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Safer Organisations Safeguarding in Education LBHF615101

Job Details:

Salary range: £61,347 – £64,716 per annum

Work location: 145 King Street, London W6 9JT

Hours per week: 36:00

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: 7 April 2024

Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check

Contact details for an informal discussion: Jo Pymont, AD Performance & Improvement on 07775554389 or via email on jo.pymont@lbhf.gov.uk

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About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Safeguarding Review & Quality Assurance Service as the Safer Organisations / Safeguarding in Education Manager.

We are looking to recruit a highly skilled, enthusiastic and dynamic qualified social worker with a minimum of five years post qualifying experience and at least two years of management or supervisory experience.

This is a varied, challenging and dual functioning role, which will provide you with the opportunity to directly impact on safeguarding and recruitment practices in partner agencies and contribute to the development of the SRQA service in Hammersmith & Fulham.

A core function of the role is to the provide strategic leadership to create safer organisations, which focus on prevention as the most important strategy for keeping children safe. This means creating organisational conditions that deter and prevent unsuitable people from having contact with children and vulnerable families in the first place, and respond robustly at the first opportunity when concerns are identified.

The post holder will have operational and strategic oversight of the management of allegations and safeguarding in education in the borough and have lead responsibility for ensuring that the Borough delivers a high-quality management of allegations process.
This management role has direct line management and supervisory responsibility for the Local Authority Designated Officer and will provide direction and support to business support staff.

As the Safer Organisations / Safeguarding in Education Manager you will be an expert on safeguarding children and young people within education settings and provide safeguarding advice, support and challenge to improve and maintain safeguarding practice in schools within the borough. To do this you will need to establish and enhance trusted, respected, and effective relationships with local Head Teachers, senior school staff (including designated leads for safeguarding), school governing bodies and senior officers within the local authority and other agencies.

To successfully fulfil and manage this contrasting and exciting position the successful candidate needs to be motivated, enjoy taking on new challenges, have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to prepare high quality reports for a range of professionals.

This role requires the skills, knowledge and confidence to be able to work independently and autonomously.

Please refer to the Role Profile for more information.

Role Specific Qualifications:

  • Qualified social worker (Degree, DipSW or equivalent) with at least 5 years post qualifying experience, including statutory work with children and their families, with at least two years at a management/supervisory level.
  • Registration with Social Work England.

Our People Values:

How we act defines who we are. At the heart of our organisation is a common approach to defining ‘who we are’. We are looking for people who can build this into everything they do.

We are fair
We treat everyone with compassion, dignity and fairness. We value the views and opinion of others, and promote benefits and opportunities for all.

We are caring
We care about our borough and doing things well. We focus on standards and continuous improvement; learning from our mistakes and celebrating success.

We are collaborators
We work together for a better society. We work with our residents, businesses, schools, third sector and others for better outcomes for everyone.

We are driven
We will only settle for the very best. We seek to continually improve and put our residents, customers and businesses at the heart of everything we do.

Our commitment to you:

At H&F you will have access to a comprehensive total reward package as well as joining a flexible working employer and as such all staff can request flexible working Click HERE to find out more.

We believe an inclusive workplace is about the visibility and representation of our local diverse community – it is about open and transparent decision making co-produced with staff and residents.

It is about respect for diversity and a shared identity that seeks to encourage fair and transparent recruitment, retention, and career progression. We take a proactive approach to equity, diversity, and inclusion so that it is part of the fabric of the Council with a shared understanding of the role all colleagues play in realising the inclusivity of the workplace. At H&F, our workplace ensures that everybody has equitable access to opportunities.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equitable access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

To explore more about the work we do towards being an inclusive employer and our commitments to achieve this please click HERE.

Asking for Adjustments

We are committed to removing barriers in the workplace and this includes adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

If you would like to discuss any adjustments or request the application form in a different format, please contact us at resourcing-peopleandtalent@lbhf.gov.uk or by post to The Town Hall, King Street, Hammersmith W6 9JU

Hammersmith & Fulham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

Corporate Equalities Employment Policy: In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

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