Investigating Manager - Adults MASH

Investigating Manager - Adults MASH Team

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Investigating Manager for its client's Adults MASH Team at Wiltshire.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled safeguarding professional to work within a specialist multi-agency environment supporting adults who are at risk of, or have experienced, harm and who have care and support needs.

The Adult MASH works closely with a wide range of partner agencies including Police, Children's Services, Health professionals, CQC, Advocacy services, voluntary organisations, and care providers to ensure safeguarding concerns are assessed and managed effectively. The successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing safeguarding investigations, managing risk, and ensuring that the principles of Making Safeguarding Personal remain central to all interventions.

This role requires an experienced practitioner with extensive safeguarding knowledge, excellent decision-making skills, and the ability to provide professional advice and oversight across complex safeguarding enquiries.

Responsibilities

• Acting as Investigating Manager for Section 42 safeguarding enquiries, maintaining oversight from initial referral through to conclusion.
• Establishing safeguarding thresholds, setting investigation actions, agreeing minutes, and ensuring all enquiries progress appropriately and within required timescales.
• Monitoring safeguarding investigations to ensure outcomes are clearly identified, completed, and actioned effectively.
• Undertaking the role of Investigating Officer for complex safeguarding enquiries, including those involving care homes, supported living services, hospital wards, and provider concerns.
• Triaging safeguarding referrals, assessing risk, and determining appropriate safeguarding responses in accordance with legislation and local safeguarding procedures.
• Providing specialist advice and guidance on safeguarding adults, Mental Capacity Act, Human Rights, and safeguarding processes to practitioners and partner agencies.
• Working collaboratively within a multi-agency environment, liaising with Police, Health professionals, CQC, Advocacy services, Children's Services, and provider organisations.
• Applying the principles of Making Safeguarding Personal to ensure adults remain at the centre of all safeguarding processes and decision-making.
• Supporting quality assurance and service improvement activities to promote best practice across safeguarding services.
• Assisting with the development of colleagues through training, mentoring, professional guidance, and promoting high-quality safeguarding practice.
• Maintaining accurate records, safeguarding documentation, reports, and correspondence to a high professional standard.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support positive outcomes for adults at risk.