Safeguarding Adult and Mental Capacity Act - London, United Kingdom - Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced professional with a safeguarding adult background to guide and support our divisional teams as theSafeguarding Adult and Mental Capacity Act Specialist.

The postholder will lead on all activity in their identified locality/service areas required to ensure that the Directorate/areas of responsibility meet their safeguarding responsibilities so that Safeguarding Adults is seen as paramount and that a culture of dignity and safeguarding is embedded across the organisation in line with Making Safeguarding Personal.

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated professional with excellent communication skills, experience of working with families and safeguarding adults in a mental health and learning disability setting.

The post holder should have an extensive knowledge of safeguarding legislation and practices and must be able to represent the division at all levels with regards to safeguarding practice and policy.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Promoting and developing Safeguarding Adults

To provide clinical expertise within the Division/areas of responsibility, offering consultancy at Board and frontline practice level, on all aspects of safeguarding adults, the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) and Prevent issues.

Ensure each service has systems and processes in place to safeguard adults at risk (in line with the Care Act , working with partner agencies in line with Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) legislation and statutory guidance.

Provide professional safeguarding leadership in situations which are complex, risky, uncertain, ambiguous or have conflicting professional opinions, ensuring adults at risk are protected from harm whilst respecting and protecting their human rights.

Communicate a range of highly complex, sensitive and contentious topics to a range of professionals in varying situations.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 7,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond.

We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation.

We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference.

We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare.

We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others

Analyse highly complex information and situations and provide judgements as to a range of options, deciding on best action to ensure the optimum outcome for the adults, their families and carers, supporting staff to make person-centred safety plans.

Advise on Duty of Candour in safeguarding related incidents.

Be involved in complex safeguarding enquiries and ensure any lessons learnt from SARs, DHRs and local Learning Reviews are shared with the SAMCAT group and are widely disseminated across the Division and Trust.

To work closely with the Trust's Children's Safeguarding Team/Named Professionals to develop best practice, for example, the Think Family approach, ensuring consistency of practice in relation to safeguarding across the organisation.

To contribute to the Serious Case Review Panels or Learning Lesson Reviews and undertake an internal management review, when required, maintaining a log of Serious Adult Reviews (SARs),Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) and Maternal Death Reviews (MDRs) in the Division.

Be an active member (when appropriate), at times taking the lead, in the implementation of complex case review recommendations.

To raise with Senior Management any key risks, issues and concerns relating to safeguarding practice in your locality/service areas.

To lead on the Prevent agenda within your locality/service areas by being the point of contact for the Police Counter Terrorism Policing Unit and Prevent colleagues, in relation to patients about whom they have concerns.

To act as the local decision maker with r