Head of Safeguarding

Location

Guildford, Surrey | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Title: Head of Safeguarding 

Team/Directorate: Care Directorate

Salary range/pay band: £52,963 - £59,360

Reports to: Director of Care

Hours: 37.5 hours

Location: Across both hospice sites (based at Christopher’s, Guildford)

Job holder: Vacant

An exciting new post as Head of Safeguarding at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices has been developed to:

• Be the designated safeguarding lead for the Hospice.
• Create and implement the Hospice safeguarding strategy.
• Ensure all staff know how to raise safeguarding concerns.
• Refer any concerns of the welfare of a child to social services when appropriate.
• Ensure all staff have the appropriate training to understand the signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect.
• Developing, implementing, and reviewing the organisation’s safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure they are always up to standard, and always reflect the most recent laws and regulations.
• Manage the operational team of social workers.

Please contact Lisa Denis Director of Care [  [email protected] ] for more information.

What we offer

Pension scheme

• NHS Pension Scheme (eligible employees)
• Stakeholder pension scheme
• Employee contribution 3.5%
• Shooting Star Children’s Hospices contribution 4.5%
• Additional contributions – we will pay 1% above the contribution up to a limit of 7%

Annual leave

• 35 days including Bank Holidays rising with length of service
• 2 weeks paid sabbatical leave after 5, 10 and 15 years’ service

Contractual benefits

• Generous sick pay scheme
• Enhanced maternity, adoption, and paternity leave pay
• Flexible working arrangements
• Death in service benefits
• Reimbursed professional membership fees
• Eye care
• Employee referral scheme
• Blue Light discount card

Health and wellbeing

• Employee Assistance Programme
• Occupational Health
• Mindfulness sessions
• Cycle to work scheme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Nutritionally balanced meals at Christopher’s (free to employees)

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Shooting Star Children’s Hospice is committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that getting things right is critical for us to live our organisation’s values: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.

We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. Our vision is for Shooting Star Children’s Hospice to be a place where people of all backgrounds, groups and communities feel welcomed to work and volunteer.

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Salary

£52.96k - £59.36k per annum