Senior Specialist Adult Safeguarding Practitioner


Company:	East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 Full Time per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Dover, CT17 0HD
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	15 Sept 2026
Closing date:	15 Oct 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

To support and guide staff on adult protection cases and work in partnership with all agencies providing safeguarding to vulnerable adults.

Promote personalised and safe care as part of a prevention strategy.

Promote effective responses when harm is detected. Use learning to improve prevention and protection.

Empower patients to be heard and support informed consent, supporting the implementation of the Mental Capacity and Equality Act and Deprivation of Liberty across the Trust

• To provide training to frontline health professionals in relation to Adult Protection, Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, promoting good practice and ensure that staff are aware of their responsibilities in Safeguarding Adults in all settings.

• To provide specialist advice and support to staff members with Mental Capacity assessments and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.

• To support and advise staff on issues related to Safeguarding Adults, with occasional attendance at strategy meetings and case conferences.

• Facilitating safeguarding supervision following safeguarding incidents .

• Ensure that vulnerable adults and their relatives/carers are involved in decisions affecting their care and wellbeing and in service development. When relatives or carers are absent, ensure that advocacy is engaged in a timely manner.

• Undertake delivery of safeguarding training

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates for a Skilled Worker Visa for roles that are eligible at the time of application.

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.

If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below

This advert closes on Monday 21 Sep 2026

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