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Salary:£50,788 - £52,805
Hours per week:37 hours
Interview date:week commencing 09 December 2024
Safeguarding Vulnerable People Partnership (SVPP) - Safeguarding Communities
A unique opportunity has arisen to join the Wiltshire Safeguarding Vulnerable People Partnership (SVPP) team as a Senior Partnership Lead and Childrens Safeguarding Lead.
This post is an excellent opportunity to widen your experience of partnership and multiagency working, leading key projects and development areas relating to childrens safeguarding.
The SVPP brings together the work of the childrens safeguarding partnership, the Safeguarding Adult Board, the Community Safety Partnership and safeguarding partners to collaborate to ensure we are effective in our safeguarding of children and adults. Details about SVPP can be found atwiltshiresvpp.org.uk.
Main duties of the job
You will lead and manage a busy team that works to support the partnership. You will be a skilled, and proactive individual who can provide strategic support and leadership and drive forward the work of the SVPP.You will be required to network with partner agencies at a senior strategic and operational level and therefore experience of partnership working would be desirable. With the ability to influence strategic partners and forge effective relationships across the partnership you will support the development of effective safeguarding arrangements for vulnerable children and adults throughout Wiltshire
Educated to degree level you will ideally hold a recognised professional qualification in social work, nursing, teaching, or policing. You will bring substantial experience focused on supporting children or adults and have extensive strategic knowledge within a safeguarding context, managing staff in a multi-agency environment. A strong understanding of relevant legislation and guidance related to the protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults alongside the ability to produce high quality reports will be essential.
This post works to the Safeguarding Partners and is hosted by Wiltshire Council but funded by the SVPP.
About us
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. Thats why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
- Responsible for the performance of the team and areas of work being line managed
specifically in relation to support for the SVPP, including the WSAB and CSP
- Providing line management to a team of staff, including regular 1:1, appraisals and other HR
related matters. Quality of work and outcomes will need to be monitored.Directing, coordinating and providing leadership in order to meet strategic needs, statutory
duties and plans set out in Safeguarding Plan
- Coordinate, drive and oversee the effective day to day operational management of the
partnership activity, including sub group activity so that:
o The SVPP, WSAB and CSP complies with their statutory functions and regulatory
requirements
o adequate support is provided to meetings, actions and progress is tracked and lack of
progress identified and addressed
- Support and drive innovation and change across the partnership in relation to improving the
safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults
- Provide leadership across the partnership including providing expertise to the SVPP Chair,
Statutory Safeguarding Partners and wider partners in relation to partnership priorities,
outcomes, performance and impact
- Provide robust financial management of the partnership budget including planning, consulting
on budgets and partners contributions to the pooled budgets to ensure the SVPP has
appropriate resources to run; be responsible for the effective management of the teams
staffing and operational budget
- Work proactively and take responsibility to assess and mitigate partnership risk
- Undertake quality assurance activity; including analysis of performance outcomes and
compliance with statutory responsibilities
- To promote the development of the dedicated team identity and shared objectives
- To support staff to operate within existing and new legislation procedures and guidance.
- To ensure that there is an effective business planning process which involves all stakeholders
and service users and is linked to wider planning processes.
- Model and provide good equalities practice. Value diversity within the team and in contact
with other professionals, children, young people and families
National statutory/legal responsibilities applicable to this role
- Responsibility for commissioning, coordination and delivery of statutory reviews including
Safeguarding adults reviews, Rapid Reviews, Child Safeguarding practice Reviews and
Domestic Homicide Reviews
- Maintaining up to date knowledge and skills as required by the role
Please see role description for further duties and responsibilites in detail.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
- Responsible for the performance of the team and areas of work being line managed
specifically in relation to support for the SVPP, including the WSAB and CSP
- Providing line management to a team of staff, including regular 1:1, appraisals and other HR
related matters. Quality of work and outcomes will need to be monitored.Directing, coordinating and providing leadership in order to meet strategic needs, statutory
duties and plans set out in Safeguarding Plan
- Coordinate, drive and oversee the effective day to day operational management of the
partnership activity, including sub group activity so that:
o The SVPP, WSAB and CSP complies with their statutory functions and regulatory
requirements
o adequate support is provided to meetings, actions and progress is tracked and lack of
progress identified and addressed
- Support and drive innovation and change across the partnership in relation to improving the
safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults
- Provide leadership across the partnership including providing expertise to the SVPP Chair,
Statutory Safeguarding Partners and wider partners in relation to partnership priorities,
outcomes, performance and impact
- Provide robust financial management of the partnership budget including planning, consulting
on budgets and partners contributions to the pooled budgets to ensure the SVPP has
appropriate resources to run; be responsible for the effective management of the teams
staffing and operational budget
- Work proactively and take responsibility to assess and mitigate partnership risk
- Undertake quality assurance activity; including analysis of performance outcomes and
compliance with statutory responsibilities
- To promote the development of the dedicated team identity and shared objectives
- To support staff to operate within existing and new legislation procedures and guidance.
- To ensure that there is an effective business planning process which involves all stakeholders
and service users and is linked to wider planning processes.
- Model and provide good equalities practice. Value diversity within the team and in contact
with other professionals, children, young people and families
National statutory/legal responsibilities applicable to this role
- Responsibility for commissioning, coordination and delivery of statutory reviews including
Safeguarding adults reviews, Rapid Reviews, Child Safeguarding practice Reviews and
Domestic Homicide Reviews
- Maintaining up to date knowledge and skills as required by the role
Please see role description for further duties and responsibilites in detail.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
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).
