Senior Specialist Adult Safeguarding Practitioner
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Dover
Senior Specialist Adult Safeguarding Practitioner
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East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Dover
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 16 Sep | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
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Location ref: Dover
Full Job Description
To support and guide staff on adult protection cases and work in partnership with all agencies providing safeguarding to vulnerable adults.
Promote personalised and safe care as part of a prevention strategy.
Promote effective responses when harm is detected. Use learning to improve prevention and protection.
Empower patients to be heard and support informed consent, supporting the implementation of the Mental Capacity and Equality Act and Deprivation of Liberty across the Trust
Main duties of the job
o To provide training to frontline health professionals in relation to Adult Protection, Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, promoting good practice and ensure that staff are aware of their responsibilities in Safeguarding Adults in all settings.
o To provide specialist advice and support to staff members with Mental Capacity assessments and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
o To support and advise staff on issues related to Safeguarding Adults, with occasional attendance at strategy meetings and case conferences.
o Facilitating safeguarding supervision following safeguarding incidents .
o Ensure that vulnerable adults and their relatives/carers are involved in decisions affecting their care and wellbeing and in service development. When relatives or carers are absent, ensure that advocacy is engaged in a timely manner.
o Undertake delivery of safeguarding training
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.