Child Protection & Safeguarding Manager

Wax Recruitment Ltd; Knowsley; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 45.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Knowsley Borough Council is recruiting for a safeguarding role based in Knowsley, Merseyside. The post focuses on maintaining safeguarding systems, managing resources, and ensuring compliance with legislation and policy across Looked After Children and Child Protection processes.

The role involves leading conferences, coordinating reviews, auditing practice, and driving quality improvements with cross-agency collaboration.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain child protection and looked after children systems in line with legislation and DfE guidance.
• Manage allocated resources in a timely, cost-effective, performance-led way and challenge non-compliant services.
• Monitor accuracy of information on children on a Child Protection Plan and Looked After children.
• Conduct Child Protection Conferences and Looked After Reviews as per legislation and procedures.
• Audit practice in line with Knowsley QA and Reg 44 visits to Care Homes when asked.
• Influence and chair to improve standards and quality across agencies.
• Collect, collate, analyse and report performance data to meet service needs.
• Conduct case reviews/investigations and recommend procedural changes per legislation and best practice.
• Undertake case management reviews under Working Together and represent on Serious Case Review Panels.
• Collaborate with services to ensure joined-up safeguarding approaches during issues.
• Support development of reviews of policies and practices in safeguarding and Looked After Children.
• Represent the Directorate in multi-agency forums on safeguarding matters.
• Contribute to staff training on safeguarding across directorates and deliver training as required.
• Support the Service Manager – Safeguarding Quality Assurance.

Descripción del empleo

Knowsley Borough Council is recruiting for a safeguarding role based in Knowsley, Merseyside. The post focuses on maintaining safeguarding systems, managing resources, and ensuring compliance with legislation and policy across Looked After Children and Child Protection processes.

The role involves leading conferences, coordinating reviews, auditing practice, and driving quality improvements with cross-agency collaboration.