Safeguarding and Outreach Lead

And Yorkshire Housing Limited; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Yorkshire Housing is seeking a safeguarding leader to guide a dedicated team across Hub, Home and Roam, ensuring actions meet legal requirements and promoting strong partnerships with local authorities and agencies.

You’ll turn data and audits into practical service improvements, coach colleagues, and communicate clearly while upholding the YH values. A driving licence and CIH/Housing cert are preferred or you’ll work toward one.

Qualifications

• Strong safeguarding expertise with experience in risk assessment and multi‑agency working.
• Knowledge of domestic abuse law and guidance with empathy.
• Ability to lead, coach and support colleagues and set clear standards.
• Proven ability to turn data and audits into practical service improvements.
• Excellent communication, organisation and prioritisation skills.
• Proficiency with technology to improve decision making.
• Commitment to inclusion and Yorkshire Housing values.
• Eligible to work across Hub/Home/Roam with a UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Certificate in Housing or CIH qualification, or willingness to work towards one.
• Management or coaching qualification is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the safeguarding team, setting expectations and helping people thrive.
• Own the response to risk, guiding complex cases and ensuring appropriate action.
• Raise standards via case reviews, audits and learning to meet legal requirements.
• Turn insight into action using data and feedback to set priorities and show impact.
• Build confidence across Yorkshire Housing, mentoring colleagues and delivering training.
• Strengthen partnerships with local authorities, safeguarding teams and agencies.
• Drive the safeguarding work plan and keep policies and resources relevant.

Job description

What you’ll make happen

You’ll lead a clear, consistent service that puts customers and sound judgement first.

• Lead and develop the team, setting clear expectations and helping people thrive.
• Own the response to risk, guiding complex cases and making sure customers get the right action at the right time.
• Raise standards, using case reviews, audits and learning to strengthen practice and meet legal requirements.
• Turn insight into action, using data and customer feedback to spot trends, set priorities and demonstrate impact.
• Build confidence across YH, giving colleagues practical advice and training so they know what to look for and how to respond.
• Strengthen partnerships, building trusted relationships with local authorities, safeguarding teams and other agencies.
• Keep moving the service forward, leading the Safeguarding Work Plan and keeping policies, guidance and resources relevant and useful.

What you’ll bring

You’ll know safeguarding inside out and be the person others trust when things get complicated. You’ll combine credible leadership with strong partnerships and turn good practice into better outcomes for customers.

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Bring strong, current safeguarding expertise, including risk assessment, information sharing, escalation and multi-agency working.
• Understand domestic abuse and apply relevant law and guidance with empathy and sound judgement.
• Lead, coach and support colleagues while setting clear standards and accountability.
• Give clear advice, influence decisions and build trust with customers, colleagues, senior leaders and partners.
• Turn data, audits and learning into practical service improvements.
• Communicate clearly, stay organised and thrive when priorities compete.
• Use technology confidently to work smarter and support better decisions.
• Share our commitment to inclusion, learning and the YH values.
• Can work flexibly across Hub, Home and Roam, with a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work.
• You’ll also need a Certificate in Housing or CIH qualification, or be willing to work towards one.
• A management or coaching qualification would be a bonus, but it isn’t essential.

The Yorkshire Housing bit

We’re Yorkshire by name and Yorkshire by nature: straightforward, warm and determined to make a difference.

Our values shape how we work: create trust, be curious, make it happen, achieve impact and have fun. In this role, you’ll live them by asking the right questions, taking action and making a difference when it matters most.

What you’ll get

£46,469 plus £2,000 car allowance per year

• Flexibility to work where your day takes you: at home, in one of our hubs or alongside customers, colleagues and partners.
• A permanent role in a newly formed Yorkshire Housing team.
• 26 days’ holiday plus bank holidays.
• An excellent pension and wellbeing benefits.
• The chance to make a lasting difference to people’s lives.

You can find out more about our employment perks here.

If you know safeguarding, care about people and want to make things better, we’d love to hear from you.

Ready to make a difference? We’re building a workplace where everyone can thrive and be themselves. Different experiences and perspectives make us stronger, and we welcome applications from every background.

The fine print

Closing date: Wednesday 4th November 2026 (we may close early if we get lots of great candidates!)

We may get in touch before the closing date, so keep an eye on your inbox.

If you’re internal, you must inform your line manager your applying (it’s the right thing to do!).