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Senior Manager - Safeguarding Adults
Northumberland County Council Adults, Ageing & Wellbeing Directorate is committed to supporting adults across the community, ensuring they live in a safe environment, free from abuse and neglect. We are dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate services that protect the most vulnerable adults in our society.
We are looking for a highly experienced and driven Senior Manager to lead our Operational Safeguarding Adults Team and Deprivation of Liberty Teams (DoL).
This position is permanent, full time and based at County Hall, Morpeth. Salary is NCC Band 13 starting from £69,123, rising to £72,784.
As the Senior Manager of the Safeguarding Adults Team, you will be expected to play a critical management and leadership role in safeguarding vulnerable adults from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. You will oversee and manage the delivery of safeguarding services, providing operational direction and support to a team of safeguarding professionals. You will work closely with the safeguarding Adults Strategic Senior Manager and with a range of external agencies in the Local Authority led Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub as well as other key stakeholders to ensure compliance with legislation, best practice, and to improve outcomes for individuals at risk. This is a challenging role, for which you will need to be able to demonstrate confidence, be able to influence others and be skilled and adept at managing difficult situations and people.
As the Senior Manager for the DoL team, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing all aspects of the DoLS process across the directorate, ensuring that individuals who may be deprived of their liberty receive the necessary protections and that the local authority meets its statutory responsibilities under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. You will lead a dedicated team of highly skilled professionals, providing guidance, leadership, and operational management to ensure effective, timely, and legally compliant assessments and authorisations. You will work closely with our legal service and all front-line operational teams. The role will also include, monitoring, analysing and reporting on statutory data for both service areas.
For more information on this position, please see the job description and person specification attached.
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Andrea Cross, Interim Head of Service, on andrea.cross@northumberland.gov.uk
Northumberland County Council’s (NCC) vision is ‘Land of Great Opportunities’, for current and future generations. We believe there is no better place to live and work.
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Why choose us?
We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:
- 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexi scheme (if applicable) – up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
To see all our excellent benefits and perks, please click here.
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Further information
For guidance on completing your application and for information about our Equality and Diversity principles, please see the attached guidance notes here.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme, please email hrrecruitment@northumberland.gov.uk or ring 01670 623930 with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored into the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.
Alternative application format:
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For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service dial 018001 01670 623930
Although we advertise on North East Jobs, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications
