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Head of Service - Safeguarding Richmond, Kingston upon Thames
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Client:
Achieving for Children
Location:
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
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Job Views:
5
Posted:
12.08.2025
Expiry Date:
26.09.2025
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Job Description:
Job Information
Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us.
Head of Service - Safeguarding Richmond
This is a rare opportunity to lead and develop the Safeguarding Team within the Richmond Cluster, based within our offices at the Civic Centre in Twickenham (just a 5 minute walk from Twickenham Train Station).
This is a fixed-term position for 9 months. Internal candidates are welcome to apply for this opportunity as a secondment.
Operational area Kingston and Richmond Primary place of work Civic Offices, 44 York Street, TW1 Appointment type Fixed Term Length of contract 9 months Business area Children's Social Care Full time/Part time Full-time Salary from £67,810 (SCP54) Salary to £71,318 (SCP57) Hours 36 Estimated Interview date/s 19/08/2025 & 21/08/2025 Closing Date 17/08/2025 Ref No 2089 Documents
Job Information
Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us.
Head of Service - Safeguarding Richmond
This is a rare opportunity to lead and develop the Safeguarding Team within the Richmond Cluster, based within our offices at the Civic Centre in Twickenham (just a 5 minute walk from Twickenham Train Station).
This is a fixed-term position for 9 months. Internal candidates are welcome to apply for this opportunity as a secondment.
Operational area Kingston and Richmond Primary place of work Civic Offices, 44 York Street, TW1 Appointment type Fixed Term Length of contract 9 months Business area Children's Social Care Full time/Part time Full-time Salary from £67,810 (SCP54) Salary to £71,318 (SCP57) Hours 36 Estimated Interview date/s 19/08/2025 & 21/08/2025 Closing Date 17/08/2025 Ref No 2089 Documents
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About the role
The Head of Safeguarding will provide operational management and leadership supportacross the services geographic areas supporting the Associate Director for Safeguardingand other Heads of Service.
As Head of Safeguarding for Achieving for Children, you will be responsible for:
2. Overall management of Safeguarding Team Leaders, Advanced Practitioners,Senior Practitioners and Social Workers
3. Ensuring high levels of quality interventions, effective case management oversight,decision making and overall performance
4. Championing and supporting to embed the Signs of Safety (SoS) model within theservice
5. Representing AfC at operational and strategic multi agency meetings
For further information about this role, please contact Nikki Coppin, Associate Director for Safeguarding by email for an informal discussion.
About you
To be the Head of Safeguarding for AfC, you will be passionate about making a positivedifference to the lives of children and young people as well as demonstrating the followingpoints:
6. Educated to degree level with a social work qualification, Social Worker Englandregistration and with a leadership and management qualification
7. Significant social work practice and experience of working on safeguarding cases, someof which are complex, including preparing for and presenting evidence in court
8. Significant experience of permanency planning and supporting team leaders andpractitioners to ensure thorough and thoughtful care planning for children
9. Significant experience of progressing cases through the Public Law Outline with closeliaison with Legal colleagues and managing expectations and requirements of theJudiciary
10. Significant experience of managing practitioners and team leaders who deliverinterventions with children, young people and their families with complex safeguardingissues
11. Significant experience of managing people, performance and professional developmentto get the best out of the team
12. Strong experience of positively engaging with vulnerable and high risk children, youngpeople and families and of developing and implementing effective interventions in order to achieve sustainable outcomes
13. Advanced experience of working within an integrated working environment
14. Significant experience of effective recording, monitoring, evaluation and qualityassurance of interventions using a wide range of tools and Management InformationSystems
15. Expert knowledge and awareness of risk management and safeguarding in the contextof social care including legislation, policy and procedures related to responsibilities
About our benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:
16. 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month (Or for term-time workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract)
17. Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
18. Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
19. Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
20. A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
21. A range of staff benefits and discounts
22. An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway
To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children. For our social work offer. For our Recruitment Journey,
Important Information
Start dates: Achieving for Children have meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month.Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.
Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the for right to work guidance.
Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams.Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
For more information about AfC:Drop in and meet Regina on the first Wednesday of every month at Civic Centre, Twickenham.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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