Safeguarding Advisor

Job introduction

Role facts

• This is a permanent role with a starting salary of £56,439 per annum.
• The role is advertised at 36 hours per week.

Working arrangement

• Hybrid working is supported, with in-person collaboration two days per week on average and home working for the remainder.

Core responsibilities

• Support operational services and deliver safeguarding adults training across the organisation.
• Contribute to safeguarding strategies and implementation aligned with Surrey Safeguarding Adults Board multi-agency training programmes.
• Build relationships with agencies and support the management of safeguarding concerns through established processes.
• Provide expert advice to managers and social care practitioners within a defined locality, including co-located NHS trust teams.
• Chair safeguarding meetings where appropriate and facilitate effective decisions and outcomes for adults at risk.
• Undertake audits and service reviews to improve safe, effective, and person-centred support.

Skills and behaviours

• Communicate effectively in highly charged, complex, or challenging situations with a wide range of audiences.
• Use public speaking and promote clear communication skills in others.
• Gather information to inform judgements and interventions in complex situations.
• Explain professional reasoning and record judgements and decisions clearly and concisely.
• Make complex judgements in uncertain situations and support others to do the same.
• Work effectively with statutory, voluntary, and third-sector partners.

Pre-employment requirement

• An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for regulated activity is required.

Offer

• The offer includes annual leave, a local government pension, carers and volunteering leave, family-related leave, an employee assistance programme, and learning resources.