Adult Protection Lead Officer - EAY10607

Job Description

To be a member of the Protection and Learning Management Team. To contribute to the strategic plans and development of multi-agency policy, procedures and services with a specific focus on adult support and protection. To lead a team of relevant employees in supporting multi-agency quality assurance, practice improvement and digital safety in line with the relevant legal, policy and professional standards and frameworks. To protect and promote the welfare and wellbeing of children, families and communities in order to support the promotion and delivery of the Adult Protection Committee statutory and strategic functions and key priorities . This will include ensuring that developments are consistent and in line with the strategic objectives in relation to those identified within the East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership’s Strategic Plan and the Council’s Community Plan.

Requirements

The duties of the post involve Regulated Work with children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Successful applicants for such posts will be required to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member in respect of Regulated Work with either or both of these groups as appropriate, or if they are already a Scheme member, be subject to a PVG Scheme Record Update, before any formal offer of employment can be made by East Ayrshire Council.

Please note:- PVG members' records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information that is disclosed on a PVG Scheme Record or Scheme Record Update, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant prior to any formal offer of employment being made.

Employment References

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.

Additional Information

This is a full time permanent post based within the Protection Team.

Hours of work - Mon-Thur 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-4pm

Annual Salary - £46,192 - £50,505

The workstyle for this post is ‘Flexible’ - 50% -79% of your time in an office location/ multiple work locations.

You will work at your administrative base or another agreed office location between 2.5 to 4 days per week and only occasionally from home.

The admin base for this post is The Johnnie Walker Bond, Kilmarnock.

It is the expectation that all office-based employees (with the exception of those working in schools) will work to the higher end of their allocated workstyle in terms of time spent in the office or at other work locations.

If you require further information please contact Dale Meller at dale.meller@east-ayrshire.gov.uk.

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