Designated Adult Safeguarding Lead (Croydon & Richmond )

The post holder will act as a point of expertise for all issues relating to the care of vulnerable adults across SWL ICS. This post leads and co-ordinates the SWL ICS adult safeguarding strategy, across the local health economy, providing a strategic overview that encompasses domestic and sexual violence, and PREVENT.
You will be expected to focus on place based safeguarding whilst working collaboratively with partners within the SWL system. The post holder will take a lead (the Local Area Contact role) for the LeDeR programme across the borough they are responsible for.
The post holder supports all activity required to ensure that the ICS meets its responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults working effectively with internal and external partners for the betterment of peoples' lives. The role is the designated professional where allegations are made or concerns raised about staff as well as managing and providing oversight of individual complex cases. The designated professional for safeguarding adults provides an advisory role to the borough safeguarding adults board, supporting the ICB representative to the board. The post holder takes a lead for health in working with partners and for taking forward learning for the health economy.
The designated professional for safeguarding adults supports the SWL named GP for safeguarding adults (where there is a named GP).

Main duties of the job
You will be expected to focus on place based safeguarding whilst working collaboratively with partners within the SWL system. The post holder will take a lead (the Local Area Contact role) for the LeDeR programme across the borough they are responsible for.
The post holder supports all activity required to ensure that the ICS meets its responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults working effectively with internal and external partners for the betterment of peoples' lives. The role is the designated professional where allegations are made or concerns raised about staff as well as managing and providing oversight of individual complex cases. The designated professional for safeguarding adults provides an advisory role to the borough safeguarding adults board, supporting the ICB representative to the board. The post holder takes a lead for health in working with partners and for taking forward learning for the health economy.

Working for our organisation
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board (ICB), as part of South West London Integrated Care System (ICS), is a partnership of organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up health and care services to improve the lives of people in our six boroughs: Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth.
Each ICS consists of two statutory elements:
+ an Integrated Care Board, bringing the NHS together with its partners locally to improve health and care services
+ an Integrated Care Partnership (ICP): the broad alliance of organisations and representatives concerned with improving the care, health and wellbeing of the population, jointly convened by the ICB and local authorities in the area.
ICBs are statutory NHS bodies responsible for planning and allocating resources to meet the four core purposes of integrated care systems (ICSs):
+ to improve outcomes in population health and healthcare;
+ tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access;
+ enhance productivity and value for money and;
+ help the NHS support broader social and economic development.
NHS South West London Integrated Care Board decides how the South West London NHS budget is spent and develops plans to improve people's health, deliver higher quality care, and better value for money., · To fulfil the role as outlined in the Adult Safeguarding: Roles and Competencies for Health Care Staff August 2018.
· To be responsible for the management and oversight of individual complex cases and coordination where allegations are made or concerns raised about an employee, volunteer or student who may have harmed or who may pose a risk to adults
· To work with the local authority and service providers to ensure that referral of employees to the Disclosure and Barring Service and/or Regulatory Bodies are made promptly and appropriately and that any supporting evidence required is made available
· To monitor the process for: safeguarding enquiries; safeguarding adult reviews; domestic homicide cases; high risk cases; and MARAC cases to ensure that they are dealt with as quickly as possible, consistent with a thorough and fair process
· To provide highly specialist advice on safeguarding issues.
· To lead the development and ensure the dissemination of relevant SWL ICB's adult safeguarding policies. To ensure that all policies reflect current statutory guidance and best practice
· To lead on adult safeguarding across the ICB/ICS s and relevant Safeguarding Committees/ Groups
· To prepare an annual report for the SWL ICB and the SWL ICB's contribution to the Safeguarding Adults Board Strategic Plan and Annual Report
· To undertake the role of Mental Capacity Act Lead providing advice on the Mental Capacity Act, including Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard/ Liberty Protection Safeguard issues
· To support the Learning from Lives and Deaths Review (LeDeR) programme for the ICB, being the Local Area Contact where appropriate, working closely with the LeDeR team
· To ensure that recording systems are in place about decision making and recommendations relating to the management of allegations, and to ensure the control of information is in accordance with data protection and confidentiality requirements
· To act as a source of expertise and advice to SWL staff and Board members
· To provide support and advice about the appropriate content of contracts, service specifications and service level agreements
· To work in partnership with providers to offer oversight and assurance in relation to performance management frameworks, dashboards and the patient experience
· To act as a source of expertise and advice to designated leads and others in commissioned services
· To advise partners and other organisations on health matters in relation to adult safeguarding