About

• This is a Gloucester City Council job. 

• Job Title:                           Specialist Practitioner (Safeguarding)
• Job Location:                    Shire Hall, Block 1, 2nd Floor 
• Salary:                              £41,771 - £47,181 
• Hours per Week:              37.00 
• Contract Type:                  Fixed Term 
• Duration:                           12 months with a with a view to extend up to 2 years 
• Closing Date:                    20/08/2025 
• Job Requisition Number:  2062 
• This post is not open to job share
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• Are you passionate about working with people to promote independence and dedicated to making a difference? We would love to hear from you!We have a full time, fixed term Specialist Practitioner opportunity available in our Safeguarding Adults team.
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• About the role: 
• The Specialist Practitioner role in the Safeguarding Adults team provides specialist advice and support service to front line workers across partnership organisations. Specialist Practitioners have a key role in delivering the Screening and Triage service operated by the team, which ensures consistency across the county in the way initial safeguarding assessments are carried out and decisions are made. This requires close working with an extensive multi-agency network to ensure the best possible outcome for every adult.
• The team also contributes to the work of the Safeguarding Adults Board, helping to ensure continuous improvement in safeguarding practice across the county. 
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• Please note that this is a full time, fixed term opportunity for 12 months with a view to extend for up to 2 years
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About us

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• This is a fantastic opportunity to join Gloucestershire County Council. The Safeguarding Adults team is based at Shire Hall in Gloucester, working as part of an agile working offer (which includes working from home combined with time in the office). 
•  If you join us, you can be confident of becoming part of a welcoming, supportive, passionate, innovative, and experienced team.  The suitable candidate will be well supported within their role and will receive regular supervision.
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About you

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• We are looking for someone with an appropriate professional qualification who has experience of working effectively with safeguarding cases in a multi-agency context.  Understanding of the need for a person-centred approach to safeguarding is important, as is up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and policy.
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• Excellent communication skills, the ability to build sound working relationships with professionals across all relevant disciplines and a team-focused approach are all important attributes needed for this role.
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• What’s in it for you?
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You’ll be entitled to our full benefits package, including

• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
• Membership of a Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounts at a number of major supermarket chains and high street retailers
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• Strong emphasis on a supportive working environment and developing our employees with 94% having participated in their annual appraisal and regular health and wellbeing events.

Applying

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• Please write your application with consideration for the essential criteria on the Job Profile. This should include examples why you should be considered; the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post.
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• For an informal discussion about this role, please contact ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk to arrange a convenient time for a call back.
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• The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer. 
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• Additional Information

To access the Job Profile, please follow the link below

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• Job Description - Safeguarding Specialist Practitioner
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• Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 
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• Equality and Diversity
• We recognise the positive value of equality and diversity and pride ourselves on growing a high-performing workforce that is diverse, skilled and talented; that represents the community it serves.   
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• We aim to recruit a diverse pool of talent and will recruit the person who is most suited to the job without regard to their race, colour, religion or belief, age, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, caring responsibilities or disability. 
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• We are a disability confident employer committed to removing barriers to employment to those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure to ensure that no-one is disadvantages because of their disability. Please contact the recruitment team if you require support or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process recruitement@gloucestershire.gov.uk  
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• Further information on our commitment to Equality and Diversity can be found Here
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• If you wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager that you may be released on a secondment before submitting an application form.
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• It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
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