Adult Safeguarding Practice Lead

Working Hours:  35 Hours Per Week
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time 
Working Style: Hybrid
Additional Payments: Casual Car User Allowance
Closing Date:  11.59pm, 27 November 2026
Interview Method: In Person

You must already have a valid right to work in the UK documentation, as we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role.

As a Safeguarding Practice Lead Officer, you will provide specialist safeguarding expertise across Adult Social Care, supporting managers and practitioners to deliver high-quality, strengths-based interventions that improve outcomes for Manchester residents. You will lead on some of the most complex safeguarding matters, providing professional advice, consultation, quality assurance, and strategic coordination across partner agencies. 

In this role you will:

• Provide expert safeguarding advice and guidance to practitioners and managers on complex cases.
• Lead on Position of Trust concerns and investigations. 
• Coordinate Adult Social Care responses to MARAC, MATAC, MAPPA, Prevent and Channel processes. 
• Work with providers and partner agencies to ensure appropriate referrals to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and professional regulatory bodies. 
• Represent Adult Social Care within safeguarding partnerships and multi-agency forums. 
• Support safeguarding practice development through briefings, policy development, training, and communities of practice. 
• Coordinate responses to Serious Incident Reviews and monitor completion of learning actions. 
• Promote continuous service improvement, quality assurance, and best practice across Adult Social Care.

For more information on these checks, please visit checks page. 

We’ll use the following essential criteria to decide which candidates to invite to assessment. Use your personal statement to provide evidence of how you meet each one, supported by relevant examples:

• A recognised Social Work qualification and registration with Social Work England. 
• Extensive experience of adult safeguarding practice and statutory social work.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to assess and manage complex risk.
• Strong partnership working skills and experience of working effectively across agencies.
• Experience of policy development, quality assurance, and service improvement.
• The ability to communicate complex information clearly to a range of audiences, including senior leaders and external partners.
• A commitment to promoting positive outcomes, equality, diversity, and inclusion

If you’re invited to assessment, we’ll look at a wider range of the role requirements. For more detail, please see the role profile.  

Use of AI 

You may use AI to support your application, but all examples must be your own and based on real experience. Applications may be withdrawn if content is misleading or presents someone else's experience as your own. Internal candidates may also face disciplinary action. 

Guaranteed Assessment Scheme 
Applicants who meet the essential shortlisting criteria and are eligible under the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme will be progressed to the assessment stage.  

 

Support and Adjustments  
If you're successful in securing a role, we'll make every effort to provide the support, equipment and reasonable adjustments you need to carry out your duties. Where needed, we'll consider adapting aspects of the role. Find out more about our inclusion and wellbeing.