Safeguarding Partnership Lead for Children

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Your next role

As Safeguarding Partnership Lead for Children, you will:

• Support the Swindon Safeguarding Partnership with effective performance and quality assurance systems, which leads to good quality and safe services for children and adults with care and support needs in Swindon.
• Support Partner engagement and involvement by building effective relationships with partner agencies.
• Ensure that there is a coordination of engagement with adults with care and support needs, carers, children and young people to help support and deliver the safeguarding agenda.
• Support the Safeguarding Partnerships learning, development and multi-agency training programme so that there is a skilled and competent children’s and adults workforce to support the safeguarding agenda.

About you

The skills, knowledge and expertise we are looking for include:

• Experience of working in Childrens Services, or another relevant professional environment.
• Good understanding of quantitative and qualitative data analysis
• A good understanding of the journey of children through professional systems.
• Experience/knowledge of partnership working.
• Good knowledge of Children’s legislation, regulations, guidance and best practice
• Specific knowledge of statutory guidance of multi-agency safeguarding legislation for children
• Good ICT skills.
• Experience of participating in audit activity within a professional environment.
• Knowledge and experience of the Inspection and Regulatory Framework for Childrens Services
• Able to communicate effectively and present information clearly to a range of audiences
• Able to write clear and timely reports.
• Ability to provide constructive challenge to partner agencies to achieve best outcomes
• Evidence of commitment to listening to the views of others, including children, young people and their families

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details.

Your next steps

Read the role profile and select the ‘Apply’ button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Hannah Woloszczynska, Strategic Safeguarding Partnership Manager on 07980752057 or email hwoloszczynska@swindon.gov.uk

As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion.

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk