Senior Safeguarding Adult Practitioner - Truro, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Truro, United Kingdom

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Senior Safeguarding Adult Practitioner:


Band 6:


Main area

  • Senior Safeguarding Practitioner
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Grade

  • Band 6
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Contract

  • Fixed term: 12 months
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Hours

  • Full time hours per week
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Site

  • Impact Building
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Town

  • Truro
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Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum / Pro Rata
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Salary period

  • Yearly
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Closing

  • Today at 23:59
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Interview date

  • 02/06/2023Thank you for your interest in joining us at
    Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_
- _Care based on what matters to people. _
- _Care provided at home or close to home. _
- _Improvement through learning, research and innovation. _
- _Prevention and alternatives to hospital._


_Great Organisation_
- _Buildings that support health and wellbeing. _
- _Technology enabled care. _
- _Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services. _
- _Safe, efficient, effective and productive._


_Great People_
- _A place people love to work and feel valued. _
- _Living our values with staff (all voices count). _
- _Attract, grow and develop talent. _
- _Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen._


_Great Partner_
- _Encourage and enable effective partnerships. _
- _Joined-up community services. _
- _Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities. _
- _Reduce our impact on the environment._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.


_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:


This is an exciting opportunity for a band 6 Senior Safeguarding Adult Practitioner to join the Safeguarding Team within Cornwall Foundation Trust.

The postholder will be working alongside other Safeguarding practitioners and with partner agencies to help improve safeguarding outcomes for adults at risk of abuse and neglect.


This is a 12 month fixed term post.


You would be expected to support and advise colleagues in relation to safeguarding concerns, ensuring the promotion of best practice within adult safeguarding and compliance with relevant legal frameworks.

The role is primarily based at Impact Building at Truro.

The post holder will provide efficient, visible and effective adult Safeguarding Services, and will ensure patients and staff have access to, and receive, timely and high quality information, advice and signposting in relation to safeguarding concerns.


If you are passionate about safeguarding, achieving the best care and outcomes for patients of the trust, and have relevant experience in managing complex safeguarding cases or from a registered nursing or social work background, we would love to hear from you.


Proposed interview date: 2nd June 2023

Main duties of the job:


  • Plan and provide supervision, support, training and advice and act as a source of specialist knowledge in matters relating to safeguarding adults, predominantly responsible for acute and community adult services.
  • Work in allocated areas under the direction of the senior safeguarding team
  • Develop partnership working with statutory and voluntary organisations to aid communication and provide better outcomes for adults and families.
  • Ensure robust communication takes place minimising risks to the adults, families, and the organisation.
  • To be available and accessible to frontline staff and safeguarding colleagues, both within the safeguarding office and within care environments.
  • To line manage the safeguarding adult practitioner and the safeguarding assistant practitioner.

Working for our organisation:

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beauti
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