Job Description
Head of Safeguarding MG2 Permanent Full time (36 hours) Wandsworth, London Objective of role Are you an experienced Adult Social Care Manager who is passionate about safeguarding? The Head of Safeguarding plays a crucial operational and strategic role in shaping professional practice and maintaining high professional standards across the Adult Social Care and Public Health Directorate. You will be pivotal in driving excellence, promoting safe practice, and ensuring consistently high-quality safeguarding responses.
About The Role Leadership and Management: You will lead the Safeguarding Team, providing clear strategic oversight, professional leadership and expert advice. You will ensure that safeguarding practice, interventions and decision-making are robust, timely and centred on achieving positive outcomes for adults at risk. Experience You will bring significant experience from a statutory Health & Social Care setting, with evidence of increasing responsibility and influence.
You will also have a strong track record of working in partnership across voluntary and statutory agencies, including Police, Education, Health, Community Safety and independent providers. Qualifications and Skills You will: hold a social work qualification with Social Work England registrationhold a recognised management qualification or be committed to undertaking management trainingbe an excellent communicator and collaboratorbe committed to maintaining and continuously improving service quality If you are a skilled and motivated leader committed to achieving positive outcomes for people with care and support needs, carers and the wider community—through strong partn