Adult Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner - Preston, United Kingdom - Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Preston, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTHTR) recognises its duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults.

Staff must at all times treat patients with dignity and respect, protecting patients at risk from abuse and neglect.

The role of the Specialist Safeguarding practitioner will ensure excellent standards of Safeguarding supervision, education and direction in line with the safeguarding adults agenda, to ensure the Trust fulfils its responsibilities.

You will be an experienced nurse or social worker with recent experience of working with adults at risk of abuse and neglect, preferably within a safeguarding role.

The post holder will provide expert advice and be able to demonstrate sound knowledge of critical legislation including, The Care Act 2014, The Mental Capacity Act 2005 and The Mental Health Act 1983 to be able to support complex pathways of care.

You will be responsible for planning, implementing and training to ensure patients' needs are appropriately managed in a consistent manner and monitored through robust reporting mechanisms.

Working collaboratively with the Named Professional for Adult Safeguarding & Named Professional for MCA/ DoLS, to establish and embed best practice across the Trust enabling the Trust to meet CQC Standards of Care, regulatory and commissioning contractual requirements.

You will support the LTHTR workforce to conform to the relevant statutory guidance, frameworks and legislation.

They will support the Named Professional Safeguarding Adults and Named Professional for MCA/ DoLS to provide leadership, supervision, training and expert advice in the management of adult safeguarding concerns, including:

Development and implementation of the Safeguarding Strategy and leading on workstreams within that strategy.

Raising awareness of the safeguarding adults agenda with the LTHTR multi-disciplinary workforce.

Continued development of the Trust safeguarding policies and procedures and completion of audits to ensure that key safeguarding messages are embedded in practice and CQC standards are being met.

Supporting staff to implement the principles of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

Design, deliver and evaluate Level 3 Safeguarding Adult training.

Facilitation of safeguarding supervision and safeguarding champions sessions.

Provision of support in the raising of and response to safeguarding adult concerns within our acute settings

Supporting clinical and governance teams in the completion of safeguarding investigations to support S.42 enquiries.

Proactively contribute to subgroups of the Safeguarding Adult Board and safeguarding reviews including Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SAR) and Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHR) alongside multiagency partners.

We have 9000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients.

Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done.

You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things.

Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Support the Safeguarding Team to provide high quality safeguarding supervision, training, advice and expertise to the LTHTR workforce, to maintain and continuously improve quality of services provided to adults at risk of abuse & neglect and their families.

To work in conjunction with the Named Professional Safeguarding Adults, Named Professional for MCA/ DoLS and Head of Safeguarding to update policies, procedures and guidance and ensure we have an empowered workforce with the appropriate safeguarding knowledge and skills.

To develop LTHTR staff knowledge and skills in the specific areas of:

Safeguarding adults at risk of abuse and neglect in accordance with the requirements of the Care Act 2014 and Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Safeguarding policies and procedures.

Recognising, raising and responding to concerns about abuse or neglect.

Supporting the local authority to undertake S.42 enquiries when there are concerns an adult at risk has experienced abuse or neglect whilst under the care of LTHTR services.

Ensuring capacity assessments are undertaken appropriately.

Recognising potential deprivations of liberty and ensuring deprivation of