Sector Safeguarding Lead

2 weeks ago


Chelmsford, United Kingdom East of England Ambulance Service Trust Full time

The role of Sector Safeguarding Lead will be part of the trust safeguarding team, working collaboratively across the trust to ensure that our statutory, regulatory, and mandatory frameworks and guidance relating to safeguarding are met. The role holder will have experience in and be a specialist for one of the following areas: children & young people, adults and education & training.

Please note this vacancy is to work in the Mid & South Essex area.

Applicants should live in a reasonable distance to the area as travel across the sector is expected.

The post holder will work collaboratively across the safeguarding team and will work on shared workstreams across the safeguarding portfolio, along with holding responsibility for specific workstreams. The post holder will work to provide specialist support to staff, monitoring and reviewing referrals and responding to requests for information from internal/external partners.

Great healthcare requires great people. That’s why we are doing everything we can to recruit committed, skilled people - and to make sure we support our new and existing employees, so they choose to stay with us.
- To provide expert advice to the Trust on safeguarding matters where appropriate providing guidance to the Safeguarding Team and Named Doctor to ensure the Trust discharges its statutory and regulatory duties.
- Work collaboratively with sector management teams, providing specialist knowledge and advice
- Support investigations alongside investigating officers, providing expert advice relating to safeguarding
- Where required and appropriate, be able to deputise for the Safeguarding Lead.
- Communicate effectively with external agencies, professionals, and managers on highly complex and sensitive matters
- Where necessary provide health representation for multi-agency conferences/panels
- Be familiar with relevant legislation and processes associated with adult safeguarding e.g., S42, Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Domestic Homicide Reviews, etc.
- The post holder will be required to provide safeguarding supervision to staff across the trust, this includes clinicians, SPOC staff and local managers

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