Safeguarding Lead

EAST ANGLIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPICES; Milton, Norwich, Ipswich; Híbrido; GBP 58.000 - 65.000; A tiempo parcial

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Free onsite parking

NHS pension

Enhanced holiday

Employee health plan

Descripción de la vacante

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) is seeking a Safeguarding Lead to provide organisation‑wide leadership, advice and oversight to keep safeguarding for children, young people and adults at risk effective and compliant.

Based at Milton, Norwich or Ipswich with an onsite role and occasional hybrid working, you will work with care teams, managers and external partners to promote a culture where safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.

Formación

• Registered safeguarding professional with substantial safeguarding experience.
• Experience leading safeguarding services and initiatives.
• Experience with babies, children, young people and families with complex needs.

Responsabilidades

• 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 drive improvement.

Conocimientos

Safeguarding

Strategic leadership

Operational safeguarding

Audits & reporting

Training delivery

Communication

Multi-agency working

Educación

Safeguarding Children Level 4 training

Current professional registration (NMC, Social Work England or HCPC)

Descripción del empleo

Make it happen

Family centred care

Learn, develop, grow

Salary:£57,528 - £64,750 FTE per annum, experience dependent

Location:Across all 3 EACH Hospice Locations - East Anglia

Hours:30 hours per week

This is a Permanent, Part Time vacancy that will close in 18 days at 23:59 BST.

The vacancy

EACH Hospice Based – Milton, Norwich or Ipswich

• This is an onsite role with occasional hybrid working
• Please specify preferred EACH hospice work base location when applying

Hours:Part-time, 30 hours per week.

Contract:Permanent

At East Anglia's Children’s Hospices (EACH), we support babies, children, young people and families across East Anglia through hospice care, wellbeing services and family support. We are looking for an experienced safeguarding professional to lead and develop safeguarding practice across our organisation.

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. You will work closely with care teams, managers, volunteers and external partners to promote a culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.

The role includes

• Providing specialist safeguarding advice and support across the organisation.
• Leading safeguarding case oversight, reviews, audits and quality improvement activity.
• Developing and delivering safeguarding training for employees and volunteers.
• Supporting compliance with safeguarding legislation, guidance and regulatory requirements.
• Contributing to organisational safeguarding policies, procedures and governance reporting.
• Working with multi-agency safeguarding partnerships and external stakeholders.
• Providing strategic leadership alongside the Executive Safeguarding Lead to support continuous improvement in safeguarding practice.

About you

We're looking for a registered health or social care professional who has substantial safeguarding experience and is confident working both strategically and operationally.

You'll bring:

• Safeguarding Children Level 4 training.
• Current professional registration (NMC, Social Work England or HCPC).
• Experience of holding safeguarding responsibilities within a relevant 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 of delivering training, undertaking audits and producing reports.
• The ability to communicate complex information clearly and effectively with a wide range of audiences.
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation, guidance and multi-agency working.

Closing date:1st November 2026

Interviews: 9th November 2026

Interested in Learning More Before You Apply?

At EACH, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone and actively encourage applicants to ask questions, request reasonable adjustments orhave an informal discussionbefore submitting an application.

If you’d like to find out more or make a request, please contact the Recruitment Team by email [e-mail] or phone[phone].

More information

The benefits

Free onsite parking

NHS pension - continuation if already contributing

Enhanced holiday plus holiday purchase scheme

Employee Assistance programme

Role specific training and development opportunities

Employer pension scheme (up to 7% employer contribution) inc. life assurance cover

Enhanced maternity & paternity pay

Employee health cash plan

The organisation

East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ensures the best possible quality of life and makes every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family.

In 2020, all three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission.

Our people are central to our success. We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in Care, Fundraising, Retail, Facilities, IT, Finance, Marketing & Communications and Human Resources.

We’re over 440 employees strong, with a team of more than 2,000 volunteers across the organisation including over 50 shops and a Retail Distribution Centre.

Diversity statement

At EACH we believe in fostering a workplace where every individual feels valued and respected. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion where differences are embraced. We are actively seeking talent from all walks of life, recognising that diversity drives innovation, creativity and success.

Join us on a journey to create a more inclusive workplace, where everyone has equal opportunities to grow, contribute and succeed. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for opportunities at EACH and adjustments will be made to facilitate the application and selection process.

Please note:
EACH reserves the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

This post is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check prior to appointment.

It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group.

EACH has a legal responsibility to ensure that its employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to verification that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.

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