The Diocese of Newcastle is seeking a Safeguarding Director & Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO) for the Diocese.
- Full time/37.5hrs
- £64,500
We are committed to the highest standards of safeguarding, supporting victims and survivors of abuse; and creating a positive safeguarding culture in every Church and worshipping community in every corner of our diocese.
We are reshaping and building our safeguarding infrastructure and this exciting brand new Director post will bring us the extensive experience of a professional safeguarding practitioner and senior manager/leader who will also have a key role to play in all our diocesan organisation-wide senior leadership structures and decision making.
In particular our new Director will:
- Lead and champion our commitment for transformational safeguarding at the highest strategy, leadership, management and operational levels.
- Be responsible for creating, leading, and collaborating on our Safeguarding Strategy which will ensure we are able to evidence and track progress against the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Standards.
- Bring us creative and innovative opportunities which will broaden and deepen our safeguarding awareness and confidence throughout our diocese.
- Lead, manage and support our Safeguarding team, ensuring resilience and priority setting/practical solutions focused approaches.
- Ensure robust management of risk and quality advice and guidance.
- Build on recent audit processes.
- Enable broad stakeholder involvement and participation in our safeguarding work.
- Develop effective ecumenical; and multi agency working in particular furthering safeguarding partnership work
- Analyse casework and casework reports and be responsible for bringing to the Bishop’s Staff Team, the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisory Panel, Bishops Council and others, where lessons can be learned and improvements can continually be made.
You may find it helpful to look at the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Standards framework which informs safeguarding policy and practice across the Church.
Role Description and Person Specification
Closing Date: Monday 6 January 9.30am
Interview Date: 20 January at Church House, St John’s Terrace, North Shields NE29 6HS and final candidates will meet with Bishop Helen-Ann the following week.
For more information or to apply for this role, please visit Pathways.
If you think this might be a role for you, and you’d like an informal conversation about it before applying, please contact Ruth O’Hagan who will arrange this for you (info@newcastle.anglican.org)
This is a role that sits within our safer recruitment practices and an Enhanced DBS will be required.