Band 7 Safeguarding Adults Practitioner

2 months ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT Full time

Advice and Support To ensure specialist advice is available on the day to day management of adults at risk where there are safeguarding issues or concerns. To provide expert advice and support to staff members with mental capacity assessments and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards/Liberty Protection Safeguards. To support and advise other professionals on issues related to Safeguarding Adults, including participating in strategy meetings/case conferences. To support and advise other professionals to present verbal and written reports to strategy meetings and case conferences.

To utilise court craft skills, where needed, accessing the Trust legal services and facilities. To participate in and lead specific working groups in order to achieve targets and objectives relation to Safeguarding Adults and the Mental Capacity Act. Demonstrate that adults at risk and their carers/relatives where relevant are involved in both decisions affecting their care and wellbeing, and in service development. To provide regular supervision to frontline health professionals in relation to adult protection and mental capacity to promote good practice and ensure that staff are aware of their responsibilities in Safeguarding Adults.

Training and Supervision To organise, design, deliver and evaluate adult safeguarding, mental capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards/Liberty Protection Safeguards training to staff. To liaise with the Lead Nurse for Safeguarding Adults and service managers to share and disseminate new developments in the field of adult safeguarding, mental capacity and deprivation of liberty/Liberty Protection Safeguards. Develop and implement plans and activities with other agencies to raise awareness of abuse and mental capacity. Work with other professionals to arrange, develop and co-ordinate a range of teaching and training suitable for all employees of the Trust.

Work with the Lead Specialist for Safeguarding Adults and the Mental Capacity Act to devise and implement a Trust Training Needs Analysis and training plan. Contribute to the delivery of multi-agency training where necessary. Monitor, audit and review training delivered to ensure a high, accurate standard is maintained and that it meets the needs of the staff and organisation. Participate in clinical supervision with practitioners involved in safeguarding practice.

**Ensure arrangements are in place**: To identify staff required to update their knowledge For staff who fail to update their knowledge or to the required standard of competence. Develop and maintain links with Professional Development and higher education institutions to contribute to the Safeguarding Adults themes within nursing and social care curriculum. Co-ordination and Communication Promote good communication links at all levels in respect of adults about whom there are concerns in line with local information sharing protocols to achieve better outcomes for adults. To liaise with service managers on Safeguarding Adults issues to ensure consistency across the organisation.

Represent the Lead Nurse for Safeguarding Adults at relevant meetings when required. Ensure a culture of acceptance and understanding by all health professionals of their responsibilities for Safeguarding Adults. Disseminate the learning from Serious Case Reviews and assist in the implementation of Serious Case Review recommendations for health. Policies and Procedures To contribute to the development and implementation of safeguarding, mental capacity, deprivation of liberty/liberty protection safeguards policies, procedures and strategies.

Work in partnership with professionals and other agencies to implement recommendations and share information to promote vulnerable adult wellbeing and safeguarding them from harm. Co-ordinate and ensure that procedures are distributed, understood and implemented by alerting professionals of any changes made in the light of new local or national developments and policies. Audit, Monitoring and Evaluation To assist with the audit, monitoring and evaluation of Safeguarding Adults systems and services in order to improve the quality and clinical effectiveness of care for adults at risk and their families. Advise the Clinical Governance Committee on the implementation of effective systems of audit in order to monitor the agreed local safeguarding policies and procedures.

Work with other professionals to arrange, develop and co-ordinate systems of audit in order to monitor the agreed local policies and procedures. Work with Human Resources when required concerning safe recruitment and allegations management. Assist with the collection of data in Serious Case Reviews. Disseminate the learning from Serious Case Reviews and assist in the implementation of Serious Case Review recommendations for health.

To undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager. To minimise the Trusts environmental impact wherever possible, includi



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