Safeguarding Lead

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nacton; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced holiday and holiday purchase

Flexible and hybrid working

Employee health cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Employer pension with up to 7% company

Free eye tests

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced parental pay

Job summary

East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) seeks a part-time Safeguarding Lead to provide specialist advice and lead safeguarding oversight across the organisation. You will support case reviews, audits and quality improvement, and deliver safeguarding training for staff and volunteers.

The role requires Level 4 safeguarding training and active registration with NMC, Social Work England or HCPC. You will work mainly onsite with some hybrid arrangements, contributing to policies and governance

Qualifications

• Safeguarding Children Level 4 training completed.
• Current professional registration with NMC, Social Work England or HCPC.
• Experience holding safeguarding responsibilities within health or social care settings.

Responsibilities

• 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 staff 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 improve safeguarding practice.
• Collaborating with care teams, managers and volunteers to foster a culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.

Skills

Communication skills

Multi-agency working

Safeguarding legislation knowledge

Education

Safeguarding Children Level 4 training

Job description

East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) has a permanent post for a safeguarding lead with responsibility across the whole organisation. The work covers specialist advice, case oversight, audit and quality improvement, and training for staff and volunteers, alongside the executive safeguarding lead. It is part-time at 30 hours a week, spread across the three hospices, with mainly onsite working and some hybrid. Safeguarding Children Level 4 and current NMC, Social Work England or HCPC registration are required.

What the job involves

• 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 improve safeguarding practice
• Working with care teams, managers and volunteers to build a culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility

What’s required

Qualifications

• Safeguarding Children Level 4 training

Registration & licences

• Current professional registration with NMC, Social Work England or HCPC

Experience

• Holding safeguarding responsibilities within a relevant health or social care setting
• Developing or leading safeguarding services and initiatives
• Working with babies, children, young people and families with complex needs
• Delivering training, undertaking audits and producing reports

Skills & knowledge

• Communicating complex information clearly to a wide range of audiences
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation, guidance and multi-agency working

What’s offered

• Enhanced holiday plus holiday purchase scheme
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Employee health cash plan
• Employee assistance programme
• Employer pension scheme with up to 7% employer contribution and life assurance
• Free eye tests
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay