Safeguarding Lead

Choice Support; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Choice Support is seeking a Safeguarding Lead to strengthen our Quality & Safeguarding Team. You will lead safeguarding across the organisation, advise operations and partners, and promote person-centred practice.

You will manage safeguarding concerns, support teams, and drive improvements while overseeing governance, whistleblowing, and external partnerships. This full-time role is home-based with national travel.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of safeguarding legislation, thresholds and multi-agency practice.
• Experience managing safeguarding cases in adult social care.
• Ability to analyse safeguarding data and engage with regulators and Local Authorities.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building across the organisation.
• Safeguarding Adults Level 3 or willingness to obtain it.

Responsibilities

• Lead safeguarding arrangements across the organisation and act as subject matter expert.
• Support teams to recognise, respond to concerns, and investigate complex cases.
• Oversee concerns and serious incidents and promote learning.
• Provide expert advice on the Mental Capacity Act and DoLS.
• Contribute to governance, board assurance and external partnership work.
• Act as Freedom to Speak Up Guardian and Prevent Lead.
• Ensure quality of case records and decisions.

Skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Multi-agency practice

Data analysis

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience

Job description

Choice Support is looking for a Safeguarding Lead to join our Quality & Safeguarding Team. You will create a strong, resilient safeguarding function across the organisation, working proactively and reactively as a subject matter expert and business partner to Operations Directors and operational teams.

The role is varied. You will help ensure people are safe, listened to and protected. You will lead safeguarding arrangements, support colleagues to recognise and respond to concerns quickly, oversee complex safeguarding issues and promote shared learning, accountability and person-centred practice.

You will shape safeguarding strategy and policy, oversee concerns and serious incidents, quality assure case records and decisions,

provide expert advice on the Mental Capacity Act and DoLS and use data and learning to identify risk and drive improvement. You will also contribute to governance and Board assurance, work with external partners, oversee whistleblowing, and act as Choice Support’s Freedom to Speak Up Guardian and Prevent Lead.

Hours:

This is a full time role 37.5 hours per week.

Location:

Home based with some national travel when required.

About you:

You will need a strong understanding of safeguarding legislation, thresholds and multi-agency practice, with experience of managing safeguarding cases in adult social care. You will be confident supporting teams through complex situations, conducting investigations, analysing safeguarding data and working with regulators, commissioners and Local Authorities.

You will communicate clearly, turn complex requirements into practical guidance and build trusted relationships across the organisation.

A relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience is required, together with Safeguarding Adults Level 3 or a willingness to obtain it

Choice Support is Disability Confident which is a scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview. If you consider yourself to have a disability or long-term chronic health condition or if you require any adjustments/support during the application/selection process, please contact [e-mail] so that we can discuss your needs with you.

Please note, you must have the right to work in the UK, Choice Support are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.