Safeguarding Partnerships Business Officer (Internal Applicants Only)
Safeguarding Partnerships Business Officer (Internal Applicants Only)
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Job Description
PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TOINTERNAL APPLICANTS
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RF
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: 42498 to 46344 per annum (Pro-rata)
Working Hours:37 Hours over 5 days
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 6th July 2025
Interview Date(s): 21st July 2025
Are you looking for a rewarding career in Safeguarding where you can make a difference Do you want a job where no two days are the same If so then read on!
About the Role
You will work with the Safeguarding Partnerships Manager and other team members in ensuring that the Safeguarding Partnerships Business Office effectively provides the support required by the Leicestershire & Rutland Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB) and the Leicestershire & Rutland Safeguarding Children Partnership (SCP) its Executive groups Subgroups and any groups formed to undertake key areas of business.
You will be working as part of a great team who support one another with our multi-agency partners across Leicestershire & Rutland these include agencies like the Police Social Care Health agencies and many more including those in the Voluntary and Community Sector. On occasions attending events to promote the work of the Partnerships.
You will be managing/coordinating Safeguarding Adults Reviews Local Children Safeguarding Practice Reviews Childrens rapid reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews from the outset through to the publication of reports and managing the dissemination of learning resulting from them. Liaison with families who are the subject of reviews.
You will be supporting various subgroups in activities around audits procedures performance and any task and finish groups arising from them.
Occasionally you may also attend partnership/board meetings as required.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders please see our policy statement.
About You
To apply for this post you must:
- Have a relevant professional qualification e.g. CQSW DipSW teaching nursing OR experience which demonstrates the ability to function at a strategic level within and between organisations.
- Wide experience of working in an inter-agency environment to promote the welfare of adults and/or safeguarding children and protecting them from significant harm.
- Experience of managing complex inter-agency relationships arranging and managing projects/events and of undertaking multi or single agency audits and evaluating the audits.
- Understanding of the structures/complexities of the Health Organisations Social Services and Education Departments Police and Probation Services and of Safeguarding Adults Board & Safeguarding Children Partnership functions and structures.
- Safeguarding adults and /or childrens legislation / policies & procedures and their application to statutory private and voluntary sector organisations.
- Ability to work on your own initiative and manage competing priorities working to targets and timescales.
- Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing and an ability to use IT equipment and Microsoft Office software.
You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.
In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:
Gary Watts Safeguarding Partnerships Manager for Leicestershire & Rutland
Telephone: 0
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Intern
