Safeguarding Assistant (Adults)

Salary:  Grade 6 – £20-344 to  £22,911 per annum

 37  Hours per week –Permanent

We have an exciting opportunity for a Safeguarding Assistant to join the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH). Feedback from the recent West Midlands peer review stated that The Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub is seen as an example of good practice and was seen to be working well.

The Staffordshire Adult Safeguarding Team is a dynamic and forward thinking team based within a multi agency environment.  The role of Safeguarding Assistant  is to support the Safeguarding  Advanced Practitioners and Practice Leads in the implementation of the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Adult Safeguarding Enquiry Procedures. The Safeguarding Assistant is primarily accountable for carrying out research and checks in relation to safeguarding concerns and document findings to enable safeguarding enquiries to be planned and risks to adults with care and support needs to be appropriately assessed.The right applicant will need to have exceptional organisational, and recording skills in this busy and fast paced team.

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Closing Date: 04/10/2019 – 17:00
Interview Date: tbc

For more information about the role please contact: Craig Cassells (01785 895216)

Please be aware, only application forms completed online will be accepted. We will not accept CV’s or Word application forms.

This Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
 

This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.