Safeguarding Officer

We are seeking a Safeguarding Officer to join our team.

Here in Lincolnshire, we are committed to safeguarding adults and our dynamic, forward‑thinking team have an exciting opportunity for safeguarding officers to join us and continue to put adults at the heart of everything that we do.

Safeguarding Officers work under the leadership of Safeguarding Principal Practitioners performing statutory Safeguarding duties set out in the Care Act 2014 and reflected in Lincolnshire's multi‑agency and Lincolnshire County Council's internal Safeguarding Policies and Procedures.

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 people’s 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.

Our central hub is in the market town of Sleaford, but we are a countywide team and have offices across Lincolnshire where team members may "hot desk" when required or work from home at times, in line with our smarter working policy.

We are a specialist team that consists of Social workers and Nurses and we have a strong focus on ensuring that peoples voices are heard and adults are kept safe from abuse and neglect. The safeguarding team manage a person’s safeguarding journey from the start to the finish. There is variety and challenge within all roles. We regularly meet up in person, hold fuddles and pub meals.

We have a couple of excellent bakers within the team who regularly keep us topped up with tasty treats! Any new member will be made to feel welcome as our focus is to create a supportive cohesive team environment.

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 and experience within the adult safeguarding arena, including S42 enquiries, 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 ever changing priorities.

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.

• Hybrid model of working
• A contributory pension
• Comprehensive benefits package including excellent discount schemes and cycle to work
• Civil service sports council membership
• Flexible working policies
• Career progression opportunities
• A generous…