Safeguarding Advanced Practitioner

Job Title: Safeguarding Advanced Practitioner
Starting Salary: £46,731 - £51,802 per annum (pro rata for part time) – pay award pending
Hours: 37
Location: Stevenage
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services

Are you passionate about making a difference in healthcare? We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Advanced Practitioner to join our Adult Safeguarding team

This is an exceptional opportunity to advance your career while contributing to the health and well-being of our community. With state-of-the-art facilities and a supportive professional environment, we are committed to providing the highest standard of patient care.

About the team

Responding to safeguarding concerns raised, you'll make sure there’s an effective plan to keep people safe, in a way that’s reasonable and acceptable to the person. You’ll gather relevant information to support decision making and seek and record the views of adult at risk. Where needed, you’ll undertake capacity assessments / best interest decisions and you’ll work to mitigate risk to the person. You’ll contribute to strategy discussions or meetings and may be required to lead investigations and contribute to case conferences

About the role

As an Advanced Practitioner, you will lead on peer development and practice, supports and supervises staff to develop their skills and knowledge in line with related legislation including The Care Act and Hertfordshire’s Connected Lives principles to contribute to the ongoing development of the service.

Advanced Practitioners are responsible for delivering high quality statutory social care including recognising safeguarding, delivering assessment, supervision and care management functions as well as developing innovative, creative community solutions.

Advanced Practitioners are pivotal in developing links with the local community through undertaking multi-agency work with partner organisations, providers, professionals, individuals, families, and carers.

There is responsibility for ensuring that all statutory health and social care responsibilities are met and delivered to a high standard including safeguarding, assessment, supervision, and care management functions.

About you

You’ll be a qualified social worker or occupational therapist with a minimum of 2 years post qualifying experience. In addition, you will also need the following:

Actively undertakes a specialist role i.e.

• Moving and Handling Practitioner
• Practice Educator
• Approved Mental Health Practitioner
• Best Interest Assessor

Or agreement to undertake a specialist role within the first year of the role.

You will have extensive knowledge and experience in the field of adult social care, with an emphasis on safeguarding practice and related legislation. You will have the ability to manage competing service priorities and a sound grasp of current legislation, personalisation agenda and meeting the business objectives of the department. Demonstrating management potential, you will have excellent all-round communication and negotiation skills working with the Statutory, Voluntary and Independent sector partners.

You will adhere to Hertfordshire’s Connected Lives Practice Principles by ensuring that people are supported to maintain their independence and receive person-centred care and support. You will utilise your knowledge of the Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, and other social care legislation, to manage the most complex cases. You will use of your advanced knowledge and experience to support other members of the team and the management team to ensure good practice. You will develop close working relationships with hospital staff and care providers to ensure effective care planning and balance the use of resources.

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is within the Health and Social Care Services, level HSC12 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Health and social care

To hear more about this opportunity please contact Amanda.Bonds@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 18 & 19 August 2025

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.