Senior Adults Safeguarding Practitioner

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your applicationHere at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, were proud to be ALL HERE FOR YOUfor our patients, our communities, and each other.As part of our commitment to fairness, transparency, and personal integrity, we ask all applicants to ensure that their job applications reflect their own experiences, skills, and motivations. While AI tools can support spelling, grammar, or formatting, we expect that the content of your applicationespecially personal statements and responses to role-specific questionsis written by you. This helps us get to know the real you and ensures that our recruitment process remains equitable and meaningful for everyone.Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive. We look forward to receiving your application.Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Current professional NMC/SW England/HCPC registration.
• Qualified Nurse, Social Worker, physiotherapist or occupational Therapist
• Over 2 years work experience and knowledge within safeguarding.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and training undertaken in respect of safeguarding to minimum Level 3 (as per Intercollegiate Document)
• Experience of working within healthcare/Clinical

Desirable

• Line management experience
• Teaching qualification or demonstrate experience and knowledge in the development and delivery of training to key professionals
• Qualified Best Interest Assessor

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Specialist knowledge of adult safeguarding practice and legislation
• Knowledge of local and national policies relating to safeguarding adults at risk, relevant professional and NHS policy initiatives.
• Experience of implementing and coordinating safeguarding of adults at risk procedures within a multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of legislation and experience of working with the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• Experience in a senior clinical position
• Evidence of team working
• Evidence of developing/providing education programmes for the multi - disciplinary team
• Experience of multi -agency working.

Desirable

• Experience of research activities
• Experience of attending strategy meetings
• Evidence of working within both acute and community healthcare settings.
• Experience and knowledge of multidisciplinary audit.
• Experience of delivering safeguarding supervision
• Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change.
• Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills and ability to provide written and verbal reports for safeguarding adult at risk proceedings.
• Presentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills
• Ability to work under pressure, to prioritise, work flexibly and to tight deadlines.
• The ability to practise as an expert practitioner in relation to safeguarding adult at risk provision.
• Effective organizational skills.
• Facilitation skills
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• IT/word processing /database skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).