Practice Development Lead - Safeguarding

Blackpool Council; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 47,181 - 51,356; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive package of rewards and benefits

Reflective supervision

Innovative work environment

Job summary

Blackpool Council is seeking a Safeguarding Practice Development Lead to improve the lives of the people we serve. This role focuses on building relationships, ensuring personal wishes are respected, and supporting individuals to live independently. Applicants should have strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to safeguarding.

The ideal candidate will work within a well-supported team, engaging with individuals to increase hope and self-esteem while upholding human rights and social justice in the vibrant community of Blackpool.

Qualifications

• Understanding and responding to people's unique needs and aspirations.
• Satisfactory reference history of at least two years.
• Disclosures & Barring Service (DBS) check required.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships.
• Ensure people’s wishes, feelings and beliefs are central to decision-making.
• Support people to live as independently as possible.

Job description

Contract Details

• Contract Type: Permanent
• Hours: 37 per week
• Salary: NJC Grade H3 SCP 36‑40 £47,181 - £51,356 per annum
• Closing date: Monday 20th July 2026 at 23:59

About the Role

At Blackpool Council we want the people we serve to live well. This means living ordinary lives in the place they call home, in communities where they look out for one another, doing what matters to them. If people need some support, we start by understanding what a good life looks like for them, and how we can work together to achieve it. We are looking for a Safeguarding Practice Development Lead to support our safeguarding work, creating the right environment for all of our staff to achieve this.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships.
• Have conversations with people based on what matters most to them.
• Understand what is making a person less safe and why.
• Ensure people’s wishes, feelings and beliefs are central to decision‑making.
• Support people to live as independently as possible for as long as possible, connecting them to wider networks of opportunity and support.
• Increase people’s hope, self‑esteem and creative potential.
• Respond quickly in a crisis and stick with people until things are better for them.
• Be involved in people’s lives in the least intrusive way.
• Respect people’s decisions and ensure any decisions they cannot make by themselves are made in their best interests.
• Make plans with people to help them be as safe as they can be and want to be.
• Keep in touch with people to check how they are, how things are going and if anything needs to change.

• Listen and recognise that people are experts in their own lives.
• Respect the dignity and diversity of the people you’re working with.
• Understand and respond to people’s unique needs and aspirations.
• Communicate respectfully with and about people.
• Be curious.
• Be useful.
• Be kind.
• Be brave.
• Uphold human rights and social justice.
• Question the status quo.
• Do no harm.
• Critically reflect and keep learning.

Benefits

• The opportunity to work hard and improve the lives of people who need your support.
• To be part of an organisation which is building a culture of respecting people and building on their strengths.
• To be part of a small, well‑supported team who work innovatively to support people flexibly.
• To model all of the above across a whole organisation.
• A competitive package of rewards and benefits.
• To take part in well‑structured, helpful and reflective supervision.
• To do all of this in one of the UK’s most iconic towns.

At this point in time we are not able to offer a visa sponsorship in this role due to operational reasons.

Legal Obligations

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordancewith the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed.