Safeguarding Lead & Lead Social Worker

Job Description

Are you a skilled and enthusiastic Nursing or AHP Professional seeking a new challenge where you can make a positive difference as a Safeguarding Lead & Lead Social WorkerAn exciting opportunity has become available for a Safeguarding Lead / Senior Social Worker to work on at our Cygnet Kewstoke Hospital,working 37.5 hours per week.Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke provides emergency admissions services for men and women, and a pathway for women from low secure to rehabilitation including a specialist servicefor personality disorder.The hospital has more than 16 acres of landscaped grounds and overlooks the Bristol Channel. This beachside location, just outside Weston-super-Mare, helps us provide a quiet, peaceful and therapeutic environment which can offer service users a broad rangeof therapies including CBT, Schema Therapy, EMDR & DBT.The role includes .

• Managing a small team of social workers
• Work in partnership withservice users,their families and other stakeholders to assist with the recovery process
• Forge links and maintain contact with other statutory agencies
• Lead on the social care needs ofservice users
• Ensure thatservice usersand their families/carers are aware of their legal rights
• Provide written reports to the multidisciplinary team and other professionals
• Be a source of specialist advice and expertise on all safeguarding adult matters to all staff at the point of need across the Hospital.
• Promote good practice and effective communication within the Hospital and all agencies on all matters relating to safeguarding adults who have care and support needs.
• Lead and co-ordinate the management of safeguarding referrals within the Hospital using our recognised policies and procedures.
• Co-ordinate and support the Hospitals internal case reviews including Individual Management Reviews where appropriate.
• Adhere to our systems, policies and procedures to safeguard adults with care and support needs.
• Ensure there are audits to monitor the application of agreed safeguarding adults standards.
• Ensure robust data collection systems are in place.
• Provide supervision where relevant.
• Provide external and internal assurance reporting

Some responsibilities include:

• Safeguarding investigation and support to the ward in safeguarding matters
• Key relationship holder with safeguarding teams
• Support staff with report writing
• Key link with advocacy
• Line management responsibilities for Social Worker Team

You are

• Experienced in working within a mental health setting, or passionate about working in this field
• Knowledgeable of safeguarding, health & safety, data protection, confidentiality issues & equality & diversity
• Skilled in report writing with excellent literacy skills and attention to detail
• Registered Nurse / AHP (adult).
• Degree in health or social care related subject or equivalent experience.
• 3 Years post-registration experience in caring for adults.
• Evidence of managing adults at risk cases.
• Extensive experience in adults at risk work.
• Highly knowledgeable of the Care Act, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act, as well as GDPR and patient confidentiality
• Able to confidently apply the principles of safeguarding adults in practise
• Able to communicate highly complex sensitive information to large groups of staff, patients or the public, based on legislation and DH guidance.
• Ability to communicate with all agencies involved in the management of adults at risk, dealing with highly complex and highly sensitive data.
• Excellent organisational skills. Able to prioritise and respond to immediate demands on a daily basis. -Good management of own time and workload.
• Able to manage highly complex and contentious issues
• Work to a high level of autonomy and able to use initiative and to make complex decisions.
• Able to analyse and interpret highly complex data and make appropriate recommendations as a result. IT literate.
• An excellent communicator with exceptional interpersonal skills
• Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team

Cygnet Health Carehas been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years.If interested, please apply below or forward your cv toPlease note:We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.