Safeguarding Lead

East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH); Milton; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

East Anglia's Children’s Hospices (EACH) is seeking a Safeguarding Lead to provide organisation‑wide leadership, advice and oversight to ensure safeguarding arrangements for babies, children, young people and adults at risk remain effective and compliant. This role supports care teams, managers, volunteers and external partners in making safeguarding everyone’s responsibility.

You will lead safeguarding reviews, audits and training, working across Milton, Norwich or Ipswich bases with occasional

Qualifications

• Current professional registration with NMC, Social Work England or HCPC is essential.
• Experience leading safeguarding services within health or social care.
• Experience developing safeguarding initiatives and delivering training to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist safeguarding guidance across the organisation.
• Lead safeguarding case oversight, reviews, audits and quality improvement activities.
• Develop and deliver safeguarding training for staff and volunteers.
• Support compliance with safeguarding legislation, guidance and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to safeguarding policies, procedures and governance reporting.
• Collaborate with multi-agency safeguarding partnerships and external partners.
• Provide strategic leadership alongside the Executive Safeguarding Lead to drive continuous improvement.

Skills

NMC/SWE/HCPC registration

Safeguarding leadership

Healthcare experience

Training delivery

Job description

Safeguarding Lead | East Anglia's Children\'s Hospices (EACH)

EACH Hospice Based - Milton, Norwich, or Ipswich

Please specify preferred EACH hospice work base location when applying

Hospice Based | Occasional hybrid working

Join East Anglia's Children\'s Hospices (EACH) and help lead and develop safeguarding practice across our organisation, supporting babies, children, young people and their families across East Anglia.

As Safeguarding Lead, you will provide organisation-wide leadership, advice and oversight to ensure safeguarding arrangements for children, young people and adults at risk remain effective, compliant and centred on best practice. Working closely with care teams, managers, volunteers and external partners, you will support a culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist safeguarding advice and support across the organisation.
• Lead safeguarding case oversight, reviews, audits and quality improvement activity.
• Develop and deliver safeguarding training for employees and volunteers.
• Support compliance with safeguarding legislation, guidance and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to organisational safeguarding policies, procedures and governance reporting.
• Work with multi-agency safeguarding partnerships and external stakeholders.
• Provide strategic leadership alongside the Executive Safeguarding Lead to support continuous improvement in safeguarding practice.

About You

• Current NMC, Social Work England or HCPC registration.
• Experience of holding safeguarding responsibilities within a health or social care setting.
• Experience of developing or leading safeguarding services and initiatives.
• Experience of working with babies, children, young people and families with complex needs.
• Experience delivering training, undertaking audits and producing reports.
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation, guidance and multi-agency working.
• Ability to communicate information clearly with a range of audiences.