Independent Chair

**Employer**
- Kingston Council

**Location(s)**
- Kingston
Workplace Type
- Hybrid Working

**Contract Type**
- Bank/Casual/Sessional, Fixed Term

**Length of Employment / Contract End Date**
- 2 years

**Working Hours**
- Bank/Casual/Sessional

**Grade**
- Other

**Grade (Other)**
- independent

**Hours Per Week**
- 3.5

**Salary Range**
- £700 per day

**Salary Basis**
- Other

**Salary**
- £700 per day

**Application Deadline**

17/10/2025, 23:55

**Anticipated Interview Date(s)**
- W/C 17th November

**About the Borough**

This special place in South West London between the capital and the country has been a Royal borough longer than anywhere else - it is where the first kings of England were crowned.

Today it is a vibrant and diverse borough, with a long history and strong cultural and community heritage. Kingston's riverside location, fantastic retail offer, historic market place and church, parks and gardens all make Kingston town centre the vibrant space it is, and each of our district town centres (Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington) have something unique to offer.

Situated in Zone 6, Kingston is among the best-connected town centres in London - with direct train links from Kingston and Surbiton stations to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and Tramlink.

Kingston’s people are innovative and entrepreneurial, and have a strong sense of community pride. The borough has been home to great industry and creativity for many years, reflected in assets such as the Rose Theatre, the International Youth Arts Festival and Kingston University, which boasts more new graduate business start-ups than any other.

We have seen tremendous generosity and compassion within our communities, particularly in response to COVID-19, which is a demonstration of Kingston’s key strength. The council offers a strong level of support to vulnerable groups and those who need additional support, which has also increased significantly as a result of the pandemic. Like most places, the average age of our population is rising as more people are living longer, so we are working closely with residents to help them maintain their independence and further improve the cost effectiveness of our service to meet the ongoing rise in demand.

Kingston is home to people from diverse and interesting cultures and backgrounds, which helps to create the rich sense of community shared across the borough. In particular, Kingston has a large Sri Lankan Tamil community and is home to more people from Korea than any other part of the UK.

To ensure that the Kingston Safeguarding Adults Board fulfils its statutory duties the SAB Independent Chair will:

- Chair the SAB Executive and other SAB strategic meetings.
- Draft, develop and publish a strategic plan setting out how the SAB will meet its objectives and priorities and how their member and partner agencies will contribute.
- To quality assure and contribute to the SAB’s annual report detailing how effective the SAB has been.
- Ensure that Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) for any cases which meet the criteria for a SAR are undertaken.
- Link in with national and regional networks bringing new initiatives and publications to the membership
- Be connected to the safeguarding children's and community safety partnerships

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

- A relevant academic or professional qualification in health, social care or police.
- Significant experience at operational and strategic level in a relevant field; social care, health, education or criminal justice.
- A working knowledge of the adult safeguarding agenda.
- A proven track-record of effective leadership at strategic level.
- The ability to lead a complex multi-agency partnership and support the SAB to deliver its strategic priorities and to offer assurance and changes in policy and practice to improve safeguarding outcomes.
- You will act as an ambassador for KSAB and promote the importance of safeguarding is everybody's business.
- You will seek to ensure that the voices of people who draw on care and support, their families and carers are heard and acted upon within Board work

**About Us**

The Kingston Safeguarding Adults Board (KSAB) is seeking an independent chair to lead the local safeguarding partnership.

You will need to be a strong leader and bring innovative ways of working to ensure robust and effective safeguarding partnership across Kingston Upon Thames cross-working with Local Safeguarding Children Partnerships, Community Safety and other local partnership networks.

Applicants are welcome from any professional background including health, local government and police. Our emphasis is on strategic and systems leadership and chairing skills. The Independent Chair will be accountable to the SAB Executive, consisting of Senior Officers representing the statutory partner agencies: Local Authority, Police and Health. This is