Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 per week
Salary: NJC Grade H3 SCP 36-40 £47,181 - £51,356 per annum
Closing Date: Tuesday 5th May 2026 at 23:59
About the Role
At Blackpool Council we want the people we serve to live well. This means living ordinary lives in the place they call home, in communities where they look out for one another, doing what matters to them. If people need some support, we start by understanding what a good life looks like for them, and how we can work together to achieve it. This includes when people are at risk of abuse or neglect and need some support or advice in order to stay safe and protect themselves. We are looking for a Safeguarding Practice Development Lead to support our safeguarding work, so that the right environment is created for all of our staff to achieve this.
Key Responsibilities
* Building trusted relationships
* Having conversations with people based on what matters most to them
* Understanding what is making a person less safe and why
* Ensuring people’s wishes, feelings and beliefs are central to decision making
* Supporting people to live as independently as possible, connecting them to wider networks of opportunity and support
* Increasing people’s hope, self-esteem and creative potential
* Responding quickly in a crisis and staying with people until things improve
* Being involved in people’s lives in the least intrusive way
* Respecting people’s decisions and ensuring any decisions they cannot make by themselves are made in their best interests
* Making plans with people to help them be as safe as they can be and want to be
* Keeping in touch with people to check how they are, how things are going and if anything needs to change
Expectations from the Candidate
* Listen and recognise that people are experts in their own lives
* Respect the dignity and diversity of the people you’re working with
* Understand and respond to people’s unique needs and aspirations
* Communicate respectfully with and about people
* Be curious, useful, kind, brave, uphold human rights and social justice
* Question the status quo and do no harm
* Critically reflect and keep learning
Benefits & Support
* The opportunity to work hard and improve the lives of people who need your support
* Being part of an organisation building a culture of respect and strengths‑based practice
* Working in a small, well‑supported team that innovates flexibly
* Modeling these values across the whole organisation
* A competitive package of rewards and benefits
* Structured, helpful and reflective supervision
* Working in one of the UK's most iconic towns
Legal & EEO Information
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, and amendments to the exemptions order. Guidance on the filtering of offences can be found at GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
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