Specialist Safeguarding Advisor

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 265444**Salary**:

- £41,000-
**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer- C1**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- MOD - Head Office & Corporate Services - Safeguarding Policy Team - Armed Forces Families and Safeguarding Team**Type of role**:

- Policy**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

Location

About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- The Safeguarding Policy Team has a physical base in Upavon, Wiltshire. Whilst there will be requirements to attend the workplace there is flexibility to work from home on a regular basis.About the job

**Job summary**:
The Safeguarding Policy team has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Safeguarding advisor to join our team. Applications are encouraged from a range of disciplines.

If you have experience of working within a multi-agency safeguarding setting, with a quality assurance framework, and are from a health, social care or police background we are keen to hear from you.

As a central government department, the Ministry of Defence exists to protect the people of the UK, prevent conflict and be ready to fight the UKs enemies. Its success depends on its people; if successful you will become a critical component of Defence capability.

With a significant presence overseas the responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its people, including children, is vested in the Ministry of Defence. With approximately 200,000 serving personnel and civilians and 100,000 cadets located across the UK and overseas safeguarding their wellbeing across the globe is a significant challenge.

Applicants should note that this post requires regular planned travel within the UK and overseas.

This MOD is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week

**Job description**:
**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**

The Specialist Safeguarding Advisor will:

- Provide safeguarding advice to Defence personnel.
- Assess complex situations and sensitive information and support robust risk assessment and decision making in line with relevant Defence policy and guidance.
- Maintain a system to document risks and concerns raised, ensuring that appropriate follow up is conducted.
- Work with colleagues in the Safeguarding Policy Team to strengthen the implementation of safeguarding policy and procedures and to build the skills of Defence personnel and partners in managing concerns.
- Undertake assurance visits and reviews of individual cases to ensure quality and safety of practice.
- Improve the quality of safeguarding across Defence through the implementation of lessons identified from case reviews and thematic audits.
- Support and contribute to the development of monitoring criteria and systems, which will enable evaluation of safeguarding across Defence.
- Represent the Safeguarding Policy Team at Defence working groups and forums.
- Take the lead for a specialist area for the Safeguarding Policy Team as requested, e.g. Domestic Abuse, Under 18 Service Personnel, Awareness Raising etc
- Be fully conversant with, and maintain an awareness of, safeguarding legislation, guidance and policy both within England and the devolved administrations.
- Liaise with a wide range of agencies and organisations, interpreting legislation, guidance and policy and ensuring best safeguarding practice.
- Contribute to policy development.
- Be current in relation to themes and trends in safeguarding, able to provide information, advice and guidance on a wide range of safeguarding related topics.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of awareness raising/training programmes as required.
- Promote effective networking at local, national and international levels.
- Engage in the formal programme of assurance activity which may include planned international and domestic travel

**Person specification**:
**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

**Qualifications**
- The Specialist Safeguarding Advisor will:

- Hold a relevant professional qualification (e.g. Dip SW/BA/BSc/MA in Social Work, Health or Criminal Justice) with current professional registration where applicable.
- Hold a management qualification or post qualifying / practice educator award.

**Knowledge**
- The Specialist Safeguarding Advisors will have:

- Substantial knowledge and experience of Working Together guidance on safeguarding responsibilities and all other relevant legislation, statutory guidance, regulations and guidelines.

**Experience**
- The Specialist Safeguarding Advisors will have:

- A minimum of five years post qualification experience in a multi-agency safeguarding context.
- Demonstrable experience of developing policy, procedures or assurance frameworks.
- Demonstrable experience