Social Worker -Adults-Safeguarding

Location Staffordshire
Salary £23.50 - £26.50 per hour
Discipline

  • To ensure that any suspected abuse of an  adult with care and support needs is reported in accordance with the Adult Safeguarding Policy and Procedure;

  • To promote awareness of the Adult Safeguarding Policy and the Mental Capacity Act;

  • To Safeguard  adults with care and support needs by promoting their health and wellbeing;

  • To promote the prevention of abuse of adults with care and support needs;
 
  • To ensure any provider service deficiencies are reported to the relevant Commissioner
 

The role of the safeguarding practitioner is to respond primarily to complex and high risk adult safeguarding enquiries with a view to ensuring that the principles of the Care Act and specifically Making Safeguarding Personal are adhered to. The safeguarding practitioner will undertake a range of activities which support the development of safeguarding plans to ensure that wherever possible the individuals’ desired outcomes are met and reviewed.