South West London Integrated Care Board

Designated Adult Safeguarding Lead (Croydon)

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Job summary

The post holder will act as a point of expertise for all issues relating to the care of vulnerable adults across SWL ICS. This post leads and co-ordinates the SWL ICS adult safeguarding strategy, across the local health economy, providing a strategic overview that encompasses domestic and sexual violence, and PREVENT.

You will be expected to focus on place based safeguarding whilst working collaboratively with partners within the SWL system. The post holder will take a lead (the Local Area Contact role) for the LeDeR programme across the borough they are responsible for.

The post holder supports all activity required to ensure that the ICS meets its responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults working effectively with internal and external partners for the betterment of peoples' lives. The role is the designated professional where allegations are made or concerns raised about staff as well as managing and providing oversight of individual complex cases. The designated professional for safeguarding adults provides an advisory role to the borough safeguarding adults board, supporting the ICB representative to the board. The post holder takes a lead for health in working with partners and for taking forward learning for the health economy.

The designated professional for safeguarding adults supports the SWL named GP for safeguarding adults (where there is a named GP).

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to focus on place based safeguarding whilst working collaboratively with partners within the SWL system. The post holder will take a lead (the Local Area Contact role) for the LeDeR programme across the borough they are responsible for.

The post holder supports all activity required to ensure that the ICS meets its responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults working effectively with internal and external partners for the betterment of peoples' lives. The role is the designated professional where allegations are made or concerns raised about staff as well as managing and providing oversight of individual complex cases. The designated professional for safeguarding adults provides an advisory role to the borough safeguarding adults board, supporting the ICB representative to the board. The post holder takes a lead for health in working with partners and for taking forward learning for the health economy.

About us

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.

Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:

  • an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
  • an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.

ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):

  • to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
  • tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
  • enhance productivity and value for money and;
  • help the NHS support broader social and economic development.

NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money.

Details

Date posted

27 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£80,025 to £91,336 a year per annum inclusive of Outer HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

491-SWLSGR01-SGS01-A

Job locations

Croydon Team (930245) L4

120 The Broadway

London

SW19 1RH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description for full details.

The post holder will undertake the following duties and responsibilities

To fulfil the role as outlined in the Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff August 2018.

To be responsible for the management and oversight of individual complex cases and coordination where allegations are made or concerns raised about an employee, volunteer or student who may have harmed or who may pose a risk to adults

To work with the local authority and service providers to ensure that referral of employees to the Disclosure and Barring Service and/or Regulatory Bodies are made promptly and appropriately and that any supporting evidence required is made available

To monitor the process for: safeguarding enquiries; safeguarding adult reviews; domestic homicide cases; high risk cases; and MARAC cases to ensure that they are dealt with as quickly as possible, consistent with a thorough and fair process

To provide highly specialist advice on safeguarding issues.

To lead the development and ensure the dissemination of relevant SWL ICBs adult safeguarding policies. To ensure that all policies reflect current statutory guidance and best practice

To lead on adult safeguarding across the ICB/ICS s and relevant Safeguarding Committees/ Groups

To prepare an annual report for the SWL ICB and the SWL ICBs contribution to the Safeguarding Adults Board Strategic Plan and Annual Report

To undertake the role of Mental Capacity Act Lead providing advice on the Mental Capacity Act, including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard/ Liberty Protection Safeguard issues

To support the Learning from Lives and Deaths Review (LeDeR) programme for the ICB, being the Local Area Contact where appropriate, working closely with the LeDeR team

To ensure that recording systems are in place about decision making and recommendations relating to the management of allegations, and to ensure the control of information is in accordance with data protection and confidentiality requirements

To act as a source of expertise and advice to SWL staff and Board members

To provide support and advice about the appropriate content of contracts, service specifications and service level agreements

To work in partnership with providers to offer oversight and assurance in relation to performance management frameworks, dashboards and the patient experience

To act as a source of expertise and advice to designated leads and others in commissioned services

To advise partners and other organisations on health matters in relation to adult safeguarding

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Description for full details.

The post holder will undertake the following duties and responsibilities

To fulfil the role as outlined in the Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff August 2018.

To be responsible for the management and oversight of individual complex cases and coordination where allegations are made or concerns raised about an employee, volunteer or student who may have harmed or who may pose a risk to adults

To work with the local authority and service providers to ensure that referral of employees to the Disclosure and Barring Service and/or Regulatory Bodies are made promptly and appropriately and that any supporting evidence required is made available

To monitor the process for: safeguarding enquiries; safeguarding adult reviews; domestic homicide cases; high risk cases; and MARAC cases to ensure that they are dealt with as quickly as possible, consistent with a thorough and fair process

To provide highly specialist advice on safeguarding issues.

To lead the development and ensure the dissemination of relevant SWL ICBs adult safeguarding policies. To ensure that all policies reflect current statutory guidance and best practice

To lead on adult safeguarding across the ICB/ICS s and relevant Safeguarding Committees/ Groups

To prepare an annual report for the SWL ICB and the SWL ICBs contribution to the Safeguarding Adults Board Strategic Plan and Annual Report

To undertake the role of Mental Capacity Act Lead providing advice on the Mental Capacity Act, including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard/ Liberty Protection Safeguard issues

To support the Learning from Lives and Deaths Review (LeDeR) programme for the ICB, being the Local Area Contact where appropriate, working closely with the LeDeR team

To ensure that recording systems are in place about decision making and recommendations relating to the management of allegations, and to ensure the control of information is in accordance with data protection and confidentiality requirements

To act as a source of expertise and advice to SWL staff and Board members

To provide support and advice about the appropriate content of contracts, service specifications and service level agreements

To work in partnership with providers to offer oversight and assurance in relation to performance management frameworks, dashboards and the patient experience

To act as a source of expertise and advice to designated leads and others in commissioned services

To advise partners and other organisations on health matters in relation to adult safeguarding

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • oEducated to Masters level or equivalent level of knowledge and experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
  • oAny health or social care practitioner on a regulatory professional register
  • oEducated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience
  • oEvidence of continuing professional development - as per the national guidance for Designated Professionals - 24 hours per 3 years of Level 5 safeguarding adults training

Desirable

  • Root Cause Analysis training or experience of involvement in carrying out investigations and or learning reviews

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of expertise in adult safeguarding and/or related field
  • Proven experience of multi-agency partnership working
  • Working with diverse communities
  • Experience of facilitating change by collaborating with stakeholders within adult services across other professions and both intra- and inter- organisationally to produce innovative practice, service development and training programmes
  • Experience of writing board level reports and presenting to board, committee or public meetings
  • Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precede
  • Working project and programme management
  • Detailed knowledge and understanding of the Care Act (2014), Intercollegiate Document (2019) and other safeguarding policy and guidance
  • Detailed knowledge and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and Amendment Bill, Prevent Strategy
  • Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by experience and theory

Desirable

  • Working in commissioning environment or similar environment
Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • oEducated to Masters level or equivalent level of knowledge and experience of working at a senior level in specialist area
  • oAny health or social care practitioner on a regulatory professional register
  • oEducated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience
  • oEvidence of continuing professional development - as per the national guidance for Designated Professionals - 24 hours per 3 years of Level 5 safeguarding adults training

Desirable

  • Root Cause Analysis training or experience of involvement in carrying out investigations and or learning reviews

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of expertise in adult safeguarding and/or related field
  • Proven experience of multi-agency partnership working
  • Working with diverse communities
  • Experience of facilitating change by collaborating with stakeholders within adult services across other professions and both intra- and inter- organisationally to produce innovative practice, service development and training programmes
  • Experience of writing board level reports and presenting to board, committee or public meetings
  • Demonstrates sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precede
  • Working project and programme management
  • Detailed knowledge and understanding of the Care Act (2014), Intercollegiate Document (2019) and other safeguarding policy and guidance
  • Detailed knowledge and understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and Amendment Bill, Prevent Strategy
  • Highly developed specialist knowledge, underpinned by experience and theory

Desirable

  • Working in commissioning environment or similar environment

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.

Employer details

Employer name

South West London Integrated Care Board

Address

Croydon Team (930245) L4

120 The Broadway

London

SW19 1RH


Employer's website

https://www.southwestlondon.icb.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South West London Integrated Care Board

Address

Croydon Team (930245) L4

120 The Broadway

London

SW19 1RH


Employer's website

https://www.southwestlondon.icb.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Director of Quality (Sutton & Croydon Place)

June Okochi

June.Okochi@swlondon.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

27 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8c

Salary

£80,025 to £91,336 a year per annum inclusive of Outer HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

491-SWLSGR01-SGS01-A

Job locations

Croydon Team (930245) L4

120 The Broadway

London

SW19 1RH


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