Safeguarding Advisor
City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership
Location: Hackney / Hybrid
Rate: £39.03ph Umbrella
Days: 1–2 days per week (flexible)
About the Role
We are seeking a skilled Locum Safeguarding Advisor to support the delivery of statutory safeguarding functions across the City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership (CHSCP). This role is ideal for an experienced safeguarding professional seeking flexible working alongside meaningful, high‑impact partnership activity.
This position focuses on quality assurance, operations, training, and multi‑agency partnership coordination, working closely with the Senior Professional Advisor to strengthen safeguarding practice across the borough.
Key Responsibilities
Quality Assurance & Operations
* Lead and coordinate the CHSCP’s Quality Assurance Subgroup and associated workstreams.
* Support the development and delivery of the annual QA work plan.
* Design and implement multi‑agency audits, surveys, data analysis, and learning reviews.
* Collate, interpret and report complex safeguarding data to partnership forums.
* Ensure learning and improvement activity is embedded consistently across agencies.
Training, Learning & Development
* Oversee the CHSCP’s multi‑agency training programme.
* Organise and schedule training sessions (virtual and in‑person).
* Help deliver Level 1 and Level 3 safeguarding training.
* Maintain evaluation records, manage training data, and support updates to the LMS and CHSCP website.
Partnership Coordination
* Support thematic task groups and multi‑agency safeguarding projects.
* Contribute to Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews and case review activity.
* Assist in producing the CHSCP’s annual report and monthly safeguarding communications.
* Build strong relationships across statutory, voluntary, and community partners.
About You
You’ll bring strong safeguarding experience along with the confidence to work across multiple agencies, influence practice, and coordinate learning and improvement activity.
* Degree‑level education and a recognised professional qualification (e.g., social work, teaching, youth work, early years, health, criminal justice).
* Significant experience operations, quality assurance, partnership working, or training.
* Strong understanding of safeguarding legislation and local partnership arrangements.
* Comfortable handling complex information and producing clear analysis.
* Experience within a safeguarding children partnership or adult safeguarding board.
* Previous safeguarding training delivery experience.
* Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Why This Role?
* Flexible working: 1–2 days per week, with scope to shape your schedule.
* A rewarding role influencing child safeguarding practice across Hackney & the City.
* Supportive partnership culture with opportunities for professional development.
Interested?
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