:

From 25 to 32 days' annual leave: linked to length of service and grade

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Buying annual leave scheme:buy up to 20 days additional annual leave
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Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area
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Pension scheme:with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant
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Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home
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Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part-time hours and alternative working patterns
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Training and support:unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways
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Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons
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Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel