Safeguarding Consultant

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Remote – Ability to travel within the UK; flexibility to work at home or from a regional office as required, with overnight stays as necessary

Salary £doe

Purpose of the Role:

Keeping Everyone Safe by continuously investigating and sharing learning that will impact the improvement of practices, processes, and behaviors underpinning a safety culture.

Sets the highest standards of behavior across the organisation in line with the HEART principles.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Develop, design, deliver, and evaluate safeguarding training including face-to-face training, webinars, and Brainshark’s to embed safeguarding knowledge.
• Plan, conduct, and summarize robust safeguarding investigations that meet the Safeguarding Threshold.
• Support managers in preparing for ASV meetings.
• Attend relevant external safeguarding meetings such as ASV, strategy meetings, etc.
• Liaise with external agencies such as the police and LADO.
• Collaborate on critical reviews of safeguarding incidents to strengthen organisational learning.
• Complete safeguarding audit visits and triangulation visits to provide settings with clear learning and measurable actions.
• Apply coaching skills to aid DSL’s decision-making.
• Complete safeguarding data logs accurately and thoroughly.
• Analyze quality data, regulatory data, and safeguarding data to inform decision-making and resource allocation.

Responsible For:

• Cancelling safeguarding training in exceptional circumstances.
• Categorizing incident thresholds to determine investigation levels.
• Providing investigation outcomes in partnership with the HR department.
• Joining allocated Safeguarding Ready to Respond Calls.
• Supporting regional meetings with statistical data to promote learning.
• Attending monthly safeguarding team meetings.
• Positively impacting internal and external quality ratings.
• Positively influencing regulatory outcomes related to safeguarding notifications.
• Complying with safeguarding team Service Level Agreements.
• Maintaining expert knowledge of safeguarding legislation and requirements.
• Possessing expert knowledge of regulatory requirements.
• Managing ER and HR practices effectively.
• Completing complex investigations robustly.

Desired Experience:

• Training qualification or experience in delivering training.
• Coaching qualification and/or experience in coaching techniques.

Qualification:

• Early Years/HR qualification.

Personal Attributes:

• Sound judgment & objectivity.
• Solution-focused.
• Motivate, inspire, and influence people.
• Collaborative and decisive.
• Analytical skills.
• Resilience.
• Ability to work individually and as part of a team.
• Excellent influencing, change-making, and effective communication skills (oral and written).
• Highly motivated and driven, achieving positive impact and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to build trust and develop cohesive teams with strong empathy, clear expectations, and fairness.
• High energy and thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with a calm approach and ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Encourages colleagues to realize their potential and empowers high performers.
• Able to use data and numerical detail effectively to inform strategy, measure impact, and drive quality.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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