Bank Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults and Children in Northumberland

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The Bank Named Professional for Safeguarding Adults and Children is an experienced specialist practitioner with in-depth knowledge of safeguarding adults at risk and has advanced analytical skills, reporting into Central Safeguarding Team and the Head of Safeguarding. This role will undertake reviews, enquiries, provide service level support and promote good safeguarding practice across Cygnet Healthcare and Social Care. A key function of the role will be to ensure and monitor that the rights and needs of patients are safeguarded and underpinned by legislation, government strategy and local policies and guidance.

The Bank Named Professional role will work alongside the Central Safeguarding Team, supporting regional colleagues and providing expert advice to site-level Safeguarding Leads where required.

• Registered Professional (Nurse or Social Worker) with active registration.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent in experience, with willingness to undertake further training if required.
• In-depth understanding and working knowledge of governance frameworks which support the delivery of safeguarding services.

• Substantial recent experience working at a senior level in safeguarding or a post with similar responsibilities.
• Extensive experience working within Mental Health / Vulnerable Groups / Adults at Risk.
• Able to evidence highly specialised and in-depth knowledge and experience of the full range of safeguarding work, including influencing policy and practice at a high level in a health service organisation.
• Extensive experience of working with local authorities and multi-agency working.
• Evidence of the development of Policy and Practice Guidance to health care professionals and others.
• Experience of drafting briefing papers and reports for high level meetings.
• Experience of undertaking investigations into incidents of a serious nature that relate to Safeguarding.

• To undertake or support colleagues in undertaking any Internal Reviews, chronologies and Individual Management Reviews (IMRs) which may be requested as part of a multi-agency reviews such as Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews (SPRs), Safeguarding adults Reviews (SARs), Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) as requested by the Head of Safeguarding or Director of Nursing.
• Monitor data and figures produced by the incident logs and data monitoring systems.
• Use data to identify which services and sites may require additional support with safeguarding and provide this.
• Advising senior managers, where necessary, with regard to adult and child protection issues.
• Provide training and education sessions to services as identified.
• Monitoring the recording and handling of incidents and complaints involving adult and child protection issues.
• Attend reviews, Safeguarding Adults Board and Safeguarding Children’s Partnerships and external stakeholder meetings as required.
• Escalate any concerns to the Head of Safeguarding, Director of Nursing and Corporate Governance Director.
• Work alongside Quality Administrator, Quality and Risk Support lead and Quality Assurance Managers to ensure safeguarding practices are embedded within sites.
• To provide professional advice and strategy guidance as required, promoting the effective functioning and governance of safeguarding at every level.
• Support a culture of reporting by ensuring that staff can access advice and support readily at the point of need.
• Ensure that all recommendations and learning generated by national or local serious safeguarding reviews and other investigations which are relevant to the company are communicated and actions are monitored and reviewed.
• Challenge colleagues, both internally and externally, where decision making is not in line with local and national guidance or standards for best practice, ensuring that the process remains patient/client focused at all times.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check. If you are interested in this role please apply below or email your CV to lenastreet@cygnethealth.co.uk.

Cygnet Health Care has been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years. In this role, you’ll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users.