About this role
Job summary
The role is totally focused on safeguarding adults, with every day presenting fresh opportunities to develop your knowledge and look at new ideas.
Safeguarding Officers will lead and co-ordinate, working with other professionals, enquiries relating to adults who are experiencing, or at risk of, abuse or neglect utilising a strength based approach. They are responsible for assessing and managing risk and ensuring plans are in place to promote wellbeing, safeguard and support the outcomes of people experiencing abuse or neglect.
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 peoples 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.
Safeguarding Officers are required to attend appointments across the county, as such you will need an ability to travel across the county according to meet the needs of the service. We offer hybrid working opportunities with an expectation of attending the office base in Sleaford a minimum of 2 days per week.
Main duties of the job
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.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.
About us
Lincolnshire County Council, is one of the largest employers in the county. We are an organisation that embraces diversity, innovation and progress. We value our people and want to ensure that we can support you in joining and growing with us.
We will view you as an integral member of our community and recognise that your well-being is paramount. To show our appreciation, weve crafted a competitive package designed to not only acknowledge your hard work but also foster a healthy work-life balance.
From health benefits and retirement plans, we strive to provide a package that supports well-being and financial stability and that meets the diverse needs of our workforce.
We want everyone who works with us to feel included and celebrate their uniqueness. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and promoting good relations for both employee and for the people of Lincolnshire.
People often say every day is a learning day and at LCC a culture of learning is something we really believe in. We recognise the importance of supporting your learning and development and can offer a variety of different learning opportunities depending on what is right for you and the organisation. This could be through your everyday tasks, through hands-on experience, structured programs, formal qualifications, coaching, or informal learning opportunities.
Job description Job responsibilities
Manage a varied and complex caseload with supervision and advice from the Team Manager/ Advanced Practitioner at a level of complexity appropriate to the post holder's experience, and professional capability and be accountable for your professional practice.
Undertake needs assessments on more complex cases in line with the Care Act 2014 to identify care and support needs adopting and promoting a strengths-based approach to identifying, outcomes people want to achieve, opportunities for independence and identify solutions.
Work with specialist Safeguarding colleagues to contribute to and undertake safeguarding enquiries which put the person and the outcomes they want to achieve at the centre of safeguarding practice in line with LCC Safeguarding policies and procedures.
Deputise in the absence of the Advanced Practitioner E.g. Representing the Advanced Practitioner at multi-disciplinary meetings.
Supervise up to four non-registered social care practitioners (e.g. Community Care Officers), including planning, allocation and checking of work including setting targets, dealing with day-to-day capability and conduct issues/ providing basic staff welfare and support/ identify training needs.
Supervise / mentor students or act as Practice Educator, where appropriate to Social Work students and mentor newly qualified social workers undertaking the ASYE (Assessed and Supported Year in Employment).
To identify non eligible and non-social care needs such as health care or housing and offer information and advice and work with partners to address wider needs.
Construct value for money care packages in collaboration with individuals, carers and contributing agencies in accordance with eligibility criteria and ensuring that risk is minimised and quality of life improved/maintained.
Work with individuals, families, carers and communities to help them make informed choices and decisions, enabling them to clarify and express their needs and contribute to service planning.
Meet identified needs through informal support and/or through resources and assets available in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
Research resources and services available for people in need or at risk, identifying and reporting any gaps in service provision.
Operate within the delegated budget support mechanisms as they are developed.
Maintain and update cases notes and other records, write reports as required; if required, give evidence in court in relation to care proceedings.
Work within and act in accordance with Lincolnshire County Council Adult Care policies and procedures including Lincolnshire's Safeguarding policies and Procedures.
The post holder may be expected to concentrate on specific areas of work arising from organisational need.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Professionally qualified as a Social Worker Current SWE Social Work Registration Minimum of 2 years post qualification practice experience or 1 years post qualification experience (ASYE completed) together with 3 years experience at a similar level in a non-qualified role in a complex health and social care setting.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Lincolnshire County Council
Address 3rd Floor, Lancaster House
36 Orchard Street
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN1 1XX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://jobs.lincolnshire.gov.uk/home.html (Opens in a new tab)