About the role
Contract: Permanent, Part-time 14 hours per week (salary will be pro-rata'd).
As an expert in self-neglect, you will be bringing knowledge, evidence and insight, and best practice acumen in developing and applying approaches and measures which operate to reduce the likelihood of safeguarding concerns arising, specifically in relation to self-neglect and suicidal ideation.
Passionate about safe practice and delivering strength-based preventative approaches, your role will be crucial to equipping our staff and volunteers to better recognise and respond to early indicators and ensure that safeguarding risk reduction measures are built into service design. Working collaboratively with policy, research, and influencing teams you will look to create opportunities for meaningful change in the external environment relating to practices and responses to self-neglect.
You will:
- Provide expert knowledge, advice, support, and guidance relating to the self-neglect of adults, and suicidal ideation, particularly focusing on those affected by dementia.
- Develop, create, implement evidenced-based resources and tools to support in the delivery of high-quality safeguarding in both the prevention from harm and protection from harm where risks of self-neglect and/or suicidal ideation exist.
- Develop and deliver training, workshops, and other continuous learning opportunities relating to self-neglect and suicidal ideation.
- Working collaboratively with teams across Alzheimer’s Society to identify opportunities for meaningful systems change for people with dementia at risk of self-neglect.
Closing date: 25th November 2024
Interview date: 4th or 5th December 2024