Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) Safeguarding Team as a member of the Administration Team.

This part-time role offers an excellent opportunity for a highly organised and motivated individual to provide comprehensive administrative support to a busy and professional safeguarding service. 

Working within the Safeguarding Team, the post holder will play a key role in ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of administrative processes that support safeguarding activities across the Trust.

The successful candidate will be responsible for a range of administrative duties, including maintaining accurate records and databases, arranging meetings, preparing documentation, and supporting the coordination of safeguarding processes.

This position is offered on a part-time basis, working 18.75 hours per week, and provides the opportunity to become part of a supportive and dedicated team committed to safeguarding excellence and continuous improvement.

Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post. 

Main duties of the job

Act as a liaison and contact point for the safeguarding team.

Deal with the initial handling of incoming calls, logging on database and ensuring that they are passed on to the appropriate person as soon as possible.

Deal with referrals/contacts in the safeguarding admin inbox, logging on database and ensuring they are passed on to the appropriate person.

Liaise with other internal and external services as appropriate.

Taking accurate messages and ensuring they are received by the appropriate person as soon as possible.

Deal courteously with staff and representatives of other agencies whilst always maintaining confidentiality.

Working for our organisation

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.