Following a strategic review of safeguarding in Oldham, and the implementation of a new structure, this is an exciting time to be joining Team Oldham!

The Head of Safeguarding and the Liberty Protection Safeguards Manager are pivotal to our transformation journey.

Please view these videos from our Chief Executive, Carolyn Wilkins and the Managing Director of Community Health and Adult Social Care Service, and DASS, Mark Warren.

Carolyn Wilkins on place-based leadership in Oldham

Mark Warren on Safeguarding - Reflections of the DASS

Head of Safeguarding

Salary - up to £64,769.00 per annum
Permanent Contract, 36.66 hours per week
Closing Date: 6 March 2020

Interview Date – 27 March 2020

Job Description and Person Specification.docx

The Head of Safeguarding is a key role for the Community Health and Social Care Service, and more widely, for Oldham in providing:

• Safeguarding leadership across the system;
• Excellence in practise linking with the Principle Social Worker
• Ensuring a common understanding of safeguarding across the safeguarding partnership
• Making the connection between safeguarding strategy and policy, and frontline practise
• Ensuring safeguarding is person centred and outcome focussed
• Ensuring safeguarding across adults and children’s services is connected, and that the benefits of joint working are realised
• Continual learning and development of the safeguarding partnership

We are looking for someone to join our team who can demonstrate:

• Experienced Head of Service who has extensive knowledge, skills and background in safeguarding
• Proven track record in driving improvement and performance
• Excellence in partnership working and stakeholder engagement
• Be an excellent system leader with the ability to lead a team and influence practise within the Community Health and Adult Social Care Service and across the wider safeguarding partnership
• Commitment to Oldham and to supporting some of the most vulnerable people in our community to live a life free from abuse, and have their voices heard

Liberty Protection Safeguards Manager
Salary - up to £45,591 per annum
Permanent Contract, 36.66 hours per week
Closing date: 6 March 2020

Interview Date: 18 March 2020

Job Description and Person Specification.docx

Ahead of the publication of the LPS Code of Practice, we are keen to have a team in place, so we are ready to implement the new legislation and transition from the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

The Liberty Protection Safeguards Manager is key to operationalising the LPS Code of Practice guidance. Working to the Service Manager for Strategic Safeguarding, you will:

• Manage a team to deliver a service in line with the service plan and associated standards within the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards/Liberty Protection Safeguards Service.
• Build effective partnerships with all key stakeholders across Oldham, with the aim of supporting the Community Health and Social Care service to meet the statutory requirements of the liberty protection safeguards.
• To provide leadership, advice and guidance to practitioners and providers with regard to Deprivation of Liberty/Liberty Protection.
• To champion the mental capacity and adults safeguarding agenda across Community Health and Social Care and the wider safeguarding partnership.

About Us

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.  Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

The Council has a clear set of Values and Behaviours, our Values outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses.  Internally we have translated these values into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels. You can view the Values and Behaviours on our Greater. Jobs pages Working for Oldham

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Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for an at risk employee, it can be pulled back at any point up to the post being formally offered to an external candidate or an internal candidate that is not at risk of redundancy. 

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