National Welfare Officer

6 months ago

Loughborough, United Kingdom Swim England Full time

**About The Role**:
We are seeking an experienced National Welfare Officer to join our team on a permanent full time basis (35 hours per week - Monday to Friday). The role will require Hybrid working between our SportPark Office in Loughborough, working from home and local club visits as required. National travel with occasional evening and weekend work will also be required.

This is an exciting opportunity working within a busy safeguarding & welfare team which sits within the wider Legal department. The purpose of the role is to support and oversee welfare investigations reported to the safeguarding team.

The role specifically involves working closely with club, county and regional welfare officers throughout the country helping them record, investigate and bring welfare complaints to a satisfactory conclusion. Club welfare officers are all volunteers, so there will be a need for some flexibility around evening work and occasional weekend cover to assist clubs where required outside of normal business hours. On occasion there may be a need to travel to a club and help with a case and / or training face to face.

**Reporting to the Head of Safeguarding & Welfare**, your responsiblities will include**:

- On occasion taking the lead on welfare complaints and investigations, as required.
- Working with clubs, counties and regions to improve the identification of welfare complaints and the overall quality of welfare complaints
- Providing support and information to members and clubs on Swim England child safeguarding & welfare procedures and legislation, using the experience and expertise of the rest of the team
- Assisting with welfare training to Swim England teams, clubs and regions
- Supporting the implementation and communication of safeguarding & welfare plans and policies across the aquatic network
- Working directly with others to help communicate good welfare practics, procedures and training
- Inputting into the publication of Wavepower and all other welfare policies

If you are looking to wake up every day with a passion for making a difference then this could be your next role

To find out more about the role, download the full Job Description and Person Specification document.
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**About You**:

- Have experience in a similar role
- Have experience of working with volunteers or voluntary organisations
- Have knowledge of Welfare in Sport, in particular at community level

Previous experience of working at a similar level in organisations such as sports NGBs, local authority or charity organisations would be advantageous as is having experience of low level safeguarding investigations.

So if you feel you have the suitable skills and attributes for this position then we would like to hear from you.

This role will follow a Safer Recruitment Process which Swim England are committed to and as part of this safer recruitment process relevant checks such as self-declarations, references and criminal checks will be carried out in accordance with Wavepower.

Swim England is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

**No Agencies Please**

**About Us**:
**Our Purpose and Vision**

As the recognised national governing body for swimming, artistic swimming,diving and water polo in England, Swim England helps people learn how to swim, enjoy the water safely, and compete in all our sports.

Our Vision is to champion a healthy and successful nation through swimming and aquatic activity. The ability to swim is a life-skill that is essential to keep us safe in, on and around water. It is one of the nation’s most popular recreational activities enjoyed by millions ofpeople in England.

Swim England, through aquatics, is uniquely placed to tackle inequalities and support health and wellbeing given the activities’ accessibility to people of all ages and abilities. On top of this, aquatics is made up offour amazing Olympic and Paralympic sports with our network of clubs and talent pathways supporting people to realise their full potential inthe water.

In March of this year, we published in full the findings of an independent listening research report commissioned as part of our pledge to create a better future for everyone involved in aquatic sports. We are committed to only recruiting individuals who are as passionate as we are about being on this journey.

**To find out more about what it’s like to work with us and the Swim England family **visit our website **and download** a **summary of our employee benefits here.

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