Safeguarding Lead for Children&Children Looked After (CLA) - Permanent, 30hrs/wk in Telford

Safeguarding Lead for Children & Children Looked After (CLA) – Permanent, 30hrs/wk

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Quality Team for the role of Safeguarding Lead for Children and Children Looked After (CLA) on a part‑time, permanent basis (30hrs/week). Working with the Quality Team, the Safeguarding Lead will be instrumental in promoting a high‑quality service to safeguard service users in our care.

The role specialises in Safeguarding Children & Children Looked After (CLA) while maintaining joint working with the Safeguarding Lead for Adults and ensuring the overall workload is managed equitably.

About The Role

• Raising the profile of safeguarding, domestic abuse, Children’s Act 1989/2004, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023 and the Care Act 2014 across HealthHero.
• Providing effective and appropriate support and specialist advice to multi‑professional staff, patients and carers following a suspicion of or disclosure of abuse and/or neglect.
• Assisting staff with day‑to‑day safeguarding and domestic abuse issues in a consultative and advisory capacity.
• Conveying and presenting highly complex and sensitive information written and verbally, formally and informally as appropriate.
• Collaborating with named professionals, partner agencies and Safeguarding Partnerships to develop robust evidence‑based policies and procedures supporting key government legislation in relation to safeguarding, domestic abuse, the Children’s Act and the Care Act.
• Working as an effective resource to teams to provide safeguarding supervision for staff members involved in safeguarding cases.
• Implementing a company‑wide training strategy and delivering safeguarding training across the organisation, including induction.

About You

Working as part of the Quality Team you will be responsible for developing, reviewing and updating robust internal safeguarding policies and standard operating procedures for adults and children.

• Key safeguarding legislation.
• Mental health law with regard to MHA 2007 and MCA 2005.
• Care Act 2014.
• Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023.
• Intercollegiate Safeguarding Training Guidance.
• Procedures and investigations required in the maltreatment of service users.
• Adults, Children and Children Looked After quarterly and annual reporting schedules.
• PIPOT and DOFA pathways.
• Practice review processes.

Our ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills and an ability to share and apply best practice and knowledge in safeguarding, including information governance, confidentiality and consent.

About Us

As an NHS‑funded service, HealthHero recognises its statutory responsibilities and is committed to safeguarding adults, children and CLA. We ensure robust governance structures and systems are in place to comply with legislation, statutory guidance and best practice guidance.

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all service users, including identifying those at risk of significant harm and taking appropriate, timely action to protect them, are the primary objectives of HealthHero Safeguarding policies.

What We Offer

• Competitive rate of pay.
• Ongoing professional development.
• Access to a discretionary staff bonus scheme.
• Generous holiday entitlement.
• Company pension scheme.
• Simply Health cash plan membership.
• Life assurance.

Apply

If you would like to make a difference within a dynamic yet rewarding setting, we would love to hear from you. Please proceed to apply via the link below.

Should you have any role‑specific queries, questions or wish to arrange an informal conversation to discuss the role in greater detail ahead of submitting your interest, please contact the Recruitment Team at Recruitment@healthhero.com.

Closing date: Wednesday 17th December (5pm)

Interviews are due to take place on the week commencing 22nd December.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this advertisement early should sufficient applications be received in advance of the closing date.

Equality, Inclusivity and Diversity

In line with our commitment to Equality, Inclusivity and Diversity, we welcome and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates from all backgrounds. We are committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and aim to establish an inclusive working environment. As such, we welcome diverse applications from candidates irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We are a certified Disability Confident Employer and are committed to affording equal opportunities for candidates with disabilities or special needs. Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made at any part of your application process, please let us know by contacting us at UC-Recruitment@healthhero.com.

Safeguarding

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