Safeguarding Adults Officer
Permanent
Grade 5 - £40,221 - £48,474 Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week
Are you passionate about getting things done to make a difference to the safeguarding and wellbeing of citizens. The Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Board (BSAB) are looking for a driven and experienced individual who an organised, self-motivated, self learning and dependable team player to join the Safeguarding Adults Team.
The BSAB works in partnership to safeguard and promote the well-being of Adults with Care and Support who are experiencing, or are at risk of abuse or neglect in Birmingham. The BSAB Support team works on behalf of partners to direct and co-ordinate the work of the Board and to support the work of the various Subgroups of the Board. Birmingham City Council hosts the Business Support Team on behalf of the BSAB and is now recruiting to the position of Safeguarding Adults Officer.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a small team to support the delivery of the BSAB strategic plan and statutory duties of the BSAB. The Safeguarding Adults Officer will assist the Board Business Manager to support the Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Board to meet its statutory duties and strategic business plan outcomes by undertaking specific workstreams and developmental work involving agencies across Birmingham, Regionally and Nationally.
The role of the Safeguarding Adults Officer is to develop and co-ordinate multi-agency initiatives that will meet the Board’s strategic objectives and support safeguarding adult arrangements across Birmingham.
You will be involved in the development of the Board’s Strategic Plan, the Annual Report and publicity materials, and therefore must have the ability to produce high quality reports and documents. You will have a sound understanding of safeguarding adults and demonstrate effective interpersonal and influencing skills.
Key areas of skills and experience:
- Knowledge of partnership working and business planning processes, and the roles and responsibilities of working within a multi-agency safeguarding framework
- Relevant and up to date knowledge of adult safeguarding including scope of safeguarding boards, safeguarding adult review requirements and processes.
- Experience, knowledge and understanding of legislation, policies and procedures involved in safeguarding adults with care and support needs as well as safeguarding in a wider sense.
- Ability to prioritise a heavy diverse workload and competing demands.
- Ability to lead, coordinate and process multidisciplinary activity and projects.
- Ability to understand, research, analyse, interpret complex, sensitive, distressing and contentious information and to communicate it objectively and clearly.
- Competent in leading the organisation of events e.g. partnership events, frontline worker sessions and conferences etc.
- Confident and competent in use of IT. Effective IT skills using Microsoft office standard packages, including outlook, Excel, Word, Power point, MS Teams, Microsoft Forms and any other relevant or suitable programmes where necessary, Twitter, Eventbrite and back office website updates.
Flexibility with regards to working hours and location is essential. This is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work from home as business needs dictate. You will also be required to work from any of the Council Administration Buildings or other venues in Birmingham, depending on the needs of the service and team.
You must upload a Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. This is required for shortlisting; you need to describe how your experience and skills fit the essential criteria for the role as specified in the Person Specification. If you do not attach your Supporting Statement, your application will not be considered.
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such, applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.
For any informal enquires please contact: Ash Manzoor - ash.manzoor@birmingham.gov.uk
Closing Date 27th May 2025
Ref: BCC2128
We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
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