The role
An exciting opportunity has arisen at North Herts Council to help ensure we safeguard and protect our most vulnerable service users. The Safeguarding Team Leader works with colleagues across the organisation to ensure we protect children and adults throughout our services.
Whether you have worked in local government or other sectors, we are looking for someone with passion, commitment and transferrable skills and knowledge who has worked with complex cases and supported vulnerable individuals and families. If you’re keen to learn, you will be supported to gain experience and knowledge and access excellent learning and development opportunities.
The experience you will bring
- Ensuring safeguarding policies take into account local and national changes
- Supporting the learning and development of colleagues so that they too can safeguard our most vulnerable service users
- Developing strong relationships with partners to enable multi agency working
- Maintaining accurate records of all safeguarding incidents and referrals
- Providing supportive line management to colleagues
- Advocating the importance of adherence to safeguarding protocols with colleagues at all levels
- Enabling organisations to continually improve safeguarding practice through the completion of audits and organisation wide action planning
Please note, the successful applicant for the above post will be background checked with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About us
North Hertfordshire is a large rural district with approximately 125,000 residents with four historic towns, Hitchin, Baldock, Royston and Letchworth Garden City. The Council has a clear vision: We put people first and deliver sustainable services, to enable a brighter future together.
Why work with us?
We are committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in our recruitment practices and in our employment policies. We want our employees to feel safe to express themselves and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of talents. We are dedicated to promoting a healthy work/life balance, valuing our employees, and enabling them to make a difference to the local community.
Please note that all our vacancies require you to live and work in the UK, and selection interviews are face to face in our Letchworth offices or other nearby council sites.
At North Herts Council we are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and we guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum requirements for the job.
How to apply
To apply for a position you must complete the online application form and submit it to be received by us no later than midday on the closing date.
Please note that we do not accept CV applications, either on their own or accompanying application forms. Therefore please ensure that all relevant information is provided on the application form.
As a Council committed to equality and diversity, we welcome applications from all sections of the community. Disabled people who meet the person specification will be guaranteed an interview.
To apply, please follow the link below to our online recruitment service:
If you have any questions or require assistance, please email recruitment@north-herts.gov.uk and one of our team will respond to you.
Guidance on completing the application form
Your completed application form will be vital during the recruitment process, both for shortlisting and at interview. Therefore please ensure that you complete the form clearly, accurately and in full.
Please read the advertisement, job description, person specification and additional information carefully before completing the application form.
When completing the application form you should target your skills and experience towards the criteria listed in the person specification and provide examples to demonstrate how you are able to meet each criteria.
As part of the application form we ask for Monitoring Information. Please remember to complete this section as it is essential in enabling the Council to monitor the effectiveness of our Equality and Diversity policy. Please note that this information is not passed on to the Recruiting Manager during the application process (it is retained in Human Resources for monitoring purposes) to ensure that each application is shortlisted based solely on information relating to the post.
If you are selected to attend for interview we will let you know approximately 5 working days before the interview date. In the event of you not hearing by this date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.