Safeguarding Lead

Are you passionate about ensuring better outcomes for our customers? Are you committed to tackling abuse and neglect? If so, this might be the opportunity you are looking for

Safeguarding children and adults at risk is everyone’s responsibility, but this role is pivotal in ensuring that we keep all our residents safe.  This role will require the following:

• Provide leadership and independent oversight of safeguarding of children, young people and adults; including our residents, staff, and volunteers.
• Have direct responsibility for enhancing the operational and overall effectiveness of our safeguarding responsibilities and practices across the organisation.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across NHG to implement the safeguarding delivery plan, and also liaise with external authorities and forums.

You will have a strong knowledge of safeguarding best practice, legal and statutory national guidance and be able to demonstrate this knowledge by ensuring compliance in NHG’s policies, procedures and practice.

This is a challenging and rewarding role. You’ll need to be adept at partnership working, policy development and developing and delivering training.

If this sounds like the challenge you’re looking for we’d love to hear from you.

In return we offer a competitive salary, generous annual leave, health cash plan, season ticket loan, life assurance and a generous contributory pension offer as well as other benefits packages.

To apply for this role, upload your CV and supporting statement. Please note a supporting statement is not a cover letter. You will need to address the behaviours and essential criteria listed on the role profile and provide examples of how you demonstrate these skills and well as your experience.

This role requires a DBS check. Therefore an enhanced check will be requested in the event of you being offered the position as part of our pre-employment checking process.

The application process will involve an online test (which will need to be completed before the interview), and a presentation to take place during your interview.

Applications for this role close at midday on 25 November 2019. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview taking place the week commencing 2 December, with some assessment to be completed prior to this date.

* Please note that should a redeployee apply for this role; their application will be considered before any others

If you are not able to apply online, please contact us to discuss your requirements.