Assistant Safeguarding Officer

Assistant Safeguarding Officer

Location: York (Hybrid)

Salary: £39,000 - £41,000 D.O.E

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35hrs per week

Yolk Recruitment Public Sector and Not-for-Profit division is proud to be partnering with a long-established faith-based organisation, in the search for an experienced Safeguarding Officer on a permanent basis.

Key Responsibilities

The appointed Assistant Safeguarding Officer will:

• Provide advice, information, guidance, and direction where there are concerns about children and young people and adults where there are welfare concerns or where there may be a risk.
• Appropriately identify concerns that constitute a safeguarding concern and ensure they are responded to in accordance with Safeguarding Guidance, Safeguarding Code of Practice, and other statutory guidelines.
• Undertake risk assessments with individuals who are part of or seeking to be part of the organisations related activities, who may pose a risk to others/self. Assessments to be effective in preventing further harm and are informed by national training and tools, including offering relevant support to those persons involved.
• Where needed, to manage risk, implement a Safety Plan with agreed review points that reflect the assessed risk level.
• Review existing risk assessments and safety plans, as required, with those known to be a risk to children, young people and/or vulnerable adults.
• Provide advice on the possibility of employment or redeployment of those with convictions or continuing unresolved concerns regarding harm to a child or adult.
• Ensure that allegations of abuse are appropriately referred to the statutory authorities.
• Provide appropriate advice and support to survivors and victims of abuse.
• Support parishes during a child / adult protection or safeguarding enquiry and afterwards. This may include ensuring support is provided for others in the parish who may be affected by such an enquiry, for example volunteers or other leaders.
• Ensure at all times that appropriate and accurate records are maintained, suitable for admission in legal proceedings.
• Offer support to the Safeguarding Trainer to help provide mentoring and support to volunteer trainers, link and support workers and where required assist with the delivery of the safeguarding training programme.
• Support the Head of Safeguarding to coordinate an annual audit of Parish safeguarding arrangements, utilising a variety of platforms to capture and interpret audited information.
• Prepare progress reports for the Operational and Strategic Safeguarding groups with regards to casework, training and the overall work of the Safeguarding Team.
• Promote good safeguarding practice and contribute to the effective communication with parishes of new safeguarding resources and changes to local and national policy and practice guidance.

Essential Requirements

The Assistant Safeguarding Officer will need:

• Drivers Licence and own car
• Enhanced DBS or willing to obtain one
• Previous experience of managing cases involving the statutory response to the protection of children and/or vulnerable adults.
• Relevant professional qualification / registration or equivalent, up-to-date knowledge, and trained to level 4 in child and/or adult protection.
• Proven ability in a casework role, including ability to investigate issues, manage cases, and keep detailed records.
• A strong background in assessing and managing risk posed by individuals, particularly in relation to risk posed to children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
• Consideration of assessing risk specific to the individual and risk within that individual being part of an activity or group / congregation of people.
• Ability to work with quality assurance processes.
• Empathy with the Christian faith, and able to work effectively within a Church of England context.

To Apply:

Please contact Emily Rex at Yolk Recruitment to discuss the Assistant Safeguarding Officer position further.

Yolk Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team works with organisations across the UK to fulfil their recruitment needs and to achieve their D&I objectives. We recruit temporary, contract and permanent hires for 1 off specialist needs or for volume campaigns. We support our applicants to navigate the public sector recruitment processes and secure their dream jobs.

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.