The posting
Our client based in Shropshire is seeking an experienced Safeguarding Practitioner to join their Adult Safeguarding and DoLS Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled practitioner to work with adults who have care and support needs, undertaking safeguarding enquiries and promoting positive outcomes through a person-centred and strengths-based approach.
The successful candidate will play a key role in protecting adults at risk from abuse, neglect, and exploitation whilst promoting wellbeing, independence, and the principles of Making Safeguarding Personal. Working closely with health professionals, care providers, partner agencies, and internal teams, you will support effective safeguarding interventions and contribute to the delivery of high-quality Adult Social Care services.
This role requires a practitioner with strong safeguarding knowledge, risk assessment skills, and the ability to work collaboratively within a multi-agency environment.
Key Responsibilities
Core duties include:
- Undertaking safeguarding enquiries in accordance with the Care Act 2014 and local safeguarding procedures.
- Assessing risks associated with abuse, neglect, self-neglect, exploitation, and other safeguarding concerns.
- Applying the principles of Making Safeguarding Personal to ensure individuals remain central to safeguarding decision-making and outcomes.
- Developing, implementing, and reviewing safeguarding plans that protect adults at risk whilst promoting independence and wellbeing.
- Working directly with adults who have care and support needs to understand their wishes, views, and desired outcomes.
- Assessing and managing complex risks, ensuring interventions are proportionate, effective, and person-centred.
- Working collaboratively with health professionals, care providers, housing services, advocacy organisations, carers, families, and partner agencies.
- Building positive relationships with care providers to support quality standards and improve safeguarding outcomes.
- Participating in safeguarding meetings, strategy discussions, risk management meetings, and case reviews.
- Contributing to a multi-agency approach to safeguarding, prevention, and risk reduction.
- Undertaking Mental Capacity Assessments and supporting Best Interest decision-making processes where required.
- Supporting Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) processes and associated safeguarding activity where appropriate.
- Preparing high-quality assessments, safeguarding reports, risk assessments, and professional documentation.
- Maintaining accurate, timely, and legally compliant records in accordance with statutory and organisational requirements.
Qualifications & Experience
- Professional Qualification: MA, BA, BSc in Social Work, Diploma in Social Work, CQSW, CSS, or equivalent recognised Social Work qualification.
- Registration: Must be registered with Social Work England.
- Experience: Significant post-qualified experience within Adult Social Care services.
- Safeguarding Experience: Experience undertaking safeguarding enquiries and managing complex safeguarding concerns involving vulnerable adults.
- Legislation Knowledge: Strong understanding of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Human Rights legislation, Adult Safeguarding legislation, and associated statutory guidance.
- Risk Management: Proven ability to assess, analyse, and manage safeguarding risks effectively.
- Assessment Skills: Experience undertaking safeguarding assessments, investigations, and protection planning.
- Multi-Agency Working: Strong experience working collaboratively with NHS professionals, providers, housing services, advocacy organisations, carers, and partner agencies.
- Communication Skills: Excellent communication, report-writing, analytical, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
- Professional Practice: Commitment to strengths-based, person-centred safeguarding practice and continuous professional development.
- Organisational Skills: Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively within a busy safeguarding service.
Interested? Apply now or get in touch with us to learn more about this opportunity.
Why Liquid Personnel?
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
- Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
- Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
- “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
- “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *
Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
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