Safeguarding Support Officer - Manchester, United Kingdom - Healios

Healios

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

POSITION:
Full time, with consideration of flexible working patterns

LOCATION:
Home based, remote

SALARY:
Up to £35,000

ABOUT US

Founded in 2013, Healios is a leading specialist digital healthcare company working to empower patients and families affected by mental health, autism and ADHD conditions to support long-term outcomes and wellbeing.

Our mission is to bring exceptional healthcare to anyone, anytime, anywhere.

Healios is pioneering the world's first digitalisation of NHS Mental Health Trust outpatient services, covering multiple complex specialist assessment and psychological intervention services.

By digitising entire clinical pathways, we enable children, adults and their family members to receive and seamlessly transition between clinical services from the comfort of their home.

By blending the best of technology, design, specialised clinical expertise and a personal human connection, Healios is transforming the experience of how care is accessed and received to help patients and families lead a better quality of life.

We are a workplace that knows our people are our most important asset. We are committed to making Healios a place where employees can be themselves, do their best work, and thrive. We're a culture of innovators and achievers and we're happiest when we're creating the future.

We are an organisation that empowers our exceptional talent to make a real difference not only in reshaping how mental health and neurodevelopment services are delivered across the UK, but also in the lives of those individuals and families who need our support.

THE CHALLENGE

The purpose of the Safeguarding Support Officer is to support activities to ensure that Healios meets its responsibilities to safeguard/protect children, young people and vulnerable adults/adults at risk.

You will report to the Healios Safeguarding Lead (SL) and be supported by the safeguarding officers in you role.

The role of the Safeguarding Support Officer is critical to supporting and contributing to early intervention strategies, ensuring that cases of suspected or actual child/vulnerable adult protection or safeguarding concerns are referred to the appropriate agencies.

You will support clinical staff to ensure that all aspects of the safeguarding process is followed.

You will have a crucial role within the team in risk assessing, coordinating, quality assuring, monitoring and following up on external referrals made.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO HEALIOS

A recognised qualification relevant to the health care sector at degree level or above. [Essential]
Demonstrable experience of working in a similar safeguarding role. [Essential]
Experience of risk assessment and clinical risk management [Essential]
Experience and confidence in working and liaising with multi agency professionals [Essential]
Personal and professional integrity [Essential]
Absolute commitment to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable/at risk adults [Essential]
High degree of emotional intelligence and resilience [Essential]
Ability to work autonomously [Essential]
Experience of working within children's mental health services [Desirable].
Knowledge and experience of working with children's services and local early help teams [desirable]

THE ROLE

Support the internal safeguarding team with all duties and responsibilities
Be available for staff to discuss any safeguarding issues or concerns, with support from the safeguarding officers
Provide advice (direct and indirect) to clinical staff on the assessment, management and referral pathways for safeguarding, early help and managing risk, with support from the safeguarding officers.
To liaise directly with clients, families to seek further information to inform the assessment of risk.
Support the safeguarding team to ensure that cases of suspected or actual abuse / risk concerns are referred to the appropriate agencies
To be involved in quality assuring safeguarding processes and referrals
To follow up on outcomes of safeguarding referrals with local authorities and the young people and families that we support.
To present reports and information to appropriate protection conferences and related meetings as required

- support with consent, MCA, DOLs/LPS

Work closely with other safeguarding professionals across the Healios services
Liaise with professional leads from other agencies, such as referring bodies, education and children's social care as required
Work with the safeguarding team to ensure that Healios safeguarding procedures are fully embedded
Contribute to the dissemination and implementation of organisational policies and procedures
Contribute to monitoring the quality and effectiveness of services, including auditing and monitoring performance against indicators and standards

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT