Safeguarding in Partnership Officer X 2 Posts

1 week ago


South Shields, South Tyneside, United Kingdom South Tyneside Council Full time
Safeguarding in Partnership Officer x 2 Posts

(Adults and Integrated Care Services, Practice, Assurance and Safeguarding Team)

£37,261 pa

(2 Year Secondments will be considered. Please seek permission from your Line Manager before applying)

Are you passionate about supporting people to achieve better outcomes?

Then this might be the role for you

About the Role:


As Safeguarding in Partnership Officer, you will be part of the dedicated Safeguarding team and work collaboratively with partners and third sector organisations to facilitate positive change for adults at risk of serious harm or death through self-neglect, risk taking behaviour and/or reluctance or refusal of services, by working in a creative way to engage and build trusting relationships with them.


Through the strength of a highly person centred, patient and persistent approach, you will be an accessible choice promoter, enabling the adult to navigate professional systems and use the trusting relationship to lever longer term change.


Key duties include:

  • To safeguard individuals in a way that supports them in making choices and having control in how they choose to live their lives. Ensure that the 'Making Safeguarding Personal' ethos is at the heart of all social care practice.
  • Provide a commitment to knowing the community you serve and develop links and opportunities within it.

About You:
Are you an experienced social or health care practitioner who is committed to work in a setting that believes that people are at their healthiest and happiest when they are supported to remain independent, close to the people they love and who love them, in the neighbourhoods and communities they call home?


You must demonstrate an applied knowledge of Adult Social Care and Safeguarding legislation and safeguarding frameworks, processes and procedures as well as managing complex cases and implementing a range of interventions, you will demonstrate experience of undertaking complex assessments including risk assessments, safeguarding enquiry and capacity assessments.


Experience of multi-disciplinary working and building relationships with community service providers and working in effective partnership to improve outcomes for individuals.


This role is a great opportunity for someone with the right drive and ambition to join our highly motivated team.

The successful applicant will share our enthusiasm, contributing to and influencing improved outcomes for people.

About Us:
Adult Social Care is changing in South Tyneside. We are a forward-thinking Council that is developing innovative approaches to meet our challenges. Focusing on People, Place and Partnerships, this is a great time to join us.

With our new Council Leadership, and a recent service review, we are developing a new 5-year Vision and Strategy for Adult Social Care to help support the next stage of our journey.

Working closely with all our partners our vision for the future is to see every person in South Tyneside with care and support needs "Living Better Lives", to fully utilise their strengths and assets, to remain safe and well; in the neighbourhoods and communities they call home.

We want to work with all our partners to ensure the person only need tell their story once and that they have equal voice in co-ordinating their care and support.

We understand promoting the importance of social justice and inclusion, respecting people's rights, citizenship and participation.


Joining us at this time will ensure you are at the forefront of helping to develop and embed co-production and co-delivery, delivering new models of working through our Adult Social Care framework and contributing to our ambitious plans to fully embed our strengths-based practice, improve services and deliver better outcomes for the people of South Tyneside.

We remain fully committed to supporting our staff to grow and develop, and we will provide you with the opportunity to use your skills and learn new ones.

Through the development of our new Values and Behaviour Framework we will fully support staff to become Curious, Accountable, Responsive and Empowered (CARE).

South Tyneside Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure will be sought along with other relevant pre-employment checks.


For those posts where there is a requirement to either work in or enter a Care Quality Commission Regulated Care Home (CQC) it would be preferred but optional, that you have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (unless medical exempt) as a condition of employment.


Closing date:
Noon, 6 March 2023.

Interviews will take place week commencing 20 March 2023.

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