Team Manager| Safeguarding (Education)| Nottingham City | £45ph

Tripod Partners; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dedicated specialist consultant

Access to widest variety of socialwork

Prompt payroll

Free DBS and compliance service

£500 referral fee

Job summary

Tripod Partners is seeking an experienced Safeguarding Team Manager to provide operational leadership across a portfolio of education settings in Nottingham City. You will collaborate with schools, safeguarding partners and providers to strengthen safeguarding arrangements and ensure statutory responsibilities are met.

The role focuses on strategic leadership, multi-agency working, and driving continuous improvement of child protection and safeguarding practices within the education sector.

Qualifications

• Experienced safeguarding professional with strategic leadership and operational management skills.
• Strong ability to work in multi-agency settings and with education providers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage safeguarding activity across Nottingham City education settings.
• Provide expert safeguarding advice to school leaders on statutory requirements.
• Oversee compliance with KCSIE and Working Together to Safeguard Children and local procedures.
• Monitor safeguarding performance and drive improvement plans.
• Deliver safeguarding training and guidance to partners.

Job description

Team Manager needed for our Safeguarding (Education) Team in Nottingham City, paying £45 ph!

• Rate: £45 per hour
• Location: Nottingham City
• Sector: Education / Children's Services

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Safeguarding Professional / Team Manager to provide operational leadership and management of safeguarding activity across a portfolio of education settings within Nottingham City.

The successful candidate will work closely with schools, education providers and safeguarding partners to strengthen safeguarding arrangements, ensure compliance with statutory responsibilities, and promote consistently high standards of child protection and safeguarding practice.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced safeguarding professional with strong knowledge of education safeguarding, multi-agency working and statutory requirements.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and manage safeguarding activity across a portfolio of education settings within Nottingham City.
• Provide expert advice, professional challenge and support to school leaders on safeguarding practice and statutory requirements.
• Ensure schools and education providers maintain compliance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), Working Together to Safeguard Children, and relevant local safeguarding procedures.
• Oversee the management and escalation of complex safeguarding concerns.
• Monitor safeguarding performance, quality assurance activity and safeguarding improvement plans.
• Support schools with safeguarding audits, inspections, reviews and improvement activity.
• Identify areas of safeguarding risk and provide appropriate challenge, advice and intervention.
• Develop and deliver safeguarding training, guidance, briefings and best-practice resources.
• Build and maintain effective partnerships with schools, Children's Social Care, police, health services and other safeguarding partners across Nottingham City.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and the continuous strengthening of education safeguarding arrangements.
• Provide clear reporting and assurance to senior stakeholders regarding safeguarding performance and areas for improvement.

What We're Looking For

• This role would suit an experienced safeguarding professional who can combine strategic leadership, operational management, professional challenge and strong partnership working.
• You will need to be confident advising senior leaders, managing complex safeguarding matters and supporting education settings to deliver effective, compliant and child-centred safeguarding arrangements.

Working with Tripod Partners offers you a number of benefits including:

• Your own dedicated specialist consultant
• Access to the widest variety of social work jobs across 150 authorities and private organisations throughout the UK
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• £500 referral fee