National Safeguarding Lead – Adults & Specialist Services Home-Based (National Travel Required) 6 Months FTC Competitive Salary Are you an experienced safeguarding professional with a passion for driving best practice and shaping national policy in adult social care? CareTech is seeking a dynamic and highly skilled National Safeguarding Lead – Adults & Specialist Services to take ownership of our safeguarding strategy, governance, and operational oversight across our adult services division. This is a high-profile leadership role where you will work closely with senior leaders, external regulators, and operational teams to deliver a safe, person-centred approach that supports and empowers the individuals we care for. What You'll Be Doing: Lead on the development and implementation of a robust adult safeguarding strategy Act as the organisation’s subject matter expert on all adult safeguarding matters Develop and lead a safeguarding forum to analyse incident trends, training compliance, and share best practices Support serious case reviews, Section 42 enquiries and safeguarding investigations Collaborate with Learning & Development teams to shape effective, compliant safeguarding training Champion co-production and empower service users through education and engagement Provide on-site operational support and represent CareTech in external safeguarding meetings Design and implement audits that drive learning and continuous improvement About You: Relevant professional qualification in Health, Social Care, or Safeguarding Extensive experience in a senior safeguarding role in adult services Deep understanding of safeguarding legislation, CQC and associated regulatory frameworks Skilled in incident investigation, reporting, and stakeholder engagement Experience developing and delivering training across complex, multi-site organisations Strong working knowledge of related frameworks: MCA, DoLS, Prevent, Human Rights Act, Equality Act Ready to Lead the Change? If you're passionate about adult safeguarding and ready for a role that offers both strategic influence and hands-on impact, we’d love to hear from you. Why Join CareTech? CareTech Community Services Ltd is a provider of specialist social care services supporting 5000 adults with a wide range of needs in more than 300 services across the UK. Committed to the highest standards of care and governance, we provide innovative care pathways for people to live in community settings with learning disabilities, severe physical disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder, challenging behaviour, mental health, forensic needs and acquired brain injury within a range of settings including, supported living services, shared housing, residential services and outreach. We encourage people to take control of their lives – this could be finding employment, having an active social life, learning new skills or building self-confidence. Successful candidates will be required to complete a enhanced DBS disclosure prior to commencement of employment, the disclosure expense will be met by the employer. CareTech Community Services are proud to inform you that they are a “Disability Confident Leader”. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to contact every applicant. We will be in touch 7-10 days after receipt of your CV if progressing your application to the next stage. * Some of our roles require male or female employees only, where this is indicated it is a genuine occupational requirement, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010