Safeguarding Learning and Quality Assurance Officer
| Posting date: | 12 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 July 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M27 8US |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75708171 |
Summary
Safeguarding Learning and Development QA Officer x 2
1 x permanent and 1 x fixed term contract.
Your role:
The primary purpose of the role is to ensure that all referrals relating to the protection and welfare of ‘at risk’ individuals, including children and adults are managed with accuracy, timeliness, and in compliance with statutory guidelines and organisational policy and procedures.
The role involves monitoring and reviewing the quality and consistency of referral processes, identifying areas for improvement, and supporting frontline staff to uphold best practices. Through analysing referral data, conducting audits, and facilitating continuous improvement and training, the role will help to ensure that safeguarding concerns are appropriately assessed and acted upon, ultimately promoting the safety, well-being, and rights of those at risk.
Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Role: We are recruiting for 2 Vacancies, 1 permanent and 1 fixed term post for 12 months with possible extension subject to funding.
Additional Information:
We are currently looking to fill two posts for Safeguarding Learning and Development, 1 permanent and fixed term contract.
The location will be based at Fire Service HQ and Hybrid Working
Please note the closing date may close sooner than published if there is significant number of applications.
In this role you will
- Working across all areas of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue
- Providing support to frontline staff responsible for safeguarding referrals
- Acting in a quality assurance role for referrals
- Take part in continual personal development training to ensure that you remain current in changes in any legislation or practice.
- Provide training to staff in operational and non-operational roles.
About you:
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is looking for an innovative and passionate individual to lead and deliver training on safeguarding within the organisation, raising the profile of GMFRS and the good practice of the team.
You will have experience working across multiple areas and collaborating with partners in the public, private or voluntary sectors to achieve organisational objectives and improve outcomes.
The candidate will have:
- Ability to work across the Greater Manchester area
- Ability to build working relationships with partner organisations and GMFRS personnel.
- Experience of delivering training and development
- Experience of safeguarding children and adults
- Ability to deal with sensitive issues and maintain confidentiality.
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people community and service users, GMFRS and representatives from partner organisations.
- Experience of communicating and presenting to a wide range of audiences.
- Self-motivation and can persuade and influence others.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills.
About us:
As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.
We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
To find out more about working for us please click here: https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/
Our offer:
In return for your hard work, we offer our employees a competitive package as part of our offer that you can find out more about here:
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Mandatory Information:
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ENHANCED DBS
The role holder will be subject to an Enhanced level check by the Disclosure & Barring Service.
This post involves working with children, young people or vulnerable adults and is therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Failure to disclose information when asked within this application could result in dismissal but will not necessarily be a bar to employment with us. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
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