Safeguarding Advisor

5 days ago

St Helens WA LD, United Kingdom TORUS Full time £25,000 - £40,000 per year

Torus Group is seeking a dedicated Safeguarding Advisor to play a key role in supporting the Operations Manager and ensuring the organisation remains fully compliant with current safeguarding and domestic abuse legislation, regulatory requirements and best-practice standards. In this vital role, you will work collaboratively with colleagues across the Group and with external stakeholders to promote a safe, responsive and well-informed safeguarding culture. You will also support the work of Torus' safeguarding subgroups, providing administrative assistance where needed, and contribute to the planning and delivery of awareness-raising initiatives including events, communications and staff briefings.

What You'll Be Doing:

  • Champion tenant and user voices, ensuring their views shape policies, procedures and service development.
  • Promote best practice in safeguarding across the Group, supporting consistent implementation of policies and procedures.
  • Support the work of safeguarding subgroups, including providing administrative assistance.
  • Monitor safeguarding data and dashboards, preparing reports and papers for subcommittees, subgroups and partner agencies.
  • Oversee internal safeguarding concerns, offering guidance to managers and colleagues on policy, procedure and case management.
  • Represent Torus at multi-agency meetings, building strong partnerships and ensuring effective information sharing to safeguard adults, children and young people.
  • Support colleague development through training and learning opportunities that build safeguarding and domestic abuse awareness, skills and competency.
  • Contribute to planning and delivering safeguarding awareness initiatives, including events, communications and briefings.
  • Help develop and strengthen Torus' Domestic Abuse Champion Network.

What We're Looking For:

  • Degree level education, or equivalent or demonstrable experience
  • Extensive knowledge of Safeguarding and Domestic Abuse legislation and best practice and the ability to integrate into policy, procedures and processes
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to gain trust and confidence of internal and external stakeholders and partners
  • Ability to engage with staff, peers, board members, tenants and external partners to build relationships based on honesty, trust, mutual respect and integrity to inspire confidence and respect.

Interview Process:

  • Candidates will undergo in-person interviews, consisting of a presentation and competency-based interview. Interviews will take place w/c 8th December 2025

Additional Information

Successful applicants must complete the following pre-employment checks including:

  • Right to work verification
  • Qualification certificate check
  • Two satisfactory references
  • Occupational Health Questionnaire
  • Enhanced DBS check
  • Completion of all new starter documentation including signed T&C's

Please note, we reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

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