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Safeguarding Practice Manager

2 months ago

Crawley, United Kingdom YMCA DownsLink Group Full time

THE ROLE: Part time (21 hours per week) / Permanent / Hybrid. Job description and application pack are available to download from our website

Our mission is to help children and young people have a fair chance to be who they want to be. We do this by providing a safe home, increasing life skills and self-confidence, and improving emotional wellbeing and mental health.

YMCA DownsLink Group is looking for a Safeguarding Practice Manager to join the People & Programmes Department. This role is uniquely part of a three-way job share. Together, the three postholders provide expert advice to our housing, therapeutic, and support and advice services, aligned to our service thresholds and to ensure compliance with regulatory and legal standards.

In this role, you will be a point of advice and support for safeguarding alerts raised by staff, and provide oversight and expertise to manage active cases, supporting staff / teams appropriately to ensure that children and adults at risk are reported appropriately to statutory services.

You will ensure our safeguarding policies and procedures are kept up to date to reflect current legislation and best practice, in agreement with our Safeguarding Forum and with the approval of trustees. You will also maintain up to date knowledge on legislation, policy and recognised best practice, regarding the protection of children and adults at risk.

ABOUT YOU: We know there are great candidates who may not fit everything described, or who have important skills we have not mentioned. If that is you, please do not hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself and why perhaps you are looking to take the next step. 

You will be someone with significant experience in a safeguarding role, ideally working with children and young people up to the age of 25 with multiple and complex needs. You will have a relevant health/social care professional qualification, and may be a qualified social worker, or have experience as a social work practice supervisor.

You will be someone with experience of working within psychologically informed environments with trauma informed approaches, with strong knowledge of safeguarding legislation, regulatory bodies including disclosure services and LADOs and who can provide expertise in relation to criminal investigations, practice and statutory social care systems for children and young people.

Finally, if you've experience of leading quality improvement and practice development work within a charity, housing association or health or social care organisation, and in leading responses to serious case reviews/safeguarding learning reviews, then we'd love to hear from you.

CLOSING DATE: 27 June 2024.We reserve the right to close this advert early if a successful candidate is found, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Successful candidates will already have the right to live and work in the UK

An inclusive workplace: We are committed to policies and practices of equity, diversity, and inclusion and to supporting our people to make sure our culture is consistent with this commitment. We encourage applications from people from all sections of the communities that we serve. 

Accessibility: If you require assistance or have questions regarding the application process, please contact us. If you require the recruitment documents in another format, please let us know. We can also post them to your preferred address.

YMCA DLG requires all staff and volunteers to be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to respond proactively to safeguarding concerns. Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced DBS (including the Children’s and Adults’ barred lists) check.

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