Independent Safeguarding Scrutineer

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Mencap Full time

**Job Advert**:
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Mencap have a crucially important non-executive role to fill as their Independent Safeguarding Scrutineer.

Working closely with the Safeguarding Lead Trustee, and RMS executives accountable for the quality of our services, the Independent Scrutineer will scrutinise the workings of the RMS safeguarding procedures, practices, policies and operation of the Safeguarding Panel meetings, assuming the Chair role of that Panel. In doing so, they will provide oversight of the development and monitoring of the charity's safeguarding arrangements, providing independent assurance to the DSIC and the Board of Trustees.

The Independent Scrutineer, an individual not otherwise connected with RMS, will be a co-opted member of RMS' Delivery and Strategic Impact Committee (DSIC), a board sub-committee. A copy of the Terms of Reference for this sub-committee are available on request. The DSIC monitors delivery of RMS' services, programmes and other customer facing activities assessing their impact, quality, safety and performance against objectives and strategy. This would incorporate safeguarding. This sub-committee and the RMS board will also receive reports and assessments from the Independent Scrutineer.

**Some of the role responsibilities**:

- Model, lead and facilitate an open, positive and professional culture of safeguarding that champions person-centred safeguarding for the people we support and others who receive Mencap services.
- Ensure reviews of serious incidents are followed up across the organisation, with lessons learnt.
- To chair the Safeguarding Panel meetings which meets at least 4 times per year.
- Consider how Safeguarding panel meetings can appropriately include attendance from people with a learning disability, relatives and external people/experts as members
- Oversee and ensure that trustee’s receive appropriate advice on RMS’s safeguarding policies; to monitor compliance with them and crucially ensure RMS is making safeguarding person for adults and offering appropriate safeguarding to children and young people
- Champion best practice in safeguarding across the organisation by familiarising themselves with RMS’s programmes and services through visits and how they are experienced by people with a learning disability
- Present the annual safeguarding report to DSIC and the Board and where required undertake presentations to the Board of trustees on an annual basis
- More responsibilities of the role can be found within the accompanying job description._

**Person Specification**:
Essential:

- Knowledge of and experience of learning disability
- Proven experience of safeguarding practice
- Understanding of social care legislation
- Understanding of regulatory and inspection frameworks for education and social care
- Professional creditability
- Experience of chairing committees or multi-agency/disciplinary meetings
- A clear understanding of making safeguard personal
- Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships with colleagues
- Confident presenter and speaker
- Ability to write effective reports
- Ability to positively engage with a wide audience
- Good attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to interpret data
- Desirable:
- Keeping Children Safe under the education legislation
- Understanding of charity sector
- Social work, health, police or other relevant qualification

This role will be closing for shortlisting on Sunday 19 February at 9pm; with interviews taking place the week commencing 9 March..

There is something for everyone at Mencap, please use the following link to see some of our amazing benefits you receive when you work for us.

**Benefits**:
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The Independent Safeguarding Scrutineer - Non-executive will be an independent consultant working with us and as such will be self-employed.

**About Mencap**:
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We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential.

**Our work includes;**
- providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose
- providing advice through our help lines and web sites

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