Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) Administrator

Safeguarding Adult Boards are statutory bodies that have oversight of safeguarding arrangements for adults in their local authority areas as defined in the Care Act 2014. Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Safeguarding Adults Board (CIoS SAB) fulfils both its challenge and assurance functions and a supportive role in critically appraising and supporting the development of local multi-agency safeguarding practice.

The SAB Administrator role will support the SAB team and wider partnership by undertaking the administrative functions that enable SAB partners to meet their statutory duties and functions.

The SAB Administrator role will support the SAB team and wider partnership by undertaking a variety of administrative functions that enable SAB partners to meet their statutory duties and responsibilities.

This fixed-term post will primarily focus on providing administrative support for Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs), from the receipt of a referral through to the implementation and monitoring of recommendations. Responsibilities will include coordinating meetings, maintaining records and documentation, processing correspondence, supporting information requests, managing action trackers, maintaining SAR databases, and assisting with the preparation and distribution of reports, learning materials, and partnership communications.

The role will provide the administrative infrastructure that underpins SAR activity, helping to ensure that review processes are well organised, documented and delivered in a timely manner, and that learning and recommendations are effectively tracked and reported.

The role will also provide support to wider SAB activity when covering annual leave for our other Business Support.

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

This position will be subject to a basic criminal record disclosure check.

We are looking for a highly organised and proactive administrator who can work independently, manage competing priorities, and provide efficient support to a busy safeguarding team. You will be a self-starter with strong administrative experience, excellent attention to detail, and the confidence to coordinate activity across multiple agencies and partners.

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience providing high-quality administrative support in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise workloads, and meet deadlines.
• Experience producing accurate and timely minutes and maintaining clear records and documentation.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to liaise with partners, follow up actions, and support collaborative working.
• Experience working across multiple organisations or services to achieve shared outcomes.
• Good data management skills, including collecting, maintaining and presenting information accurately.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications.
• The ability to work independently, use initiative, and respond positively to changing priorities.
• A professional, customer-focused approach and the ability to deal sensitively with challenging situations.
• Good numerical, organisational and time-management skills.
• The ability to produce well-presented reports, correspondence and documents to a high standard.
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and to maintaining high standards of service delivery.
• A willingness to learn, develop and adapt as the needs of the role evolve.

Most importantly, you will be someone who can organise both your own workload and support others to stay organised, ensuring key actions, meetings, documents and deadlines are effectively coordinated. You will be comfortable taking ownership of administrative processes, tracking progress, prompting colleagues and partners when required, and making sure important activity does not lose

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We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.