Assistant Director Safeguarding Children

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, innovative, and motivated individual to join our well-established Safeguarding Team.

You will work alongside the existing Assistant Director for Safeguarding Children who has retired and returned.

The post offered is a permanent position, Band 8B, 2 days per week, working Mondays and Fridays (flexible) and will be based at Kingsway House, Derby.

"As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visa's and Immigration. After carefully reviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk website Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)"

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced professional with a health and/or Social Care background who has a sound knowledge and understanding of safeguarding children and adults' processes and current legislation, with substantial experience, in the Safeguarding arena. With substantial post qualification experience within their specialist practice area of work and experience of Think Family principles. Also, recent experience at Band 8A required.

You will be strategic in nature but with an operational focus, who will work closely with professionals and partner organisations to deliver a comprehensive safeguarding function and working alongside managers and senior clinicians in the Trust to ensure robust arrangements are in place.

You will provide Cover for the Assistant Director of Safeguarding Adults when on annual leave or ill health for all aspect of Safeguarding Adults or named duties.

You will be expected to create an environment of continuous quality improvement and develop safeguarding practice across services; this will be through proven and visible leadership, knowledge, and expertise in all aspects of safeguarding.

You will need to embrace the Trust values of the Organisation and adopt the Principles of Recovery and well-being.

About us

The post holder will embrace the Trust values of the organisation and adopt the Principles of Recovery and well-being. These principles will recognise the need to:

o Promote safe practices.

o Value the aims of individuals.

o Work in partnership and offer meaningful choice.

o Be optimistic about the possibilities of meaningful change.

o Value social inclusion, this will include children who may need to end well, due to life limiting conditions in all our clinical services.

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities