Safeguarding Lead Co-ordinator

Overview

A rare opportunity for an Adult Safeguarding Lead Co-ordinator to work in the Cwm Taf Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) has arisen. The post will be located within the MASH Team in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The working pattern is 37 hours per week, Monday–Friday, working to a hybrid model, within a well-established and supported team.

Requirements

The successful candidate must hold a Professional Social Work qualification (e.g., Degree in Social Work or recognised predecessor equivalent, or nursing, occupational therapy or police officer qualification). The candidate will have substantial experience of working with adults at risk to achieve their outcomes and safeguard their interests.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering the specialist Adult Safeguarding service in MASH for Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Adult Services and its ongoing development. It will involve responding to adult safeguarding reports, managing Section 126 enquiries, strategy meetings, safeguarding investigations, case conferences and delivering best practice in line with the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and the Wales Safeguarding Procedures.

Additional information

For a discussion about the post please contact Siobhan O'Reilly, Team Manager: Siobhan.O’Reilly@rctcbc.gov.uk. The post will be offered to the successful candidate subject to Enhanced DBS checks, references and South Wales Police vetting. Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council. The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity.

We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network. An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. As part of the Council’s longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.

In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.