Job summary
- Main area
- Safeguarding
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (temporary post for 6 months to cover Band 8a acting)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 349-COR-7578379-RL4
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Oxford road campus, manchester foundation trust
- Town
- manchester
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/12/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Adults Safeguarding Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Manchester Foundation Trust are seeking a new band 7 Adult Safeguarding Practitioner to join our friendly safeguarding team.
If you have experience in safeguarding, are a qualified professional and are committed to working with adults at risk of harm i would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
This is a senior role that requires expertise in adult safeguarding.
Please see attachment for details of the role and requirements.
Working for our organisation
| Join Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and become part of a 30,000 plus strong team, delivering exceptional care to over 1 million people every year. As the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe, we are forward-thinking, committed to clinical excellence and driven to deliver innovation, and continuous improvement. Whether you’re beginning your career or taking the next step, MFT offers a stimulating and supportive environment where your contribution truly matters. Our Hive Electronic Patient Record system enables safer, smarter, and more efficient ways of working - empowering you to deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients. You’ll be part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary community, working alongside professionals from a wide range of clinical backgrounds. Together, we push boundaries, share knowledge, and deliver care that transforms lives. At MFT, you’ll find a workplace where everyone is respected, supported, and encouraged to thrive. We offer clear clinical pathways for professional development, helping you grow your skills and achieve your ambitions. Your journey at MFT is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to make a lasting impact. We’ll support you as you shape the future of healthcare, one patient at a time. |
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your application
Here at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, we’re proud to be ALL HERE FOR YOU—for our patients, our communities, and each other.
As part of our commitment to fairness, transparency, and personal integrity, we ask all applicants to ensure that their job applications reflect their own experiences, skills, and motivations. While AI tools can support spelling, grammar, or formatting, we expect that the content of your application—especially personal statements and responses to role-specific questions—is written by you. This helps us get to know the real you and ensures that our recruitment process remains equitable and meaningful for everyone.
Thank you for helping us uphold the values that make our Trust a place where people belong, grow, and thrive. We look forward to receiving your application.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current professional NMC/SW England/HCPC registration.
- Qualified Nurse, Social Worker, physiotherapist or occupational Therapist
- Over 2 years work experience and knowledge within safeguarding.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development and training undertaken in respect of safeguarding to minimum Level 3 (as per Intercollegiate Document)
- Experience of working within healthcare/the NHS
Desirable criteria
- Line management experience
- Teaching qualification or demonstrate experience and knowledge in the development and delivery of training to key professionals
- Qualified Best Interest Assessor
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge of adult safeguarding practice and legislation
- Knowledge of local and national policies relating to safeguarding adults at risk, relevant professional and NHS policy initiatives.
- Experience of implementing and coordinating safeguarding of adults at risk procedures within a multidisciplinary team.
- Knowledge of legislation and experience of working with the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
- Experience in a senior clinical position
- Evidence of team working
- Evidence of developing/providing education programmes for the multi - disciplinary team
- Experience of multi -agency working.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of research activities
- Experience of attending strategy meetings
- Evidence of working within both acute and community healthcare settings.
- Experience and knowledge of multidisciplinary audit.
- Experience of delivering safeguarding supervision
- Experience of successfully managing the implementation of change.
- Evidence of professional leadership, leading to innovation in practice
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills and ability to provide written and verbal reports for safeguarding adult at risk proceedings.
- Presentation skills.
- Strong analytical skills
- Ability to work under pressure, to prioritise, work flexibly and to tight deadlines.
- The ability to practise as an expert practitioner in relation to safeguarding adult at risk provision.
- Effective organizational skills.
- Facilitation skills
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- IT/word processing /database skills.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Challinor
- Job title
- Named Practitioner for Adult Safeguarding
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 2912817
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