Safeguarding Practitioner

3 days ago

Portsmouth, United Kingdom Portsmouth City Council Full time

**Safeguarding Practitioner - Adult Safeguarding Team**

**Salary**:Band: 9 or 10 dependant on experience, (Band 9: £37,937 - £41,510 p.a., Band 10: £41,510 - £45,718 p.a).
37 hours per week

**What is the role**

Portsmouth Adult Safeguarding Team is a fast-paced, dynamic team, committed to promoting individuals' rights and choices, and keeping people in Portsmouth safe. We are looking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Social Worker to join our expanding team.
- Be resilient and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Be able to develop positive and effective relationships with other agencies.
- Be passionate about making safeguarding personal.

**What you'll need to succeed**

With robust and comprehensive skills in risk management, the ability to negotiate, work creatively and flexible with an aptitude for innovative decision making, you will be passionate about putting the customer at the heart of what you do. You will be effective at managing and organising your own workload whilst working in a busy office environment whilst responding to competing demands and changing priorities.

**What you'll get in return**

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

- Generous annual leave (27 days per year rising to 31, pro rata for part time hours) with the potential to purchase additional leave.
- A fantastic pension which allows you the opportunity to pay in more for that greater return.
- We offer flexible working options including hybrid working with a minimum of two days office based per week pro rata, giving you the flexibility to work up to three days at home every week. Hybrid working is dependent on the role and service needs, exact details will be discussed with you at interview.
- Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Extensive wellbeing support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Discount on travel, travel loans and the bike loan scheme
- Discounts on a wide range of goods and services - access a range of discounts and offers from thousands of restaurants, shops and more.

**Additional information**


For further information please contact Laura Ternofsky, Adult Safeguarding Team Manager on 02392688613.

Applicants will be contacted for interview as and when shortlisting takes place and we reserve the right to close the advert early if we have successful applicant (s).

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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