Safeguarding Officer

6 months ago


Coventry, United Kingdom Orbit Group Full time

Orbit is a fantastic business and one that’s really going places.

Orbit was formed in 1967 with the aim of providing good-quality housing for people who would otherwise not be able to afford to buy their own home.

Over 50 years later, we’re one of the leading housing providers in the UK. Our services have diversified, our housing portfolio has expanded, and our reputation as an innovator within our sector has grown. But one thing that has never changed. Our belief in people and what they can achieve.

**Your role at Orbit.**

We are looking for a capable and experienced Safeguarding Officer to working within our Tenancy Services CSAF team to ensure we deliver what we say we will and to help drive where we go next, we are looking for a dynamic and inspiring individual to focus on safeguarding, working from the Midlands and supporting wider teams in the South and East.

**As Safeguarding Officer CSAF you will**:

- To manage all Community Safety related safeguarding cases within set PI and KPI as agreed by Orbit.
- Reviewing concerns, gathering information, risk assessing and raising alerts to Local Authorities where appropriate, making support referral, providing advice and signposting.
- Create and manage strong professional relationships with partner agencies; including Local Authorities, MARAC, MAPPA, Fire Service and the Police Service ensuring that Orbit always plays its role as a landlord

**What will help you make a difference.**
- At least 3 years experience in successfully managing Safeguarding cases in a housing or local authority environment
- High level of knowledge in relevant legislation and best practice relating to Safeguarding Adults and Children
- Experience of successfully delivering good outcomes through partnership working
- An innovative thinker with an ability to be flexible in approach in a busy and ever changing environment
- Excellent verbal and other communication skills, including the ability to prepare complex reports
- High levels of IT literacy and analytical skills and the ability to understand trends and results
- Car owner - Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the role and flexibility in ensuring the service is covered Mon - Fri 8.am - 8pm/Saturday 8am - 13.00pm

**Why Orbit?**

**Rewarding your contribution.**

For those who want or need more of a work life balance** **our view is that this role is suitable for WorkSmart. This means we would consider a more flexible working arrangement, where your hours and work location are managed according to business, customer and personal needs. Agile working arrangements will be discussed during the interview process.

Some of our core benefits include:

- Group bonus potential up to 15% of salary
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays and the “Orbit day”
- Private medical insurance
- Excellent contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance
- A great pick and mix of flexible benefits including the option to buy and sell holiday and much more

**Our culture and purpose.**

We know that great people are central to achieving our ambitions and as such we want everyone to have a voice and make a positive difference. We are proud to be a Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for, this demonstrates we place people at the heart of everything we do. We continue to create a culture that celebrates diversity and an environment where everyone feels able to contribute towards achieving together.

We support our colleagues to be at their best through our wellbeing programme #ThisIsMe, our corporate learning programme, opportunities for professional development, our innovative approaches to making the world and our homes a greener place and our leading reward and recognition package. Because of this our people tell us Orbit is a great place to work for.

At Orbit, our people are enthusiastic and passionate about making a real difference to our customers and communities. We are one team where everyone is connected and encouraged to have the freedom to think differently.

Each year we build many new affordable homes and manage a total portfolio of around 45,000 properties. Over 100,000 people live in an Orbit home and our innovative approach empowers every one of them to grow and thrive. We are commercially driven. The more profit we make, the more we invest into the communities that we work for, improving services and playing a key role in driving UK housing growth.

**Work for Orbit. Believe in people.**

We have so much more that we’d like to share with you so please submit your CV demonstrating the value you could bring to Orbit.



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