Quality Assurance & Strategic Safeguarding in Education Lead

We are looking for a qualified social worker to join our small LADO and Safeguarding in Education Team. Reporting to the Team Manager the role will be to provide a comprehensive safeguarding service to colleagues working or volunteering in any childcare setting, including schools, pre-schools, nurseries and any organisations making provision for children. The role purpose is to strategically manage, develop, organise and control a professional service area ensuring the delivery of the service meets all Council, professional and legislative requirements. This will include the co-ordination and delivery of child protection & safeguarding training to the sector and to contribute to the working of the Waltham Forest Strategic Partnerships Board and providing reporting and oversight to schools, the Local Authority and partnership regarding safeguarding issues in schools, including an annual thematic analysis.

• To lead on support and address issues related to the child protection and safeguarding within schools, colleges and other education environments.
• To work with Governors, Head Teachers, Managing Directors, Trustees and other staff and providers of services for children, to ensure appropriate policy, procedure and guidance is implemented., Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy. We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council.

• Qualified Children's Social Worker - minimum 3 years post qualifying experience
• Registered with Social Work England
• Enhanced DBS Certificate
• Experienced in all aspects of Safeguarding Children/Young People
• Good communicator
• Ability to produce well written analysis based reports/audits
• Understanding of SEND, As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents. London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.