Safeguarding Adults Board Independent Chair

Salary range: £100,800 - £133,350 Pro rata per annum
Grade: Level 7, Zone 1
Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG
Contract type: Fixed Term/Secondment for 12 months OR Annualised Contract for 12 months
Hours per month: 14
Closing date:  Tuesday 16 July 2024; 23:59
Interviews to be held: Tuesday 23 July 2024

About Camden

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind.  Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

The role

Under the Care Act 2014, Camden has a duty to ensure a Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) is in place. The selection of agencies and individual members’ needs to be guided by the need for the SAB to keep itself informed about its local community, and about any wider safeguarding issues and risks. The Independent Chair is responsible for delivering s.43 and schedule 2 of the Act which relates to how the SAB is managed and delivered.

Camden Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board are looking to recruit an Independent Chair with suitable skills and experience for a critical role in promoting outstanding safeguarding adults practice in Camden. The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership and direction to ensure Camden SAPB effectively discharges all its functions in relevant guidance and statute, and fulfils its duties under the Care Act 2014 and objectives as set out in its safeguarding strategy.

The Board partners are keen to build on current strong foundations within the Partnership and appoint an Independent Chair to take forward the safeguarding agenda in an objective and dynamic way.

The Independent Chair has a key role to lead collaboratively, to give advice and support and also offer constructive challenge and hold partner agencies to account, ensuring that interfaces with other strategic functions are effective.

The Board is seeking a person with senior and exceptional leadership and Board and governance experience. Knowledge of Adult services and excellent communication skills are essential to effectively chair Board meetings and advise the strategic leads (Local Authority, Police and Health). 

This role will be for a core requirement of 24 days per year.

The successful candidate may be appointed either on a directly employed contract, or on a consultancy basis (either inside or outside of IR35), dependant on individual circumstances.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS.

About you

To be considered for this fantastic opportunity the successful candidate must hold an Academic and/or professional qualification in Social Care, Health or legal discipline of sufficient standing. You will need substantial experience of the safeguarding agenda at a strategic and operational level and have the ability and credibility to command respect across all agencies.

You will have demonstrable experience in strategic leadership and senior management in large public or independent sector organisations to effect change for adult service users. Desirable for this experience to have been in an agency which includes safeguarding adults. You will have an understanding of the operational context of the full range of safeguarding work within frontline services across a partnership. Additionally you’ll need previous experience chairing complex meetings at a senior and strategic level in an efficient, professional and effective manner. You will be self-motivated and dynamic with a keen analytical eye and the ability to assess information in order to problem solve and make informed decisions on key issues. The ideal candidate will have the ability to cultivate and maintain excellent working relationships, across multi-agency and professional boundaries, and to challenge practice effectively in a way that leads to improvement.

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How To Apply

To view the Job Profile, please CLICK HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/10574469/file/document?inline

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria listed in the Job Profile. 

What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme. 

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Diversity 

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity 

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.

Asking for Adjustments 

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG