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Salary for this role£49,387 – £56,515 a year
Health and Care route minimum£25,000 a year
Pay basisNational pay scales (NHS bands)
NHS roles fall under the Health and Care Worker route. Salaries set by national pay scales (NHS bands) at or above the relevant band rate typically meet the occupation's requirement.
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Role description
Job summary
This is an exciting time to join our safeguarding team, we work trust wide supporting practitioners working with safeguarding adults. The post holder will be responsible for supporting practitioners in an identified locality, in addition to supporting safeguarding colleagues Trust wide.
About you
As an ideal Candidate you will be forward thinking, innovative and looking to further develop your career in the Safeguarding arena. Experience of working within mental health and learning disabilities is desirable.
Senior Practitioner Safeguarding Adults ( band 7)
You will have a proven track record in safeguarding and be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge and skills relevant to safeguarding and able to apply the relevant legal framework. A Professional Qualification in health and social care is essential.
You will be operating as a lead practitioner for safeguarding within a defined geographical area and will have a thematic trust wide lead for a specific area of safeguarding practice e.g. modern slavery or self-neglect.
Main duties of the job
Working Trust wide supporting AWP practitioners with management of safeguarding concerns affecting their service users.
Taking the lead for safeguarding arrangements in the locality including completing multi-agency audits and writing IMRs for safeguarding adult reviews etc...
Support practitioners with safeguarding meetings and multi-agency strategy discussions.
Safeguarding team provide support in relation to: safeguarding adults, safeguarding children, domestic abuse, MAPPA and PREVENT.
About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
We aim to provideHigh Quality, Compassionate Careeverywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all-round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.
Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Details
Date posted
16 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515 a year
per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
342-NQD019-0926
Job locations
Bath NHS House
Newbridge Hill
Bath
BA1 3QE
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Safeguarding
To provide specialist professional advice on managing adult safeguarding cases, and work to assist in developing effective multiagency working to safeguard adults
To work within a designated locality
To provide specialist professional advice on managing MAPPA and Prevent cases and work to assist in developing effective multiagency working in MAPPA and Prevent
To provide professional advice on managing safeguarding children and domestic abuse cases
To provide professional advice on initial management of cases involving allegations against AWP staff, volunteers or services, and ensure that any such allegations are reported to the Trust Allegations Officer
To attend and report to the Trust governance groups/committees in an advisory capacity
To be an active member of the local and regional safeguarding networks and working groups
To cover duty where required.
To work with the clinical audit department to ensure effective rollout of trust audit programmesin the area(s) of responsibility and assure follow through on recommended actions
To participate in the development and implementation of appropriate policy and performance frameworks, to support staff to recognise, understand and meet their duties of care in relation to relevant legislation, in areas of responsibility
To participate in the development of, and the delivery of specialist safeguarding training and practice development
To participate in the development and implementation of Trust work plans, to assist the trust in meeting statutory, regulatory, and performance standards
To be responsible for the development of specific Trust policies, procedures and guidance for safeguarding, as directed
To facilitate effective working arrangements with service users and carers, both directly and through PALS, in relation to safeguarding
To provide cover for other Senior Practitioners- Safeguarding, as required.
Leadership
To be responsible for the management and reporting of specific projects as directed
Contribute to the professional development of other staff in this specific area of professional practice as required
To deputise, and provide cover, for the Trust Deputy/Head of Safeguarding, both on an identified standing basis, and on an ad hoc one, as required
Performance Management
Responsible for undertaking audit, benchmarking in conjunction with Governance colleagues to ensure learning outcomes are reflected and implemented
To support the effective performance and functioning of safeguarding in practice, learning from experience, and management oversight by operational services
Communication
Ensure advice is available to the full range of specialties within the organisation on the day today management of safeguarding
To liaise with the Trust named doctor and Lead named professional/nurse, as appropriate
Work across external organisations and within AWP (which includes a good deal of cross-site travel) using various methods of communication (e.g. face-to-face, electronic media) to raise the profile and reputation of the services offered, and to build and sustain the confidence of our local population in our current and future service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Registered Nurse, Social Worker or other appropriate professional registration, with substantial clinical experience, and management experience in a specialist safeguarding role
Experience
Essential
Advanced/expert understanding/application of relevant practice/standards/audit in relation to Safeguarding Adults
Knowledge and experience of the legislative framework and practice of safeguarding and public protection including information sharing and governance, consent and confidentiality
Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced level
Knowledge
Essential
Detailed and up-to-date knowledge of policies, statutory regulations and guidance relating to Safeguarding- Vulnerable people especially adults and a working knowledge of guidance relating to Safeguarding Children and young people at risk
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
Interested? Apply while it's open.Closes 30 September · Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust has 37 other sponsored roles if this one goes.
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