Head of Safeguarding

Head of Safeguarding
£66,318 - £80,874 per annum
Permanent
Full time (36 hours)
Wandsworth, London

Are you an experienced Adult Social Care Manager who is passionate about safeguarding?

The Head of Safeguarding is an operational and strategic role that is pivotal in shaping professional practice and maintaining professional standards across the Adult Social Care and Public Health Directorate.

About The Role:

Leadership and Management: You will have direct line management responsibility for the Safeguarding Team, providing strategic oversight and expert advice ensuring high quality practice, responses and interventions in relation to adult safeguarding.

Experience: You will have experience of working in a statutory Health & Social Care setting, demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility.You will have experience of working across voluntary and statutory agencies such as Police, Education, Health, Community Safety and independent providers

Essential Qualifications and Skills:

• You will hold social work qualification with Social Work England membership.
• You will hold a recognised management qualification or a commitment to undertaking management training.
• You will be an excellent communicator and collaborator.
• You will be committed to maintaining and improving the quality of services provided.

If you are an experienced leader who is committed to achieving positive outcomes for people with care and support needs, carers, and the wider community through multi-disciplinary and partnership working we invite you to apply for this opportunity.

Contact details

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Virindar Basi Jessica

Closing date: 21 November 2024
Shortlisting date: 22 November 2024
Interview date: w/c 2 December 2024

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone.We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer, if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.