Specialist Safeguarding Practitioner- Band 7
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | Guernsey |
| Area | Guernsey, Channel Islands |
| Sector | General Practitioners |
| Salary | Negotiable |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | remoteapi |
| Job Ref | FARNGRNSY220925_1758552018 |
| Job Views | 2 |
- Description
- Responsibility for Patient/Service User Care
* Undertake the functions of Adult Safeguarding including, Duty to Inquire and Safeguarding Investigations ensuring practice encompasses Making Safeguarding Personal
* Attend specific safeguarding meetings and any other meetings relevant to the role.
* Undertake capacity assessments for individuals where there are concerns relating to their capacity in respect to safeguarding.
* Be aware of child safeguarding concerns and work collaboratively with Children Safeguarding colleagues as necessary ensuring an understanding of 'Think Child' and 'Think Family' are central to working practice.
* Work alongside other members of the Adult Safeguarding Team, supporting the Associate Director of Community Health and Social Care, to achieve the best practice in enabling employees to fulfil their roles and statutory safeguarding responsibilities.
* Utilise specialist knowledge and skills to provide guidance, support and safeguarding supervision
* Uphold the core values and practice of Making Safeguarding Personal.
Communication
* Ensure there is effective participation within Safeguarding Governance
* Provide advice and support for employees who are involved in police investigations and court proceedings, including support with report writing.
* Make full use of electronic communication, computers, and databases to support the safeguarding agenda.
* Utilise highly developed communication skills to assist staff within HSC and multi-agency representatives/colleagues, to determine the relevance of health information to ensure robust decision making and appropriate response to safeguarding concerns.
* Establish and maintain highly effective working relationships with colleagues within health including external agencies ensuring smooth and effective communication processes.
* Establish and maintain communication with multi agency groups and individuals working on complex and sensitive issues in a range of inter and multi-agency settings.
* Communicate and analyse information in potentially stressful situations providing advice on all levels within HSC and on multi-agency/disciplinary basis.
* Constructively challenge and analyse complex situation, information and events within a variety of professional inter and multi-agency settings.
Leadership
* Encourage staff to identify adults who may be at risk, encouraging the use of reflection and supervision to improve processes and practice.
* Ensure all staff connect with their duty to protect children and young people alongside their role in protecting adults at risk.
* Provide specialist safeguarding supervision and support to staff in managing sensitive and distressing situations, involving complex and emotive issues in relation to adult safeguarding.
* Respond to any disclosure of a safeguarding concern, and signpost appropriately and be empathetic and provide reassurance to staff in dealing with sensitive, complex issues and concerns.
* Support the role of Whistleblowing and Freedom to Speak up.
* Empower staff in their identification and decision-making processes when confronted with possible adult abuse and neglect.
* Liaise with practitioners to obtain relevant information, advising where necessary, challenging decisions when appropriate and implement agreed actions.
* To challenge professional differences constructively with health professionals and our partner agencies. Have knowledge of and able to manage and escalate concerns.
* Support and empower practitioners in communicating highly sensitive and complex information to colleagues, partner agencies, families and individuals.
* Support other members of the Adult Safeguarding Team with their daily duties when competing priorities arise within the Adult Safeguarding Team.
* Have an awareness of the resource limitations within the organisation and to utilise available resources appropriately.
* Organise work in an effective and efficient manner to ensure that deadlines are met in line with key performance indicators.
* To support the person-centred agenda, this should include feedback to gain the perspective of the service users in respect of service developments and provision.
* To work in partnership with the Adult Safeguarding Team and external agencies to facilitate positive change in culture and approach in respect of the implementation of the Adult Safeguarding agenda/practice.
Partnership Working
* Represent HSC at multi-agency meetings in respect of safeguarding issues or other matters as directed.
* To demonstrate an understanding of and apply the principles of the CARE Values.
Professional Development
* Maintain a robust knowledge of safeguarding, Capacity legislation, code of practice, case law, guidelines, recent reports, and research. Ensure own personal and professional development and consider own training and development needs in discussion with Head of Adult Safeguarding.
* Access regular support and supervision with the Head of Adult Safeguarding and agreed supervisor/s.
* Assume responsibility for the maintenance of own professional knowledge and utilise a reflective and analytical approach to practice, in relation to safeguarding.
* Provide appropriate support to others to improve their knowledge and understanding and share own knowledge, skills and experience with others through the diversity of specialist training programmes, induction, and shadowing opportunities.
Analysis and Data Management
* To facilitate and maintain accurate records in respect of safeguarding
* Undertake thorough investigations and multi-agency reviews, ensure effective systems are in place for learning and sharing lessons both internally and with external partners.
* Demonstrate well developed analytical and judgmental skills to understand highly complex information.
