Director of Safeguarding

4 weeks ago


United Kingdom Home Start Full time

Job Title: Director of Network Impact Reports To: CEO

Head of Quality & Safeguarding
Head of Practice & Development
Location: Remote (travel to Leicester Office & other locations where necessary)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time (36 hours per week)

Can you inspire a movement of volunteers and staff to stand alongside families with young children?  
Home-Start is there to ensure that no parent or carer feels alone as they seek to give their children the best possible start in life. With our distinctive offer of volunteer-led home visiting support, Home-Start offers emotional and practical support to parents and carers with young children facing challenges in life such as isolation, poor mental health and poverty.
At the heart of Home-Start is an inspirational network of 180 charities supporting over 43,000 families each year in communities across the UK. Home-Start UK is the central body in this network – supporting local Home-Starts and working to build national partnerships and profile. As a federation, we are a powerful combination of local charities close to the needs of communities alongside a UK-wide presence, voice and influence.
The pandemic left a long shadow on children’s development; and there has been an erosion of services available at the earliest moments of a child’s life. As the Director of Network Impact at Home-Start UK, your role is to help equip our Home-Start network to face into all of these challenges.
As an established senior leader, you will have with a track record of managing complex relationships – possibly, but not necessarily, within a federated or networked environment. You will have achieved significant impact in relevant aspects of the role, bring credibility in relevant fields, and professional experience of safeguarding and child protection.
This is a compelling opportunity to join Home-Start UK and help build the sustainability, quality and impact of local Home-Starts. You will be joining a committed talented team at Home-Start UK, ambitious for growth and a supportive, flexible working environment. We are excited to hear from you in this exciting leadership role at such a crucial time for families and children.
Please label this document ‘CV’ with your name and the role title Director of Network Impact (maximum four pages). Home-Start is committed to Equality of Opportunity and Diversity. We wish to encourage applications from all parts of the community irrespective of gender, race, colour, age, sexual orientation or disability. We will be flexible to your working needs. Should you be invited to an interview all your interview questions and/or tasks will be sent to you beforehand so that you can prepare and we will aim to be as flexible as possible to accommodate an interview time that suits you.
As part of any recruitment process, Home-Start UK collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to Home-Start UK during the recruitment process. Registered Office: 4th floor,  Arnhem House , 31 Waterloo Way, Leicester LE1 6LP
By making a donation today, you will give a child in crisis a magical moment. Your donation will support Home-Start UK’s work around the country.



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