Safeguarding Practitioner (Band 6) - #1699814

Direct Medics

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As a registered and authorised supplier to the NHS, Direct Medics' Mental Health Team are working with Psychiatry professionals throughout the UK & Ireland to help them find new and exciting opportunities to further develop their career.

Job Description

As such, Direct Medics are seeking a dedicated individual to join our team as a Band 6 Safeguarding Practitioner. In this role, you work in conjunction with the Safeguarding Nurse Specialists in providing advice, support and training within the Trust with specific responsibility for safeguarding Adults and Domestic Abuse.

Part time hours, Mon-Wed, based in Chester.

Key Responsibilities

• Knowledge of Safeguarding Adults and Children, including Domestic Abuse, Sexual Violence, PREVENT, modern slavery, and human trafficking.
• Promote ‘think family’ and ‘making safeguarding personal’ across the Trust.
• Provide specialist advice and support to staff on Safeguarding Adults, with clinical nurse specialists' support.
• Participate in MARAC meetings, representing CWP and sharing information between agencies.
• Provide feedback to CWP staff post-MARAC meetings, ensuring actions are understood and completed.
• Support Adult Safeguarding Nurse Specialists in their absence.
• Participate in local and national campaigns, collaborating with other agencies.
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to information sharing protocols.
• Identify learning needs and deliver appropriate training for CWP staff.
• Ensure health, safety, and welfare in the working environment, following CWP Health and Safety policies.
  
  

Locum roles with Direct Medics are a great way of enhancing your earning potential as well as working with some of the most professional and successful mental health teams in the country. This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated candidate with experience of Safeguarding services and would also suit a registered mental health nurse, a social worker or an allied health professional with relevant experience.

Essential Requirements

• Professional Qualification in Mental Health Nursing or Social Work
• Post-registration experience working with adults with care and support needs in a health and social care setting
• Experience of safeguarding adults practice
• Knowledge of national and local safeguarding adults legislation, statutory guidance, and policy
• Knowledge of patterns of abuse and neglect
• Knowledge around Mental Capacity Act including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
• Verbal and written presentation skills
• Communication skills
• Knowledge of the local and national Domestic Abuse/Safeguarding agenda
• Right to live and work in the UK
  
  

Benefits

Direct Medics is an approved NHS framework supplier and we offer our candidates market-leading benefits, which include the following services and are provided at no cost to our candidates:

• £250 New Start Bonus*
• £100 towards Professional Registration Fees*
• FREE Fitness to Work Certificate / Occupational Health Clearance
• FREE Criminal Records Check
• FREE Uniform
• FREE Online Training
• FREE Mandatory Skills Training
• Accommodation/Travel allowance*
• Excellent Referral Scheme £1,000*
• Weekly Payroll
• Competitive Pay Rates
• Flexible working hours, Part-time and Full-time roles available
• Dedicated team to help develop both you and your career
• T&C's Apply*
  
  

To Apply

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To discuss this role in further detail, contact Debbie Lyttle directly on 02895 313172 or email at [email protected] for further information.

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