Safeguarding Lead

Safeguarding Lead

Our Charity is looking to recruit a Safeguarding Lead on a part time hourly rate basis who will be championing Safeguarding throughout the Charity

About the role

Responsibilities:

In addition to wider responsibilities the Safeguarding Lead will take on three main responsibilities which are; Strategic, Effective Policy and Practice and Creating the Right Culture.

Creating the Right Culture, The Safeguarding Lead will:

• Champion safeguarding throughout the Charity.
• Attend relevant safeguarding training events and conferences.
• Support the trustees in developing their individual and collective understanding of safeguarding.
• Attend meetings, activities, projects to engage with staff, volunteers and beneficiaries to understand safeguarding on the ground.
• Work with the Chair, designated safeguarding lead and communications team in order to manage all serious safeguarding cases.
• Support regular safeguarding updates for staff, volunteers and beneficiaries.
• Make sure you have ways of gathering the views of staff and volunteers in relation to safeguarding and sharing these with the board of Trustees.

Strategic, The Safeguarding Lead will:

• Consider the Charity’s strategic plans and make sure they reflect safeguarding legislation, regulations specific to your activities, statutory guidance, and the safeguarding expectations of the Charities Commission.
• Work with the Chair and designated safeguarding lead regularly to review whether the things the organisation has put in place are creating a safer culture and keeping people safe.
• Check the Charity’s risk register reflects safeguarding risks properly and plans sensible measures to take, including relevant insurance for trustees liability.
• Make sure there is space on the agenda for safeguarding reports and help trustees understand and challenge those reports.

Effective Policy and Practice, The Safeguarding Lead will:

• Make sure there is an annual review of safeguarding policies and procedures and that this is reported to trustees.
• Understand the monitoring the charity does to see whether policies and procedures are effective.
• Call for audits of qualitative and quantitative data (either internal or external) when they’re needed.
• Learn from case reviews locally and nationally, to improve the Charity’s policies, procedures and practices.
• Oversee safeguarding allegations against staff or volunteers, together with Chair and designated safeguarding lead.
• Be a point of contact for staff or volunteers if someone wishes to complain about a lack of action in relation to safeguarding concerns.

 Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to build effective working relationships with staff and others.
• Ability to advise and support individuals at all levels within the Charity.
• Act with integrity and respect when working with others.
• Administration management skills.
• Communication skills.
• Influencing skills.
• Ability to work with conflict and emotionally distressing matters.
• Ability to produce and develop guidance and resources.

Knowledge:

• The role voluntary organisations have in safeguarding.
• Types of abuse and harm.
• Legislation, government guidance and national frameworks for safeguarding children and adults at risk.
• Role and responsibilities of local key safeguarding agencies, including social services and the police.
• Local social services processes for the assessment and referral of safeguarding concerns.