This Local Authority Designated Officer post sits in the Quality Assurance and Improvement service within Hackney's Children and Families Service. The work centres on leading the management of allegations against adults who work with children, giving independent oversight and professional challenge to partner agencies, and facilitating strategy discussions. It suits experienced safeguarding practitioners and carries an enhanced DBS check. A current social work qualification is required, and applicants answer competency questions in place of a supporting statement.
What the job involves
- Lead and coordinate the management of allegations against adults working with children, with prompt and proportionate responses aligned to statutory guidance
- Provide independent oversight, advice and professional challenge to partner agencies
- Facilitate strategy discussions to manage safeguarding risks effectively
- Keep the welfare and voice of children central to decision-making as a key advisor
- Identify learning themes to drive continuous service improvement
- Build strong collaborative relationships across the partnership
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree-level education
- Certified and current social work qualification
Experience
- Experienced LADO or safeguarding professional
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Skills & knowledge
- Strong knowledge of safeguarding children, statutory guidance and managing allegations against people who work with children
- Professional judgement to assess complex information, identify risk and make defensible decisions
- Confidence to provide challenge and hold organisations to account while keeping positive working relationships
- Multi-agency collaboration, negotiation and communication skills across all levels
- Managing competing priorities effectively
- Reflective, professionally curious practice
Checks & eligibility
- Enhanced DBS check
Other
- Alignment with the STAR model of practice and PROUD values
- Commitment to anti-racist practice and dismantling systemic discrimination
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
