Band 7 Senior Practitioner (Safeguarding Adults) - Bristol

Job summary

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen to shape safeguarding practice within a newly developed specialist inpatient unit designed for adults with a learning disability, autism or both who require acute mental health treatment.

As a Band 7 Safeguarding Adults Practitioner (0.6 FTE, 1-year fixed term), you will play a central role in embedding a strong safeguarding culture across the Kingfisher Unit and Outreach Service. Working closely with the Kingfisher team on the unit and the Corporate Safeguarding Team, you will lead on training, service development, and the management of all safeguarding concerns raised within the service.

You will act as the primary point of contact for safeguarding matters, attend key clinical and service meetings, and collaborate with the Multi-Professional Approved Clinician (MPAC) to identify and shape ongoing safeguarding priorities.

This role is ideal for someone with experience in learning disability and autism services--particularly inpatient care--who is passionate about promoting safety, dignity, and high-quality care for some of the region's most vulnerable adults.

Main duties of the job

• Supporting the Kingfisher Unit with management of safeguarding concerns affecting their service users.
• Taking the lead for safeguarding arrangements in the locality including completing multi-agency audits and writing IMRs for safeguarding adult reviews etc...
• Support practitioners with safeguarding meetings and multi-agency strategy discussions.
• Safeguarding team provide support in relation to: safeguarding adults, safeguarding children, domestic abuse, MAPPA and PREVENT.

About us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details

Date posted

03 August 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

342-NQD013-0826

Job locations

Blackberry Hill Hospital

Manor Road

Bristol

BS16 2EW

United Kingdom