Safeguarding professional

We are looking for a Band 6 Safeguarding Professional to join the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Safeguarding Advisory Service.

You will provide safeguarding adults and children advice and support to staff across the Trust as part of the Safeguarding Duty Team.

You will also facilitate safeguarding supervision and assist in training provision when required. You will be an essential, core member of the Trust safeguarding advisory service, supported by senior leads, Named professionals and the Safeguarding Duty Team Manager.

You will receive a full and robust induction programme based on your individual needs and will be supported with relevant training as identified during your time in post.

The team is based in County Hall, Taunton where you will spend the majority of your working week, but with the requirement to also provide on-site support at both Musgrove Park Hospital, Yeovil District Hospital and attend other community venues across Somerset., We provide advice, support and supervision to a vast range of Somerset Foundation Trust colleagues across both acute and community services. As part of the team, you will be responding to safeguarding concerns, providing consultation and working alongside both trust colleagues and other agencies to safeguard our service users from abuse or harm.

The role will encompass work with both Safeguarding Adults and Children and a commitment to the 'Think Family' and 'making safeguarding personal' approach.

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!