Group Safeguarding Manager
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Weredelighted to be recruiting for a Group Safeguarding Manager to join our exciting Specialist Residential Services team.
This is a permanent role based in Collins House office in Eastleigh although travel to locations across the group is required.
Your main purpose will be to lead and manage on Abris safeguarding policies procedures and practices to protect individuals from harm and abuse.
Overseeing the training programme and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and best practices.
Youll be the lead for point of contact for Safeguarding enquiries and cases. This will include supporting the wider business with expert advice and training where required.
As well as managing the safeguarding provision youll work with third-party agencies to address potential risks share best practise and participate in multi-agency case management.
Knowledge skills and experience required
We are looking for someone who can demonstrate knowledge and experience in a senior management role relating to Safeguarding together with an understanding of the legislation effecting vulnerable customers (in particular Children Act 2004the Care Act 2014and theSafeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006).
Youll have demonstrable knowledge and experience of applying safeguarding legislation working with local authorities and 3rd party agencies to ensure the best outcomes for our customers.
Youll need to be able to deal with difficult sensitive and challenging behaviour and situations in a calm and professional manner whilst using your initiative to problem solve.
For more information please take a look at the job description below.
Who we are
Abri is a large housing provider who own and manage more than 58000 homes and various community assets serving around 113000 customers across the South of England.
We believe everyone has the right toa good qualitysafewarmand sustainable home in a community where theycanbelonggrowand does that look like in real terms
Wereinvesting 689mover the next ten years in our existing homes to improve building safety and make them more energy efficient.
- Weredelivering 10000 homes by 2030 ensuring affordable housing isbuiltwhereitsneeded most
- Wereinvesting in our communities to address local issues and create opportunities for everyone
As we growwerere-establishing our strong local presence toprovideareally goodservice. Abri has adopted a regional approach to service delivery withouroperating areas split into three each with their local governance our colleagues aremore visibleaccountableand better connected to our customers and local communities to meet their diverse needs.
More information about Abri and our strategicobjectivescan be found at.
What you can expect
What you can expect
28 days holiday the opportunity to buy and sell holiday
Generous pension scheme with contributions up to 10%
Money off tons of high street and online retailers
Life assurance of 5x your annual salary
Generous parental and family leave
Health and wellbeing packages
Flexible working
Free eye tests
Cycle to Work scheme
About you
Weve all got different backgrounds strengths and experiences. But we share the same values. Its these shared values that bring us together as one team.
Our colleagues embrace these every day. Be the difference to our customers and colleagues always curious and look for better solutions achieve together by working in partnership with others own it openly through working with others in an open and honest way and finally embrace possibility and see changes and challenges as welcomed opportunities.
We also expect our colleagues to share Abris commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children young people and adults.
If you share our values and want to make a real difference in the world youre on to a winner and wed love to hear from you!
Be yourself
Were committed to promoting an inclusive culture. We welcome and respect the individual differences life experiences and knowledge that all our colleagues bring into the workplace and we value their contribution to our amazing company. Everyone is different everyone is unique.
Flexible working
We recognise the benefits flexible working can bring and we aim to support colleagues who need to work flexibly wherever we can provided the needs of both Abri and the colleague can be met. Please feel free to let us know about any flexibility you might need when applying for this role. We cant promise to give you exactly what you want but we do promise to consider it fully.
To our agency friends
We already have a number of carefully selected agency partners who know our business well and who support our in-house recruitment team during exceptionally busy periods. Were not looking to add to our preferred supplier list right now but if youd like to be considered at a future date please dont hesitate to register on our procurement portal.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Key Skills
- Fashion Retail
- Forklift
- Developmental Disabilities Experience
- Management Experience
- Mediation Experience
- Serving Experience
- Warehouse Experience
- Product Management
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Leadership Experience
- Supervising Experience
- Social Work
