Local Authority Designated Officer - £33.30ph - Walsall
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £33.30 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | hybrid |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | Walsall, West Midlands, B43 7AU |
| Company: | HCL Workforce Solutions Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | RB/lado_1712239594 |
Summary
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· Act as a system leader for safeguarding children and young people across Walsall · manage the Positon of Trust process in respect of adults in all sectors where there are concerns that they have caused harm or intend to cause harm to a child in accordance with statutory requirements · manage a diverse range of sensitive relationships within the Corporation across Directorates (Children's Services, Clean & Green; Leisure Services) and with external agencies including (but not limited to) schools and education providers, early years providers, health providers, police, charities, independent, private, faith and voluntary groups at a local, regional and national stage · to work as appropriate with HR services within the Corporation (Children's Services, Clean & Green; Leisure Services) and across all partnership agencies including (but not limited to) schools, and education providers, early years providers, health providers, police, charities, independent, private, faith and voluntary groups at a local, regional and national stage · to ensure that senior leaders are kept fully informed in respect of those situations that may result in adverse or negative publicity either for the corporation or for Walsall · Maintain current knowledge in national safeguarding policy, guidance and learning from reviews for children to ensure that the Learning and Development Programme is up to date and reflects changes in legislation, statutory guidance and practice
· Maintain current knowledge in respect of statutory developments and requirements for other statutory providers in respect of safeguarding within their sector
· Develop and deliver training in respect of safeguarding and positions of trust across the sector including but not limited to Children's Services, Clean & Green; Leisure Services, schools, and education providers, early years providers health, voluntary, faith, independent and private providers
· Review feedback from training provision and act on emerging themes to ensure that the training programme is consistently of a high standard and meets identified learning outcomes
· Prepare a quarterly newsletter for delivery across the sector · Act as a system leader in respect of adults who may have harmed of who may pose a risk to children
· Chair all meetings in respect of managing allegations in respect of individuals who have caused harm or may pose a risk to children
· Challenge, as required, decisions made by employers in respect of their employees which do not assure the safeguarding of children
· Provide advice across the safeguarding partnership in respect of interpreting and implementing Safeguarding Procedures and policies
· Develop and maintain a network of those working with children within the authority
· Develop and deliver multi-agency training to ensure that best practice is achieved across all sectors
· Prepare a quarterly newsletter for delivery across the sector which highlights new issues, challenges thinking and identifies learning
· Attend MAPPA meetings as the Children's Services representative ·
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