Lead for Safeguarding Adults and Prevent
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Dartford, DA2 7WG
Salary
£63,665 to £70,887
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
13 September 2026
13 days left
Job description
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust endorses the Think Family approach to safeguarding through placing emphasis on the integration of adult and children worke...
The post holder will provide leadership for Oxleas safeguarding adult and Prevent policies and procedures including assurance that the trust is compliant with all statutory requirements under legislation.
The post holder will have a key responsibility for the coordination, management, implementation and monitoring of the trust's strategy for safeguarding adults.
The post holder will monitor safeguarding adult activity, developing robust consistent safeguarding practice in line with best practice and statutory requirements.
The post holder will provide expert advice, supervision and support on safeguarding adult matters, working together with liaising with key professionals and partner agencies.
The post holder will actively contribute towards the quality and assurance agenda including training, audit, collection and analysis of relevant data.
The post holder will contribute to Safeguarding children practice reviews, Domestic homicide reviews, Safeguarding Adult reviews, Learning reviews and Serious incident investigations.
The post holder will work in close partnership with external stakeholders towards ensuring effective safeguarding arrangements.
The post holder will lead and have line management responsibility for Specialist safeguarding nurses/ practitioners.
We will only deliver outstanding care to our patients if we take the best possible care of our staff. We want our people to be given opportunities to develop and thrive and to feel supported to give their best every day. We want every person in Oxleas to be treated kindly, fairly and with care.
- To provide clinical leadership and expert advice and support on safeguarding children to all Oxleas staff
- To ensure that staff are fully aware of their statutory responsibilities to safeguard children, young people and adults at risk
- To ensure the delivery of the safeguarding children service locally and assist the Head of safeguarding to ensure provision across the trust
- To contribute to Safeguarding children practice reviews, Domestic homicide reviews, Safeguarding adult reviews and other types of reviews including investigating and writing the Individual Management Reviews for the Trust
- To provide safeguarding children specialist advice and support to the investigation of serious incidents, internal case reviews and any complaints
- To ensure that all local recommendations are fed into service action plans and that learning is embedded in practice
- To provide advice and support to staff where there are professional differences of opinion in multi-agency decision making about children and families and to support with escalation process
- To recognise and support managers in identifying any competency issues practitioners have in relation to safeguarding work
- To develop and promote collaborative interagency working on all issues relating to safeguarding children and young people and overall safeguarding practice
- To work in close liaison with senior colleagues in partner agencies including Designated safeguarding professionals, Named doctors and Safeguarding champions
- To identify opportunities for service development and develop business plans
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse or Social Worker
- Teaching qualification
- Evidence of professional development in safeguarding adults
Desirable
- Knowledge of Prevent
- Knowledge of Think Family Safeguarding
Interview
Essential
- In depth knowledge of health management
Desirable
- Flexibility
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working within a health setting
- Sound working knowledge of legislation
- Knowledge of adult abuse and neglect
Desirable
- Experience of using a range of information systems and datasets
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Analytical and judgemental skills
- Interpersonal skills
Desirable
- Understanding of the Think Family approach
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
24 August 2026
Last checked
26 August 2026
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