Safeguarding Advisor
| Posting date: | 12 March 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 April 2026 |
| Location: | Remote |
| Company: | National Autistic Society |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1473132799 |
Summary
The National Autistic Society is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and adults who use our services. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant safeguarding checks if relevant to their role.
Join Us as a Safeguarding Advisor
The National Autistic Society helps create a world that works for autistic people and within our Corporate Services support the teams who champion the rights and interests of autistic people and their families. We have a rewarding opportunity for a Safeguarding Advisor within the Assurance and Compliance Directorate. If you share our values and want to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
Visit our website to find out more about who we are: https://www.autism.org.uk/
About the Team
The Safeguarding Team is part of the Assurance and Compliance Directorate and works in collaboration with operational teams, schools and services to build exemplary safeguarding practices for autistic people who access our services. The team ensures regulatory and legislative compliance, along with supporting to build a culture where the individual is at the forefront of safeguarding decisions.
About the Role
This role provides operational safeguarding leadership across all directorates including schools, adult services and national programmes, ensuring children and adults at risk are protected through strong safeguarding arrangements and compliant, high-quality practice. You will support leaders across the UK, offering expert guidance on complex safeguarding cases, statutory requirements and multi-agency processes. The role leads on developing and reviewing safeguarding policies, data analysis and actions, undertaking safeguarding site visits, supporting safeguarding processes, ensuring training needs are identified and responded to.
What You’ll Do
- Ensure safeguarding arrangements across all directorates are effectively supported, implemented, and compliant with statutory and legislative requirements.
- Lead on identifying, developing and reviewing safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring updates are effectively communicated to relevant leaders and managers.
- Provide advice for safeguarding concerns and support colleagues in their engagement with local statutory safeguarding partners.
- Lead and support in complex safeguarding cases, ensuring safeguarding practice is person-centred.
- Collate and Analyse data to support identifying themes, trends and learning.
What We’re Looking For
- Significant experience as a Designated Safeguarding Lead practitioner or equivalent or as an operational lead within a regulated environment with safeguarding responsibilities.
- Experience working in multi-agency safeguarding contexts involving and children and / or adults.
- Knowledge of the legislative and regulatory frameworks for safeguarding adults and children across all four nations.
Click here for the Job Description
This advert is for a full-time position at 35 Hours per week between 9am and 5pm.
This role is Homebased based with a requirement to travel nationally.
What we can offer you
- Pension – Auto-enrolled pension scheme.
- Annual Leave – 33 days (including public holidays). You can buy or sell leave each year.
- Training – Great induction and training, including autism training.
- Discounts – Online staff discount scheme for shopping, cycling, tech, and more (e.g., Asda, Tesco, Nike, Apple).
- Healthcare – Cash plan for permanent staff.
- Life Assurance – 2x your base salary.
- Flexible Benefits – Options like private health, dental insurance, holiday trading, enhanced pension.
- Support – 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme and counselling.
- Mindfulness – Free Headspace app for you and up to 3 family/friends.
- Blue Light Card – Eligibility for discounts.
About our application process
You will be required to upload your CV. If you are providing a supporting statement, please consider the following:
- Look at the job description and person specification.
- Tell us how your skills and experience match the role.
- Give examples if you can.
We might close this job advert early if we get lots of suitable applications.
To protect our autistic adults & children at the National Autistic Society, some roles require employees to have a criminal background check. Possession of an Enhanced DBS Check either on the Update Service or conducted within the last 12 months would be preferable but not essential if its applicable to your role.
Applications for this job are sought from anyone who is suitably qualified and experienced for the role but particularly welcome from autistic people.
We are an equal opportunities employer and part of the Disability Confident Employer scheme.
Important Information
Agencies need not apply.
Please note the National Autistic Society are unable to provide sponsorship for Visas.
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