Safeguarding Partnerships Coordinator

Safeguarding Project Coordinator

Salary: G8 (£40,869 - £44,790)

Contract Type: Secondment/Fixed Term Contract (12 months with a possibility to go permanent)

About Us:

• At the London Borough of Havering, we pride ourselves on being an innovative organisation with a commitment to the needs of vulnerable children and adults in the borough. With a firm focus on achieving positive outcomes and reducing risk of harm at all times, the Partnership promotes multi-agency safeguarding best practice.
• At the London Borough of Havering, we pride ourselves on being an innovative organisation with a commitment to the needs of vulnerable children and adults in the borough. With a firm focus on achieving positive outcomes and reducing risk of harm at all times, the Partnership promotes multi-agency safeguarding best practice.
• Working across Adult and Children multi-agency safeguarding, you have an important role in leading in our participation work with our Havering Safeguarding Young Advisors.

About the Job

• The Safeguarding Partnerships Coordinator is responsible for the development of initiatives across the local multi-agency safeguarding partnerships for adults and children, working with senior managers, staff and the public, to embed processes and practice;
• You will provide high quality policy and strategic support for the local Safeguarding Adults Board and Safeguarding Children Partnership and any working groups and task groups;
• The candidate will carry out research, consultation and analysis covering a range of policy areas and produce briefings on 
• specific issues and investigations;
• You will lead, manage and support complex project work to improve service delivery within the safeguarding partnerships areas of responsibility.

About You

• You will have experience of safeguarding adults and or children work and experience of providing advice, support and challenge to politicians and senior managers;
• Excellent research, analysis, interpretation and evaluation skills;
• Experience of writing reports, briefings and other high level communications;
• A thorough understanding of the relevant political structures and processes;
• Experience of collaborative policy development with multiple agencies;
• You will have good written and verbal presentation skills which will be tested during the interview;
• And you will have good IT skills and be able to administer your own work portfolio.

The closing date for applications is Thursday 8th September 2022.  You can view further details on this role via the Job Description here.

Additional Information

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