Senior Safeguarding Specialist

4 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom findapprenticeships.co - Jobboard Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Safeguarding Specialist to join our team. As an Advanced Practitioner, you will play a critical role in delivering a first-class safeguarding service that provides the best outcomes for children and young people in Gloucestershire.

You will be a resilient and driven individual who can work collaboratively with other agencies to coordinate comprehensive safeguarding plans. Your expertise in safeguarding, crisis intervention, and quality assurance will be essential in ensuring the safety and well-being of children and young people.

Main Responsibilities

  • Safeguarding: Ensure the safety and well-being of children and young people by assessing and managing risk and taking decisive actions to protect them from harm.
  • Crisis Intervention: Respond promptly and effectively to safeguarding concerns, providing immediate support and intervention to children and families in crisis.
  • Multi-Agency Collaboration: Work closely with other agencies, such as health, education, and law enforcement, to coordinate comprehensive safeguarding plans.
  • Quality Assurance: Lead and support quality control and improvement activities within the team, ensuring high standards of safeguarding practice.
  • Case Management: Manage a protected caseload of children and young people with high-risk factors, ensuring that all interventions are timely, effective, and child-centred.
  • Supervision and Mentorship: Provide supervision and management oversight for the practice and development of Trainee Social Workers on placement and Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) within the team.
  • Policy Implementation: Ensure adherence to statutory requirements and local safeguarding policies and procedures, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of best practices in child protection.

Requirements

  • Social Work England registration
  • Experience at Senior Social Worker level
  • A recognised qualification in Social Work and registration with SWE/HCPC
  • A full driving licence and willingness to drive
  • Enhanced DBS clearance

What We Offer

  • Salary between £45,474 per annum, subject to experience
  • Annual retention payment of £2,000
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
  • Option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff)
  • Family-friendly policies and benefits to support you and your family
  • Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
  • Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering free, confidential counselling and advice, available 24/7
  • In-house Occupational Health service
  • Employee discount scheme
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
  • Career development and qualification opportunities
  • Access to our Social Work Academy
  • Paid Social Work England registration renewal

Our Vision

We have ambitious improvement and transformation plans to create the optimum conditions within which our staff can make a real difference and improve outcomes for children.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

We need resilient, driven individuals who will play their part in making our vision for Children's Services a success.

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