As and When Safeguarding Consultant

3 weeks ago


Ilford, United Kingdom Barnardos Full time

Are you an experienced Safeguarding Consultant? Are you social work (or equivalent) qualified and have substantial practice/management experience in a range of settings?

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Safeguarding Consultant to work on an As and When required basis across England with the children and young peoples workforce in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

The role will involve working in a commercial environment as a team member responsible for the completion of safeguarding consultancy work including safeguarding audits in the sports sector. Good IT proficiency as well as a high level of professional integrity, and sound competency in and experience of advising on complex safeguarding matters will be key requirements. The post holder will be expected to support the Head of Business with the delivery ofconsultancy and auditing work, working as part of a highly skilled team where confidence and a detailed knowledge of the safeguarding agenda is essential. This is a busy and demanding environment so you should enjoy working at a pace and enjoy variety.

A professional qualification is required in social work, health, education or youth work. Substantial experience of working with children, young people and families, and of having managed service delivery is a requirement. You must also be DBS checked.

Location: The role will consist of home working combined with travel across England.

Interview location: Liverpool, venue to be confirmed.

More about the Service

Barnardo's Training and Consultancy Service has been established to enhance the influencing agenda externally using a social enterprising approach to design and deliver training and consultancy and auditing services commissioned both internally and externally. The successful candidate will work alongside the established core team to negotiate new work, develop proposals, produce quality materials and deliver the consultancy and auditing service.

If you are looking to bring your knowledge, skills and experience to undertake training with those working with children and families then we would love for you to submit your application

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification and Job Description. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. 

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. 

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. 

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements. 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options Service related sick pay from day 1 Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension Cycle2work scheme Interest free season ticket loans Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal 20% discount at Barnardo's stores Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

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