Job overview

 Are you passionate about safeguarding adults? if so, this might just be the job for you. An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the safeguarding team at Liverpool Place, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside as the Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults. We are an established team of professionals looking to address the safeguarding needs of population of Liverpool. We are seeking a full time Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults. 

The Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults provides expertise and leadership throughout health and multiagency partnerships across the Liverpool geographical location and wider ICB. The role is pivotal to complex case management, improved partnership working, strategic planning, quality assurance and performance monitoring.

The role of the Designated Professional for Safeguarding Adults is to continually ensure improvement in safeguarding  arrangements across the health economy in partnership with a range of agencies and services across Cheshire and Merseyside. This role encompasses enabling Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board to ensure they comply with the statutory guidance for safeguarding adults .

Main duties of the job

·   Strategic oversight for health safeguarding of adults in Liverpool place.

·       Support the Safeguarding of Adults agenda across and on behalf of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside.

·       Support the wider “vulnerable adults” agenda, by advising commissioners, stakeholders and partners around pathways for long term prevention strategies and risk management for groups of high- risk service users.

·    Develop the evidence base and performance information to provide assurance to the ICB Quality & Performance Committee that NHS commissioned services are discharging their safeguarding responsibilities effectively.

·        Enable and ensure that the ICB complies with the statutory legislation and guidance that underpins Safeguarding Adults.

·       Provide input to system oversight for safeguarding when there are serious safeguarding concerns.

·       Provide  expertise, professional leadership, advice, support, and expert guidance in respect of safeguarding adults, Domestic Abuse, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards / Liberty Protection Safeguards, knife crime, modern slavery and the Prevent agenda to the Liverpool Place health economy.

·        Work with Local Safeguarding Adults Boards to ensure communication and governance processes are in place between the ICB and Local Authorities (LA).

Working for our organisation

The population of Cheshire and Merseyside is diverse and growing and we are keen to see that diversity recognised within our own workforce. As an employer we seek to open opportunities for our staff to gain new skills, gain knowledge and develop careers in heath and care. 

We welcome students, staff, people of all races, religions, genders, sexual orientation, physical abilities, backgrounds, and philosophies and those who are accepting of others. Our goal is to support all of our workforce in their work, if you believe you can bring your skills and experiences and an open-minded approach into our fast paced and dynamic organisation, we are committed to providing a positive and supportive experience for all of our staff.