Children's Disabilities

3 weeks ago

Bristol, United Kingdom Children & Young People Now Jobs Full time €43,425 - €54,281

Head of Safeguarding and Professional Standards
Today, 12 children and young people will be diagnosed with cancer. We’ll stop at nothing to make sure they get the right care and support at the right time.
~ 8 FTE, to be worked Mon-Thu, or worked over 5 days Mon-Fri)
~ Permanent
~ Flexible location - London / Bristol / home / hybrid
~ Interviews: To be held online on 2/3 July 2024 (first round) and 8July 2024 (second round)

When a child or young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole world can feel like it’s falling apart. The impact of cancer on young lives is more than medical. Our specialist social workers help children and young people with cancer and their families navigate the emotional and practical impact of cancer. And we stop at nothing to make sure they get the right care and support at the right time.
We challenge the systems and policies that surround children and young people, we highlight gaps and campaign for change. And we need the right people on our team to help us get there. We’re looking for a Head of Safeguarding & Professional Standardswith a background in social work to join Young Lives vs Cancer.
The Head of Safeguarding & Professional Standards works to create a positive organisational safeguarding culture where safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility, through shaping, implementing and monitoring safeguarding activity, policy, training and governance across the whole organisation. The role also sets professional standards for our Services Directorate, and highlights areas for continuous improvement, and by directly delivering or designing and commissioning training, they enable Young Lives vs Cancer to respond to changes in policy, legislation and best practice in social care and safeguarding.
Following two innovative peer reviews with partner charities, we are confident in our approach to safeguarding. You’ll be vital to this journey, leading our approach to safeguarding and professional standards and giving us a high level of confidence as we move forward. The Head of Safeguarding & Professional Standards:
Shapes, implements and monitors and reports performance against the safeguarding policy, training and governance across the whole organisation including with the trustees
Reports to and supports the trustee Safeguarding Committee
Oversees the governance of safeguarding referrals and activity in local social care teams
Advises on safeguarding matters anywhere else across the organisational structure (including in income generation, for example)
Works closely with the Services Senior Management team to set professional standards for our services and highlight areas for continuous improvement
Planning and directly delivering, or designing and commissioning training, to enable Young Lives vs Cancer to respond to changes in policy, legislation and best practice in social care and safeguarding
The right experience: you must be a registered social worker and have worked as a as a social worker and in a strategic role in children or young people's social care services, delivering safe services with particular reference to safeguarding and assurance, and have significant experience of developing social work practice at a strategic or system level
The right leadership expertise: with strong leadership and collaborative planning skills you will have ability to work collaboratively to oversee how things work, and influence stakeholders across the charity
Confidence to challenge ways of thinking and the communication skills to coach and empower people to build a culture of safeguarding.
Your potential is what matters most to us, and we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment to help you develop.
Flexible working: we’re open to working hours outside of 9 - 5 and we can talk through your flexibility requirements at interview stage
Wellbeing days: four days a year to do what works for you – from catching up on training to going for a walk
Generous annual leave allowance
Great family/caring leave entitlements
Enhanced pension
Access to our employee savings scheme
To find out more about our benefits package, have a look on our website:
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING
At Young Lives vs Cancer, we recognise that opportunities for too many people remain a condition of their sex, ethnicity, class, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation – or a combination. We’re on a journey to be reflective of the diverse children, young people and families we support. We particularly welcome applications from members of minoritised communities. Our Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Belonging strategy will tell you more.
Please let us know in your application form of any adjustments or access requirements we could make to help you with the application process and interview.
To arrange an informal chat, please contact Jenny Turner, Director of Strategy & Governance on jenny.

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