Job summary
The Deputy Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian will work alongside the FTSU Guardian to support the organisation in becoming a more open and transparent place to work, where all staff are actively encouraged and enabled to speak up safely.
The Deputy Freedom to Speak Up Guardian will help:
Protect patient safety and the quality of care
Improve the experience of workers
Promote learning and improvement
By ensuring that:
Workers are supported in speaking up
Barriers to speaking up are addressed
A positive culture of speaking up is fostered
Issues raised are used as opportunities for learning and improvement
Main duties of the job
Support all workers to speak up
Support all colleagues to raise their concerns.
Ensure freedom to speak up messages reach groups that may face barriers to speaking up.
Seek feedback from colleagues who have raised concerns once issues have been adequately addressed to ensure processes are improved.
Regularly attend staff inclusion networks to ensure that the voices of all our colleagues are heard and any barriers to speaking up are addressed.
Promotion of freedom to speak up
Promote freedom to speak up across the whole organisation, including delivering information sessions to a diverse range of colleagues and networks as required.
Support the People Experience Champions to share messages and promote FTSU.
Continue to implement the freedom to speak up policy in the organisation, ensuring it is effective and suggesting improvements where required.
Case Management
Support the FTSU guardian to effectively manage cases.
Be a case holder for concerns raised through the FTSU service, escalating any immediate issues and ensuring appropriate action is taken.
Support People Experience Champions
Reporting
Maintain and develop the freedom to speak up reporting system.
Provide reports containing highly sensitive information internally and externally as required, ensuring confidentiality is maintained.
About us
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Our values:
We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:
- Committed to Quality of Care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Improving Lives
- Everyone Counts
- Respect and Dignity
Got questions before you apply, please contact the recruiting manager to find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Deputy Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian will work alongside the FTSU Guardian to support the organisation in becoming a more open and transparent place to work, where all staff are actively encouraged and enabled to speak up safely.
See Job Description and Person Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Deputy Freedom to Speak Up (FTSU) Guardian will work alongside the FTSU Guardian to support the organisation in becoming a more open and transparent place to work, where all staff are actively encouraged and enabled to speak up safely.
See Job Description and Person Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
- Experience of working with and bringing about positive change for disadvantaged, diverse and vulnerable people
- Experience in problem solving and facilitating change
- Experience of involving staff in service development and feedback
- Experience of dealing with sensitive and confidential information
Desirable
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience of using electronic information and databases
- Understanding of relevant national policies and legislation: Public Interest Disclosure Act, Data Protection Act and the Equality Act
- Experience of using a project management approach
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of how to effectively lead and motivate people particularly in relation to change and improving people experience.
- Knowledge of the speaking up agenda and local systems
- Knowledge of and the ability to effectively apply national guidance, regulation and legislation in relation to FTSU processes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent experience
- Experience of working with and bringing about positive change for disadvantaged, diverse and vulnerable people
- Experience in problem solving and facilitating change
- Experience of involving staff in service development and feedback
- Experience of dealing with sensitive and confidential information
Desirable
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Experience of using electronic information and databases
- Understanding of relevant national policies and legislation: Public Interest Disclosure Act, Data Protection Act and the Equality Act
- Experience of using a project management approach
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of how to effectively lead and motivate people particularly in relation to change and improving people experience.
- Knowledge of the speaking up agenda and local systems
- Knowledge of and the ability to effectively apply national guidance, regulation and legislation in relation to FTSU processes.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
