Safeguarding Adult Practice Consultant

Safeguarding Adult Practice Consultant

Job Description

Permanent contract | £41,173 to £45,442 per annum (Scale K) | 37 hours per week | Vantage House

We offer a £2000 welcome payment for qualified and experienced Social Workers/Occupational Therapists (grade J and above), Practice Consultants and Team Managers new to Norfolk County Council. Amount to be repaid in full should they leave within two years of employment.

Who Cares? We do.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2.5 suitably qualified (we may need to separate these out according to what hours we will have spare from Katy’s reduction?) Adult Social Care professionals to join the Safeguarding Adults’ Team. We are looking for enthusiastic, hard-working Practice Consultants who are passionate about safeguarding and are motivated to help develop this area of social work.

The team covers the whole of Norfolk and will require you to hold a complex safeguarding caseload whilst contributing towards the quality and development of the Safeguarding Adults process amongst the Social Care Community Engagement team and locality teams. 

You will provide advice and support to locality and Hospital based Social Care staff and will have the opportunity to work closely with Service Providers; the Integrated Quality Service; Police and Health colleagues amongst others. Another key area of your role will be the assessing of staff who are completing their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) to ensure their competency in undertaking safeguarding enquiries. 

Running alongside the case-holding and case consultation areas of this role are additional areas of work that the team are involved. These will provide you with the opportunity to be involved in more strategic decision groups and help you develop skills such as interpreting Departmental data reports to enable the team to improve practice quality. You will also take part in the development of the team’s guidance materials and the delivery of upskilling sessions to Adult Social Care staff.

The team, like any other Norfolk Adult Social Services’ social work staff, are classed as hybrid workers. Our key base is County Hall, Norwich as this is where the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub is based and other key colleagues such as Social Care Community Engagement Team. Whilst there will be some opportunity to work from other offices to improve locality engagement, and from home, we are wanting to increase the opportunity of working alongside each other at County Hall.

What we offer

At Norfolk County Council we are committed to our employees’ learning and development.  We offer all Social Workers and Occupational Therapists a protected half day per month for continuing professional development and training.

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.

You can also find out about the rewards and benefits we offer as well as our other terms and conditions. 

Norwich is the county capital of Norfolk, 120 miles from London and 60 miles from Cambridge. It’s on the edge of the Broads National Park, and a 40-minute drive to the seaside. Norwich is a superb city. It effortlessly mixes outstanding heritage through the ages with modern shopping centres, excellent restaurants, hundreds of cafés and pubs, a superb arts and theatre scene with huge parks and green spaces, canoeing, rowing and sailing.

By train, Norwich to London takes 90 minutes and Cambridge less than an hour. There are also direct train links to the Midlands. Norwich International Airport has regular flights to Schiphol, Amsterdam and from there on to the rest of the world, plus daily internal flights to Scotland, Manchester, Exeter and Dublin.

Your application 

Please ensure you include a statement in your application to demonstrate why you feel you meet the person specification and job description for this post. CVs submitted without a supporting statement about this post will not be accepted. 

If you are:

• passionate about Adult Safeguarding and wish to help protect the lives of the most vulnerable Norfolk residents.
• hard-working 
• able to balance a number of competing areas at any one time.
• able to work autonomously, whilst also being a ‘team player’.
• able to make difficult and challenging decisions.
• wanting to undertake a varied and stimulating role within Adult Social Care,

then please call one of the three Adult Safeguarding Team Managers for an informal discussion: 

• Toni Scattergood on 01603 729233 or email: toni.scattergood@norfolk.gov.uk
• Toby Thouless on 01603 223668, or email: toby.thouless@norfolk.gov.uk.
• Pippa Claxton on 01603 223889, or pippa.claxton@norfolk.gov.uk

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement with the ability to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need.  
• Financial benefits such as:
  • ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.   
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses paid upfront (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job. 
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension, new bikes and electric cars.

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

Closing date: 25 February 2024 at 23:59

About Us

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage.  Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food.  We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk.  Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.
We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.
We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.