Safeguarding and Compliance Lead

About The Role

Join our dedicated, compassionate and supportive team at Baldock Manor Hospital, where making a positive difference in the lives of individuals who face mental health challenges is at the heart of what we do. We are committed to safeguarding and compliance, and we're looking for a driven, passionate individual ready to take the next step in their career.

The role is based at our hospital in Baldock however occasional travel to other Nouvita sites may be required on an ad hoc basis.

Hours: 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday

Benefits:

• Annual Leave: 28 days including bank holidays
• Free parking
• Blue Light Card (High Street discounts for many large brands).
• Access to our ‘Refer a Friend’ scheme to earn up to £1000.
• In-house training and development.
• Access to career progression throughout the group.
• Employer pension contribution.
• Fully funded DBS.

Skills/Experience Required:

• Safeguarding Level 4/6 training
• Mental Health Act
• MCA/DoLS training
• Efficient time management
• Highly skilled administrator
• Ability to use all MSOffice programmes including Excel
• Ability to minute take
• Strong communication skills; written and verbal
• Background in Health and Social Care
• None Judgemental and empathetic approach
• Competent report writer
• Experience of audit
• Experience of training

Main Objectives and Responsibilities:

The main duties/responsibilities of a Safeguarding Lead include the following:

• To provide advice and support to all staff groups, with particular focus on hospital staff, dealing with safeguarding adult issues ensuring escalation of concerns to/from other agencies and effective feedback and support from safeguarding meetings and forums.
• To assist the Hospital Director and Medical Director in ensuring staff are aware through training of their responsibilities with regards to safeguarding adults.
• To support staff with complex Safeguarding cases and to produce action plans and monitor where required.
• To undertake safeguarding related investigations as required.
• Ensure adults at risk who access Nouvita services are safeguarded from harm.
• To ensure staff take appropriate action when there are concerns a vulnerable person may be at risk.
• Liaison with partner agencies with regards to safeguarding adults’ cases.
• To keep up to date with current research and legislation with regards to safeguarding adults.
• Attend safeguarding adult case conferences, strategy and planning meetings when required.
• Maintain their skills as a practitioner by regular direct patient contact in the highly specialised field of ‘the care of safeguarding adults’. This will include undertaking risk assessments, working with the person to establish a protection plan and undertaking mental capacity assessments where required.
• To lead, propose and assist the Hospital Director and Clinical Director in the implementation of new or revised policies for Safeguarding Adults which impact across all areas.
• To participate in the planning, improvement and monitoring of services to protect vulnerable people.
• To lead the integration of evidence-based practice in relation to safeguarding adults for hospital services.
• To inform senior managers of legislative changes which impact on service delivery.

Wellbeing Champion and Freedom to Speak Up Guardian:

• Working alongside the Hospital Director and Head of Communications, launch and support a new wellbeing initiative at the hospital. This will include sharing and signposting staff to resources (via posters etc) in order to seek additional support, arranging wellness days (approximately one per quarter) and encouraging staff to discuss and participate in wellness and mindfulness events at the hospital. Events and material should be focused on stress and burnout, physical and mental wellbeing and support.
• The Freedom to Speak Up Guardian allows staff to speak up confidentially and openly about the standard of care at the hospital and the post holder is required to act impartially and objectively, allowing staff to approach and speak up with any concerns.

About Us

Baldock Manor Hospital is a thriving service which in recent years has undertaken extensive development work to become the hospital it is today. Our focus is recovery for our patients with quality care and measurable outcomes at the centre of all we do. Baldock Manor boasts a full MDT with Nursing, Psychiatry, Psychology and Occupational Therapy practitioners on site as well as a very able team of Senior support workers, support works, Therapies assistants and more.

Nouvita Healthcare offer a full range of mental health support for 150 patients and residents, in ten different locations in Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Bedfordshire.