Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a supportive and
collaborative environment. To take the
lead in ensuring that appropriate arrangements for keeping children and young
people safe are in place at Caudwell Children. To promote the
safety and welfare of children and young people involved in Caudwell Childrens
activities at all times.
Main duties of the job
Safeguarding-You will lead on the development, implementation, and review of Caudwell Childrens safeguarding and child protection policies, ensuring compliance with local and national guidance. The role includes ensuring all staff, volunteers, trustees, children, and families understand safeguarding procedures and know how to raise concerns.The post holder will receive and manage safeguarding information, assess risk, and take appropriate action in line with policy, including referrals to statutory agencies such as childrens social care or the police. They will liaise with external agencies, maintain secure safeguarding records, and report regularly to senior management and the board of trustees.
Clinical Responsibilities-The post holder will provide enhanced clinical support to the family support team and lead autism assessments from referral to discharge, including contributing to ADOS and ADI-R assessments. They will communicate assessment outcomes sensitively and undertake clinical work with children and families, providing advice, resources, and autism-specific strategies. The role includes risk assessment and management, contributing to multidisciplinary team working, service development, audit, and research. The post holder will support family involvement in service planning, provide mentorship and supervision, and work collaboratively to ensure high-quality, evidence-based practice that respects the views, culture, and wellbeing of children and families.
About us
We are
seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Designated Safeguarding Lead and to join our dedicated, experienced and growing
team of professionals as we embark on a journey of expansion.
Established
in 2000, Caudwell Children aims to change peoples lives, change the way
society perceives and treats disabled and autistic people and change the way
that charities operate, through the provision of child-centred practical and
emotional services, passionate campaigning and demonstrating best
practice. We believe in a world where
disabled and autistic children have the choice, opportunity, dignity and
understanding they deserve #jointhechange and help us in our mission!
Our
facilities provide a state-of-the-art base within the grounds of Keele
University, Staffordshire, with the option of informal homeworking arrangements
up to 40% of working week after passing probation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities Safeguarding
Take a lead role in developing and reviewing Caudwell
Childrens safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures
ensuringcompliancewithlocalandnationalguidelines.
Take a lead role in implementing Caudwell Childrens
safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures: ensuring all
safeguarding and child protection issue concerning children and young people
who take part in Caudwell Childrens activities are responded to appropriately.
Make sure that everyone working or volunteering with or
for children and young people at Caudwell Children, including the board of
trustees, understands the safeguarding and child protection policy and
procedures and knows what to do if they have concerns about a childs welfare.Make
sure children and young people who are involved in activities at Caudwell
Children and their parents know who they can talk to if they have a welfare
concern and understand what action the organisation will take in response.
Receive and record information from anyone who has
concerns about a child who takes part in Caudwell Childrens activities. Take
the lead on responding to information that may constitute a child protection
concern, including a concern that an adult involved with Caudwell Children may
present a risk to children or young people. This includes: a. assessing and
clarifying the information b. making referrals to statutory organisations as
appropriate c. consulting with and informing the relevant members of the
organisations management d. following the organisations safeguarding policy
and procedures.
Liaise with, pass on information to and receive
information from statutory child protection agencies such as: a. the local
authority child protection services b. the police. This includes making formal
referrals to agencies when necessary.Store and retain child
protection records according to legal requirements and the organisations
safeguarding and child protection policy and procedures.Work closely with
the board of trustees and senior team to ensure they are kept up to date with
safeguarding issues and are fully informed of any concerns about organisational
safeguarding and child protection practice.
Report regularly to the management team and board of
trustees on issues relating to safeguarding and child protection, to ensure
that child protection is seen as an ongoing priority issue and that
safeguarding and child protection requirements are being followed at all levels
of the organisation.Be familiar with and work within inter-agency child
protection procedures developed by the local child protection agencies.Be
familiar with issues relating to child protection and abuse, and keep up to
date with new developments in this area.
Attend regular training in issues relevant to child
protection and share knowledge from that training with everyone who works or
volunteers with or for children and young people at Caudwell Children.Attend
team meetings, supervision sessions and management meetings as arranged.Work
flexibly as may be required and carry out any other reasonable duties. Appointment
to this role is subject to satisfactory vetting and barring checks.Provideleadershipandsupportonsafeguardingpoliciesandpractices,
conductregulartrainingsessionsandupdatesforstaffonsafeguardingmatters,includingspecificissueslikeonlinesafetyandchildprotection.
Clinical Responsibilities
Provide enhanced clinical support to the family support
team in relation to families and children accessing the clinical services. Lead
on a child/young persons autism assessment from referral to discharge.Support
ADOS and ADI-R assessments with children on the autism service pathway.Communicate
in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment and
formulation of children and families accessing the clinical pathway.Undertake
clinical work with individuals, providing advice, resources and strategies, as
appropriate, using specialist skills and autism specific approaches where
required.Where necessary, undertake risk assessments and risk management
for children and their families and to provide advice to other professions on
aspects of risk assessment and risk management.Contribute to the
development of the multi-disciplinary team.
As part of the team engage actively in practice
development, evaluation, audit and research activities to inform evidence-based
practice.Support service teams to ensure children and families are
involved in future programme planning and delivery.Communicate with
children, families and all stakeholders in a way that respects their views,
autonomy and culture.Provide mentorship and clinical supervision for
practice education placements.Where appropriate, share and disseminate
research findings with professional colleagues in the interests of practice
development.Work collaboratively with all members of the MDT.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities Safeguarding
Take a lead role in developing and reviewing Caudwell
Childrens safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures
ensuringcompliancewithlocalandnationalguidelines.
Take a lead role in implementing Caudwell Childrens
safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures: ensuring all
safeguarding and child protection issue concerning children and young people
who take part in Caudwell Childrens activities are responded to appropriately.
Make sure that everyone working or volunteering with or
for children and young people at Caudwell Children, including the board of
trustees, understands the safeguarding and child protection policy and
procedures and knows what to do if they have concerns about a childs welfare.Make
sure children and young people who are involved in activities at Caudwell
Children and their parents know who they can talk to if they have a welfare
concern and understand what action the organisation will take in response.
Receive and record information from anyone who has
concerns about a child who takes part in Caudwell Childrens activities. Take
the lead on responding to information that may constitute a child protection
concern, including a concern that an adult involved with Caudwell Children may
present a risk to children or young people. This includes: a. assessing and
clarifying the information b. making referrals to statutory organisations as
appropriate c. consulting with and informing the relevant members of the
organisations management d. following the organisations safeguarding policy
and procedures.
Liaise with, pass on information to and receive
information from statutory child protection agencies such as: a. the local
authority child protection services b. the police. This includes making formal
referrals to agencies when necessary.Store and retain child
protection records according to legal requirements and the organisations
safeguarding and child protection policy and procedures.Work closely with
the board of trustees and senior team to ensure they are kept up to date with
safeguarding issues and are fully informed of any concerns about organisational
safeguarding and child protection practice.
Report regularly to the management team and board of
trustees on issues relating to safeguarding and child protection, to ensure
that child protection is seen as an ongoing priority issue and that
safeguarding and child protection requirements are being followed at all levels
of the organisation.Be familiar with and work within inter-agency child
protection procedures developed by the local child protection agencies.Be
familiar with issues relating to child protection and abuse, and keep up to
date with new developments in this area.
Attend regular training in issues relevant to child
protection and share knowledge from that training with everyone who works or
volunteers with or for children and young people at Caudwell Children.Attend
team meetings, supervision sessions and management meetings as arranged.Work
flexibly as may be required and carry out any other reasonable duties. Appointment
to this role is subject to satisfactory vetting and barring checks.Provideleadershipandsupportonsafeguardingpoliciesandpractices,
conductregulartrainingsessionsandupdatesforstaffonsafeguardingmatters,includingspecificissueslikeonlinesafetyandchildprotection.
Clinical Responsibilities
Provide enhanced clinical support to the family support
team in relation to families and children accessing the clinical services. Lead
on a child/young persons autism assessment from referral to discharge.Support
ADOS and ADI-R assessments with children on the autism service pathway.Communicate
in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment and
formulation of children and families accessing the clinical pathway.Undertake
clinical work with individuals, providing advice, resources and strategies, as
appropriate, using specialist skills and autism specific approaches where
required.Where necessary, undertake risk assessments and risk management
for children and their families and to provide advice to other professions on
aspects of risk assessment and risk management.Contribute to the
development of the multi-disciplinary team.
As part of the team engage actively in practice
development, evaluation, audit and research activities to inform evidence-based
practice.Support service teams to ensure children and families are
involved in future programme planning and delivery.Communicate with
children, families and all stakeholders in a way that respects their views,
autonomy and culture.Provide mentorship and clinical supervision for
practice education placements.Where appropriate, share and disseminate
research findings with professional colleagues in the interests of practice
development.Work collaboratively with all members of the MDT.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Essential Criteria:
- Previous experience in a Lead Safeguarding role, adult or Children.
- Relevant safeguarding training and qualifications, Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) training
- Previous experience of working with children/young people with Special education needs and disabilities SEND e.g. Autism, Intellectual disability.
- Experience of working with families in the community.
- Experience of working within an MDT and knowledge of neurodevelopmental pathway assessment tools.
- Experience of undertaking standardised formal assessments.
- Ability to work with a high degree of accuracy.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent IT skills.
- Ability to plan and prioritise workloads.
- A positive can-do attitude with a flexible approach to work.
- Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for illness or disability.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey safeguarding policies, procedures and using skills when conversing with young people/families.
- Is able to adapt communication skills when working with children/young people and families.
- Ability to build relationships with children/young people, families, and staff, fostering a culture of trust and safety. Being self-motivated and having a flexible and proactive approach.
- Working with limited supervision or direction and has the ability to work off their own initiative.
- Self-motivated with a flexible and proactive approach.
Desirable
- Desirable Criteria:
- ADOS training desirable
- ADIR training desirable
- Knowledge of statutory and voluntary agencies.
- Experience of working in the Third Sector.
- Experience of working in CQC and ISO regulated organisations.
- Experience of working with volunteers.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Essential Criteria:
- Previous experience in a Lead Safeguarding role, adult or Children.
- Relevant safeguarding training and qualifications, Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) training
- Previous experience of working with children/young people with Special education needs and disabilities SEND e.g. Autism, Intellectual disability.
- Experience of working with families in the community.
- Experience of working within an MDT and knowledge of neurodevelopmental pathway assessment tools.
- Experience of undertaking standardised formal assessments.
- Ability to work with a high degree of accuracy.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent IT skills.
- Ability to plan and prioritise workloads.
- A positive can-do attitude with a flexible approach to work.
- Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for illness or disability.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively convey safeguarding policies, procedures and using skills when conversing with young people/families.
- Is able to adapt communication skills when working with children/young people and families.
- Ability to build relationships with children/young people, families, and staff, fostering a culture of trust and safety. Being self-motivated and having a flexible and proactive approach.
- Working with limited supervision or direction and has the ability to work off their own initiative.
- Self-motivated with a flexible and proactive approach.
Desirable
- Desirable Criteria:
- ADOS training desirable
- ADIR training desirable
- Knowledge of statutory and voluntary agencies.
- Experience of working in the Third Sector.
- Experience of working in CQC and ISO regulated organisations.
- Experience of working with volunteers.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
