Designated Safeguarding Lead

Change Grow Live; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday pro-rata

Wellness hour

Pension scheme

Discounts on shopping, cinema, etc.

Training and progression opportunities

Job summary

Change Grow Live in Hull ReNew is seeking a Designated Safeguarding Lead on a part-time basis. You will lead safeguarding policy and practice across the service, supporting staff and ensuring safe, high-quality care for service users.

You will provide leadership, manage safeguarding processes, attend multi-agency meetings and escalate issues as required. Flexible hours include three days per week (Mon-Wed).

Qualifications

• Considerable experience of working within substance misuse services.
• Experience of working with families or individuals affected by parental substance misuse.
• Experience of working with local safeguarding teams including attendance at multi-agency meetings such as CP Conferences, core groups and strategy meetings.
• Experience of providing case management and supporting service users to effectively manage a range of complex issues.
• Experience of completing formal reports under safeguarding procedures.
• Experience of line management, supervision and appraisal.
• Experience of using observed practice and reflective practice techniques and applying coaching to ensure professional development for individuals.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safeguarding is embedded in all staff and volunteer recruitment processes by fully briefing local recruiting managers.
• Be available to all staff for advice / support around safeguarding children and adults at risk issues.
• Ensure all of the project/service have read, understood and signed the CGL Safeguarding Children Policy and the Children, Young People and Visitors Policy, and Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policy.
• Ensure all of the service staff have attended safeguarding children, safeguarding adults at risk, and ‘Over the Threshold’ home visiting training and receive any update information.
• Ensure proper handover of any safeguarding children and adults at risk issues while designated safeguarding person is on leave or otherwise absent from work.
• Make or support staff to make child protection or child in need referrals.
• Support project/service to attend (or send high quality written reports) to all meetings pertaining to a family where there are concerns around a child, i.e. core group meetings, child protection case conferences, strategic planning meetings and pre-birth planning meetings.
• Attend such meetings alongside colleagues, where there is any significant difference of opinion around preferred course of action or assessment of risk. To be agreed in advance with local management.
• Escalate all safeguarding issues which involve the death or serious injury of a child, where criminal charges have been brought against a client or where there are safeguarding children or adult at risk concerns around a member of staff, volunteer or recovery mentor/broker, both to the Regional Director level and to the Director of Safety & Risk Management. Report any allegations against staff to the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO).
• Gather information relating to ‘trends’ and patterns, and relay to senior managers so that specific responses can be considered at both a corporate and a service level.

Skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Line management

Coaching skills

Multi-agency collaboration

Communication skills

Substance misuse exp

Education

Health and social care qualification

Job description

Overview

Change Grow Liveare a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each service user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

We have a new and exciting opportunity for aDesignated Safeguarding Lead to join our service in Hull ReNew. As part of our multi-disciplinary team, you will work flexibly and creatively to establish what is needed to have the most positive impact for all who are referred to our service.

The post holder will be an integral member of the treatment and care service, providing leadership, management and support on safeguarding policy and practice across the breadth of the service. You will be responsible for ensuring that best practice guidelines are followed in relation to safeguarding, in line with both CGL policy and local procedures.

You will support all staff in ensuring that service users receive a high quality, safe and effective service and act as a main point of contact and specialist lead for the wider team and partnership services in line with safeguarding needs and development. Youwill be required to work flexibly as required and within an agreed number of hours to maintain the most appropriate level of service provision.

The post holder will be expected to take responsibility for personal development, identifying personal training needs and participate in regular supervision and appraisal.

This is a part time role - 3 days per week Monday to Wednesday.

Responsibilities

About the role:

• Ensure safeguarding is embedded in all staff and volunteer recruitment processes by fully briefing local recruiting managers.
• Be available to all staff for advice / support around safeguarding children and adults at risk issues.
• Ensure all of the project/service have read, understood and signed the CGL Safeguarding Children Policy and the Children, Young People and Visitors Policy, and Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policy.
• Ensure all of the service staff have attended safeguarding children, safeguarding adults at risk, and ‘Over the Threshold’ home visiting training and receive any update information.
• Ensure proper handover of any safeguarding children and adults at risk issues while designated safeguarding person is on leave or otherwise absent from work.
• Make or support staff to make child protection or child in need referrals.
• Support project/service to attend (or send high quality written reports) to all meetings pertaining to a family where there are concerns around a child, i.e. core group meetings, child protection case conferences, strategic planning meetings and pre-birth planning meetings.
• Attend such meetings alongside colleagues, where there is any significant difference of opinion around preferred course of action or assessment of risk. To be agreed in advance with local management.
• Escalate all safeguarding issues which involve the death or serious injury of a child, where criminal charges have been brought against a client or where there are safeguarding children or adult at risk concerns around a member of staff, volunteer or recovery mentor/broker, both to the Regional Director level and to the Director of Safety & Risk Management. Report any allegations against staff to the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO).
• Gather information relating to ‘trends’ and patterns, and relay to senior managers so that specific responses can be considered at both a corporate and a service level.

About you:

• Considerable experience of working within substance misuse services with a clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services.
• Experience of working with families or individuals affected by parental substance misuse.
• Experience of working with local safeguarding teams including attendance at multi agency meetings such as CP Conferences, core groups and strategy meetings.
• Experience of providing case management and supporting service users to effectively manage a range of complex issues.
• Experience of completing formal reports under safeguarding procedures.
• Experience of line management, supervision and appraisal.
• Experience of using observed practice and reflective practice techniques and applying coaching to ensure professional development for individuals.
• A recognised qualification in health and social care or currently working towards completion.
• Experience of delivering a range of interventions as outlined via PHE and The Strang report, e.g. psychosocial interventions, recovery support and core key working interventions (motivational interviewing, ITEP, assessment and care co-ordination).
• The ability to lead a team.

What we will give to you:

• 25 days holiday (pro-rata) + bank holidays, increasing with service
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week, plus access to a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assistance Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Discounts on shopping, cinema, holidays, and more
• A friendly and supportive team environmentOngoing training, career development, and progression opportunities

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time)

CGL points 31 to 33 (£36,101.10 - £38,114.53)

ILW / OLW /Fringe

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Interview Date

24/11/2026

Closing Date

16/11/2026

If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details:

Abi Westoby | [e-mail] post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.