Directorate: Adult Social Care & All Age Commissioners Section: Adult Safeguarding and DoLS team Location: Civic Centre Salary: £26,403 - £28,598 Hours: 37 – Full Time This advert is open to both Internal and External applicants. This is a Fixed term post. An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Safeguarding Assistant in the Adult Safeguarding & DoLs Team here at Stoke-on-Trent City council. The team provides specialist safeguarding expertise and oversight in view of protecting and supporting people at risk of abuse or neglect within the City. You will provide integral support to the Local Authority statutory responsibilities under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Care Act 2014, through the administration of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) and Adult Safeguarding tasks. You should have excellent minute taking and recording skills and be able to effectively organise and support the team as and when required. You will have an important role in the co-ordination and organisation of essential meetings, making arrangements, compiling minutes and papers and sharing information in a timely and professional manner. You must be proactive, able to collate and maintain good data/information to inform LSE (Large Scale Enquiry) processes and have excellent organisational and communication skills. You must be able to move with the needs of the team and be able to adapt to requests as and when they arrive with a positive mindset. For more information or an informal chat please contact Emma Jebb (01782 231232), Alisdair Heath (01782 232014), or Katy Mercer (01782233233). We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the successful applicant will be subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please note that if an employee who is currently at risk of redundancy within the organisation applies for this vacancy their application will receive priority. If this happens you will be advised accordingly. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Stoke-on-Trent City Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this – we therefore encourage applications from all sections of our community. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed together. To Apply - please visit our website https://webrecruitment.stoke.gov.uk/wrl/ If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.