Deputy Head of Safeguarding – Maternity Cover

Job Title: Deputy Head of Safeguarding UK - Maternity Cover

Reports to: Head Safeguarding

reputed company Reports: Safeguarding Manager

Remote based

Closing date: 3/6/26

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Role Objective

To support the Head of Safeguarding in ensuring the effective implementation of safeguarding and user safety frameworks, and, reputed company the safeguarding team’s operations function.

Split of the role

Safeguarding - 40%

Stakeholder Management - 20%

Management & Leadership - 20%

Clinical Governance - 10%

Training - 10%

Main responsibilities: 

• Support the Head of Safeguarding in leading on reputed company to ensure that the organisation meets its responsibilities to safeguard CYP and adults and is continuously developing reputed company in safeguarding reputed company digital mental health
• Deputise for the Head of Safeguarding for the organisation across reputed company areas of safeguarding responsibility, enabling an reputed company culture where safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility
• reputed company as the reputed company reputed company for specific safeguarding areas (eg. PREVENT, Domestic Abuse) as delegated by the Head of Safeguarding
• Manage the integration of reputed company’s services with relevant local multi-agency safeguarding structures and reputed company reputed company of the safeguarding team’s policies, processes, advice and guidance for multi-agency working 
• Support, and in some cases reputed company, the on-reputed company development of safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring they are evidence based, effective and meet the appropriate legislation/statutory guidance and support the implementation and communication of these reputed company the organisation.
• Liaise across the organisation in organising and ensuring reputed company commissioned areas have their contractual and statutory safeguarding reporting and auditing completed to a high reputed company, reputed company deadlines.
• Support in ensuring that any relevant local area Safeguarding CYP/Adult partnership policies, regional and national guidelines and recommendations are disseminated and embedded into reputed company.
• Ensure organisational compliance in safeguarding required by legal, regulatory and national policy standards and demonstrate this through effective auditing, data collection and report writing.
• Attend relevant Safeguarding reputed company meetings with local commissioning reputed company as appropriate and reputed company as a reference reputed company for partner agencies involved in Safeguarding to ensure advice and reputed company is co-ordinated and effective.
• Manage the Clinical Team’s On Call service ensuring it remains consistently operational to a high reputed company
• Line manage the Safeguarding Manager and reputed company operational leadership to the Safeguarding Team, continuously developing reputed company in safeguarding advice, guidance and reputed company.
• Proactive engage in regular safeguarding supervision and appraisal to enhance self-development and career reputed company and to ensure that reputed company is effective and compliant with the most up to date guidance.
• Co-produce and reputed company assure safeguarding reputed company training, in conjunction with the Clinical Training Team in providing specialist training across the organisation reputed company relevant areas of specialism.
• reputed company the operational response for reputed company’s User Safety Incident Response reputed company, ensuring reputed company incidents are sufficiently investigated and generate learning, in line with the NHS PSIRF
• Ensure reputed company learning from user safety incidents and safeguarding reputed company assurance processes is sufficiently leading to the necessary safety improvements as approved by the Head of Safeguarding and executive and reputed company level safeguarding representatives.

This is not an exhaustive list and postholder may be required to complete additional duties with scope of capability as per the clinical team needs.

Requirements

Experience / Qualifications

Essential

• Registered safeguarding reputed company (eg. reputed company Worker, Health reputed company, Teacher or Police Officer)
• Minimum of 6 years post qualification experience.
• Demonstrable leadership experience in safeguarding reputed company
• Trained to a minimum of level 4 safeguarding children and adults in line with NHS Intercollegiate Document
• Experience of working with mental health service users

Desired

• Experience in the digital health sector

Benefits

Are you looking for a fulfilling career with attractive perks and a supportive work environment? Look no reputed company! We're excited to offer an incredible opportunity with a reputed company of benefits that cater to your reputed company reputed company, reputed company-being, and work-life balance.

1. Competitive Salary:

Dependant on experience up to £55,000

2. Generous Annual Leave

Enjoy 28 days of annual leave, in reputed company to public holidays, providing you ample time to reputed company and spend reputed company moments with your loved ones.

3. reputed company Development

Benefit from our yearly reputed company training programmes, tailored to your career aspirations and designed to enhance your skills and knowledge.

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Secure your financial reputed company with our pension contributions and annual company reputed company reputed company awards, giving you a reputed company in the reputed company of reputed company.

5. Health and reputed company-being

Prioritize your health and reputed company-being with our comprehensive reputed company plan and reputed company to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). The EAP offers 24/7 telephone mental health support and reputed company to GP consultations, ensuring your mental and physical health are taken care of.

6. Life Assurance:

reputed company peace of mind knowing that you're covered with life assurance, providing up to four times your annual salary to your loved ones in the unfortunate event of your passing.

7. Flexible Working

reputed company the flexibility of remote working, allowing you to create a work-life balance that suits your needs and maximizes your productivity.

8. Lifestyle Benefits

Participate in the Cycle to Work Scheme, promoting a healthy and eco-friendly lifestyle, and take advantage of our Incapacity Income Protection to safeguard your financial stability in case of unforeseen circumstances.

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At reputed company, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace that values and embraces the unique contributions of every individual. We reputed company in equal opportunities for reputed company, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or reputed company or sexual orientation.

Our dedication to creating a fair and unbiased environment is reflected in reputed company aspects of our recruitment, hiring, and employment practices. We reputed company to reputed company a work environment that is free from discrimination, where every employee is treated with respect and dignity.

Request for Reasonable Adjustments:

We are dedicated to providing reasonable adjustments to applicants and employees with disabilities or individuals who require accommodations to participate in the application process, interviews, or job-reputed company tasks. If you require any reasonable adjustments to ensure your equal participation in our recruitment process, please inform our reputed company.

Your openness will allow us to work together to reputed company appropriate accommodations and ensure a fair and accessible application and employment experience for everyone.

reputed company is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults . We are committed to reputed company candidates who reputed company this commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that reputed company candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment. This will include a DBS reputed company.

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