Designated Safeguarding Lead

• Ensure safeguarding is embedded in all staff and volunteer recruitment processes by fully briefing local recruiting managers.
• Be available to all staff for advice / support around safeguarding children and adults at risk issues.
• Ensure all of the project/service have read, understood and signed the CGL Safeguarding Children Policy and the Children, Young People and Visitors Policy, and Safeguarding Adults at Risk Policy.
• Ensure all of the service staff have attended safeguarding children, safeguarding adults at risk, and ‘Over the Threshold’ home visiting training and receive any update information.
• Ensure proper handover of any safeguarding children and adults at risk issues while designated safeguarding person is on leave or otherwise absent from work.
• Make or support staff to make child protection or child in need referrals.
• Support project/service to attend (or send high quality written reports) to all meetings pertaining to a family where there are concerns around a child, i.e. core group meetings, child protection case conferences, strategic planning meetings and pre-birth planning meetings.
• Attend such meetings alongside colleagues, where there is any significant difference of opinion around preferred course of action or assessment of risk. To be agreed in advance with local management.
• Escalate all safeguarding issues which involve the death or serious injury of a child, where criminal charges have been brought against a client or where there are safeguarding children or adult at risk concerns around a member of staff, volunteer or recovery mentor/broker, both to the Regional Director level and to the Director of Safety & Risk Management. Report any allegations against staff to the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO).
• Gather information relating to ‘trends’ and patterns, and relay to senior managers so that specific responses can be considered at both a corporate and a service level.

• Considerable experience of working within substance misuse services with a clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services.
• Experience of working with families or individuals affected by parental substance misuse.
• Experience of working with local safeguarding teams including attendance at multi agency meetings such as CP Conferences, core groups and strategy meetings.
• Experience of providing case management and supporting service users to effectively manage a range of complex issues.
• Experience of completing formal reports under safeguarding procedures.
• Experience of line management, supervision and appraisal.
• Experience of using observed practice and reflective practice techniques and applying coaching to ensure professional development for individuals.
• A recognised qualification in health and social care or currently working towards completion.
• Experience of delivering a range of interventions as outlined via PHE and The Strang report, e.g. psychosocial interventions, recovery support and core key working interventions (motivational interviewing, ITEP, assessment and care co-ordination).
• The ability to lead a team.

• 25 days holiday (pro-rata) + bank holidays, increasing with service
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week, plus access to a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assistance Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Discounts on shopping, cinema, holidays, and more
• A friendly and supportive team environment
• Ongoing training, career development, and progression opportunities

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