Job Description
Corporate Services
Adult Protection Lead Officer
Waverley Court
Salary: £40,275 - £47,654 per year
Hours: 36 per week (see flexible work arrangements)
We are seeking a dynamic and innovative Lead Officer for Adult Protection to support the partner agencies - City of Edinburgh Council, NHS Lothian, Police Scotland – in their strategic delivery of Adult Protection work.
This strategic position offers the successful candidate a central role in shaping and supporting the work of the Adult Protection Committee.
The Adult Protection Lead Officer is responsible for providing professional support to the Adult Protection Committee, ensuring that its core responsibilities and key objectives are effectively discharged, under the direction and leadership of the Chair of the Committee and Quality Assurance and Compliance Manager.
The successful candidate will also be required to promote and develop partnership working between all agencies involved in the care and protection of adults at risk, ensuring that a person centred focus is developed and maintained.
The successful candidate will be a qualified social worker, registered with the Scottish Social Services Council, as well as holding substantial experience in Adult Protection.
Should you wish to have an informal conversation, please contact Keith Dyer, Quality Assurance and Compliance Manager - 0782 590 7660
Please see attached job description and person specification.
This post is considered Regulated Work with Vulnerable Children and/or Protected Adults, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by the City of Edinburgh Council.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range. For roles in grade 5 or above, annual increments in our contribution zones are dependent on achieving agreed performance goals.
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