Adult Safeguarding Board Coordinator

Adult Safeguarding Board Coordinator(Adult Social Care Directorate)

Salary: Band: 8,£36,363 - £39,151 p.a. (£21,817 - £23,490 for 22.2 hours)

22.2 hours per week (0.6FTE)- days and hours to be worked to be discussed at interview.

What is the role

The Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board (PSAB) is the multi-agency statutory body responsible for ensuring that adults at risk of abuse or neglect are protected and safeguarded within the city.

This role will support the PSAB Manager in ensuring that the PSAB and its subgroups work effectively and will carry out project work on key areas of adult safeguarding. Specific areas of focus for the role include planning, delivering and evaluating training and events, communications, and community engagement. The role will be line managed by the PSAB Manager but will also be accountable to the strategic partners that fund the PSAB.

You will develop and maintain links with community groups and partner organisations and develop methods of consultation and involvement for adults with lived experience. You will work with the communications team and others to produce press releases and campaign materials and support the PSABmanager to raise awareness of adult safeguarding.

Who is the person?

With experience of working in a relevant field, you will be educated to degree level or have an equivalent level of experience. You will have knowledge of adult safeguarding practice, policy and legislation as well as experience of working with people with lived experience and effective partnership working. You will need good organisational and prioritisation skills as well as excellent IT skills and written and verbal communication skills.

Please read the job profile for the full details of the role as well as what skills/experience you require in order to undertake the role.

About Portsmouth City Council

What we can offer you:

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.

Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council

How to apply:

Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had.

Interview process will take place week commencing 15 December 2025.

We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found atEquality, diversity and inclusion - Careers portal. We are committed to offering an interview to all those candidates that qualify under one of our commitments and meet the minimum criteria, however for roles that receive a large number of applications, this is not always possible, and we will select the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may gointospam/junk folders.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk. or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800