Mental Health Safeguarding and Safety Lead
Job Description
Position:
We are looking for a Mental Health Safeguarding and Safety Lead to develop, implement, oversee and report on safeguarding practices and patient safety initiatives across IPRS Health Mental Health Service.
As Mental Health Safeguarding and Safety Lead for IPRS Health you will be responsible for developing, implementing, overseeing and reporting on safeguarding practices and patient safety initiatives across IPRS Health Mental Health Service. This includes ensuring the wellbeing and protection of children, young people, and adult patients receiving therapy services. The role involves managing all risks related to harm to self, to others, and from others, supporting all staff in contact with patients and fostering a culture of openness, candour, learning and continuous improvement in safeguarding awareness and patient safety. The role spans across in-house therapy delivery and the network of associate professionals, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory frameworks.
Requirements:
Anyone and everyone is welcome to apply to work for IPRS Health. All our teams have a mix of backgrounds and experience but with one thing in common, the drive to help people recover. We are looking for our new Mental Health Safeguarding and Safety Lead to be an experienced safeguarding leader who is motivated to contribute to helping thousands each year.
To be seriously considered for this role, please have the following:
Qualifications:
Mental Health Core Profession with specialist safeguarding qualification or equivalent experience. You are also required to be a Qualified Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with full first audit BABCP accreditation.
Experience:
The ideal candidate will be a proven safeguarding leader with experience of overseeing the identification, management, and mitigation of risks related to harm to self and others across the organisation. Ensure the safety and wellbeing of all patients receiving therapy services, including children and young people. Conduct case reviews for high-risk situations, ensuring appropriate interventions and support are provided. Promote a learning and continuous improvement culture by analysing incidents and ensuring lessons learned are incorporated into company policy and practice.
Other information:
Salary: £51,000 – £57,000 per annum
Hours; 40 hours per week Mon-Fri
Location: Remote working
Benefits
Colleagues are essential to IPRS Health, which is why we give so much in return for their hard work. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a range of benefits, including:
- Flexible Working
- IPRS Health Clinical Development Training Program
- An annual CPD budget to fund for external courses
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme including free confidential counselling
- High-street discounts
- 25 days’ annual leave plus 8 days’ bank holidays; increasing with completed years’ service & opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Moving Day Leave
- Membership of the Company pension scheme
- Recruit a Friend bonus scheme – up to £1,500
- Environmental Initiatives
- Westfield Health Cash Plan
- Free Eye Tests every 2 years
- Free annual Flu-Vaccination
- Free Physiotherapy
We’re passionate about providing our colleagues with a work environment they can feel comfortable in and can grow professionally. In 2020 we signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge, affirming our commitment to protecting our colleague’s mental health and last year became a Disability Confident Committed employer.
Each year we ask our colleagues to nominate a chosen charity for whom we fundraise for throughout the year, and we are committed to supporting the environment through reducing our carbon output and offsetting what we do emit.
IPRS Group are committed to creating a more sustainable environment and back in 2021 founded the IPRS Group Forest with partners Treenation. We have since planted over 1000 trees offsetting over 600 tonnes of CO2 and love to gift colleagues with trees to celebrate events and achievements!
As a Disability Confident Committed employer, at IPRS HEALTH, we ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible.