Full Job Description
About the Role
The role is totally focussed around safeguarding adults, with every day presenting fresh opportunities to develop your knowledge and look at new ideas.
You will be part of a team that triages safeguarding concerns, ensuring Making Safeguarding Personal and Safeguarding Principles are maintained and that the adult is centre to all that you do. Professional curiosity is key; the role requires you to undertake safeguarding enquires, whilst maintaining people’s choice and control, empowering adults within a risk enablement and strengths based approach.
You will support people to develop links within their own community, looking at creative solutions and will be committed to supporting effective multi-agency working with partner organisations.
The role offers flexible working, with some evening, weekend and bank holiday working on a rota basis.
About the Team
We are a mixed team of Social Workers and Nurses, who all have a passion for safeguarding adults. We enjoy getting together, sharing lunches and always encourage cakes on a Friday. We all bring our own passions, hobbies and individuality into the mix and we would like you to be part of our inspirational and developing team.
The team base is in Sleaford, and we come together here on a regular basis. However, as we work across the entire county, team members may ‘hot desk’ in other area offices, or work from home at times, in line with our smarter working policy.
About You
To take on this exciting role you must hold a professional Social Work OR Nursing OR Occupational Therapy qualification and have maintained professional registration with the relevant professional body along with some post qualifying practice experience.
Our team have asked that applicants have a secure, sound understanding/ knowledge/experience within the adult safeguarding arena, including S42 enquires, MSP and the Care Act (2014).
Coupled with this you will need to be;
- Empowering – communication through difficult conversations is key to the role.
- Confident – your decision making whilst working within risk enablement must be sound.
- Organised – this is a pressurised, fast paced environment with complex aver changing priorities.
A full Person Specification is available in the attached Job Description.
If you have an enquiring mind and are committed to the promotion of well-being and safeguarding of adults at risk then this would be a great opportunity for you.
Our Offer
Our practitioners receive excellent supervision, access to learning and development opportunities and protected time to support continuous professional development. Lincolnshire County Council is particularly committed to supporting staff access additional qualifications such as AMHP and Practice Educator.
Along with a competitive salary we are offering;
- Hybrid model of working
- A Contributory pension
- Comprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes and cycle to work
- Civil service sports council membership
- Flexible working policies
- Career progression opportunities.
- A generous annual leave entitlement plus the option to buy more.
Further details can be found in our rewards and benefits brochure
What Next
If you would like an open and informal discussion regards this role then please contact; Angela Copestick via email Angela.Copestick@lincolnshire.gov.uk
PLEASE NOTE: It is imperative that your covering letter/personal statement clearly states why you have applied, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role as set out in the Job Description (attached on LCC jobs Site) and what you feel you can bring to this role, the team and the wider County Council.
Applications Close on 30/01/2023 and interviews will be held on or after 06/02/2023.
A Smarter Working Employer
We have embraced new ways of working and hybrid working between home and work will be a feature of this role. You will be given a nominated contractual work base and you will be required to commute to this work base when necessary. Working arrangements including regularity of home and office working will be discussed as part of the appointment process.
Our technology platform and equipment is very good enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We require that you have in place good connectivity, and we will discuss during the recruitment process if support with this is needed.
Please be advised that this position may be subject to a criminal record check.
All candidates are advised to read the attached job information pack prior to making an application.
On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward.
We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.
Lincolnshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Fluency Duty
In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
