Regional Safeguarding Lead
2 days ago
Annual salary: up to £38,000.00
Regional Safeguarding Lead
- Permanent - Full Time - Up to £38,000 per annum, depending on experience - Plus company car_
Do you want to work one of the leading providers in the housing, homecare and support market industry in the UK? Are you somebody who is open to new opportunities, has a visionary approach and a strategic thought process?
Who are we:
Mears is one of the UK’s leading housing and care providers to both the public and private sector, with over 6,500 employees, working with clients to help develop, fund and implement their placemaking ambitions.
With 30 years of delivering market-leading repairs and maintenance services, Mears is trusted to deliver in excess of 6,000 repairs daily to a portfolio of more than 1,000,000 homes nationwide.
What we are looking for:
Our Safeguarding department provide leadership and direction on the AASC (Asylum Accommodation & Support Contract) relating to all safeguarding matters affecting both vulnerable service users and staff.
As Regional Safeguarding Lead for a specified region (Scotland & Northern Ireland, North East, Yorkshire & Humber), you will lead the work to embed learning, prevent harm and ensure that we meet our contractual obligations to vulnerable service users.
You will ensure the effectiveness of processes for responding to concerns about the welfare of vulnerable service users received from The Home Office; housing managers; residential welfare managers, representatives from VCS/3rd Sector organisations and members of the public.
Key Tasks:
- Maintain a programme of assurance to ensure that standards of safeguarding are maintained across all areas of the contract.
- Provide leadership support to housing and residential welfare managers working with service users in all areas including DA, IA, contingency accommodation, Target Housing and Urban House.
- Represent Mears on regional safeguarding meetings (LA and Home Office Safeguarding Hubs; sub-contractors); SMP’s; support multi-agency meetings and attend any other relevant meetings.
- Establish regular safeguarding case reviews with Welfare Ops Managers and Head of Region; along with sub-contractors (Target & Urban House).
- Ensure our training tools (Mears Learning) and resources are used to maximum effect.
- Tap into any local safeguarding training, where regional variations apply.
- Establish links with Migrant Help; TARA; specialist trafficking organisations, Police Modern Slavery & Organised Crime Units; Refugee Council; British Red Cross; specialist mental health support agencies both statutory and voluntary, throughout the contract.
- Establish and/or develop strong working relationships with local authority safeguarding hubs.
**Qualifications**:
Essential
Relevant qualifications in a safeguarding related field and/or equivalent experience
What's in for you?
- Competitive basic salary - Up to £38,000 per annum, depending on experience
- Company car
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Cycle to work scheme
- Sharesave - a simple way of saving money direct from your salary for 3 years, in order to buy Mears Group shares at a price that is fixed and discounted at the outset.
- Eye Test Vouchers
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work Previous years include, Alton Towers, Drayton Manor etc.
- Staff perks with Mears Rewards - discounts of up to 10% on coffee, weekly groceries, holidays, the list is endless.
- Be part of a friendly and dedicated team
- Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
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