Business Support Domestic Abuse

The successful candidate will work within the Corporate Safeguarding Team providing an effective and efficient business support function to the Head of Safeguarding and Assistant Director of Nursing and Safeguarding.

The post holder will display a considerable degree of initiative and judgement, apply a high degree of confidentiality and promote the values of partnership working, both with other professionals and colleagues as well as external agencies.

They will also be required to enable the University Health Board (UHB) participation in Daily Discussions and Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) meetings across the region to safely manage high risk victims of domestic abuse., Provide and coordinate effective secretarial and administrative services, preparing agendas and minute taking, meeting co-ordination, maintenance of action logs, and proactively monitoring follow up actions.

Develop and maintain information systems, eg. Databases, work plans on behalf of the safeguarding team and throughout the wider team where appropriate.

Provide project support during the development of strategic plans and operational policies and procedures for safeguarding across the Health Board.

Attend MARAC meetings when delegated on behalf of the Corporate Safeguarding Team ensuring the sharing of proportionate information to inform multi-agency risk assessment and management plans for high risk victims of domestic abuse and follow up actions.

Co-ordinate the administration processes to ensure that any domestic incidents are recorded in Health Board systems and high risk incidents are flagged in accordance with the Health Board procedures.

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;

47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres