Safeguarding Manager

SAFEGUARDING MANAGER

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services

Oakhill Secure Training Centre, Milton Keynes, MK5 6AJ

Salary £ 51,903.9 per annum

Permanent, Full Time,  40 hours per week

Benefits: Company Pension, free on-site parking, uniform, on-site canteen, access to High Street Shop discounts and ongoing training and development

At Oakhill Secure Training Centre we look after young people aged 12 to 18 years old who have been remanded or sentenced to periods of detention. The vulnerable young people in our care can be challenging with a wide range of social and emotional complex needs. This is an environment that calls for high standards of social care and service delivery to provide a secure and stable environment for young people to develop their life skills and address the behaviours that have led them into custody. 

Oakhill Secure Training Centre works closely with the Youth Custody Services to ensure that its regimes and designs reflect best practice in residential care to prevent offending.

Job Outline

We are now looking for a Safeguarding Manager who has experience in working with vulnerable children and young people in a social work capacity. The successful candidate must hold a degree in Social Work and we will consider those that are newly qualified.

The role will positively contribute to the safeguarding and welfare of children in our unique environment, ensuring the action we take to promote the welfare of children, protecting them from harm, making evidence-based decisions and taking action to enable all children to have the best possible outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead safeguarding at the centre, ensuring children's safety, wellbeing and protection from harm, while ensuring staff understand their responsibilities and children's views are considered in decisions and policies.

• Lead evidence-based investigations into child protection concerns and allegations, ensuring accurate records, appropriate referrals and timely escalation to local authorities and LADO.

• Develop and maintain partnerships with external safeguarding agencies, including YOTs, MASH, LADO, Children's Services and other custodial establishments.

• Attend and chair multi-agency safeguarding, strategy and Managing Allegation meetings, ensuring effective information sharing and decision-making.

• Line manage, supervise, coach and develop staff, including supporting Social Work trainees and student placements.

• Coordinate safeguarding training with Milton Keynes Safeguarding Partnership (MK Together), ensuring compliance with local and national guidance.

• Assist with internal staff misconduct investigations, gathering evidence and preparing reports for HR.

• Promote collaboration across departments to reduce risks and maintain high standards of care, safeguarding and health and safety.

• Ensure compliance with safeguarding legislation, organisational policies, UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, maintaining confidentiality and reporting data breaches.

• Uphold G4S values, equality, diversity and professionalism, contributing to an inclusive and supportive workplace and safeguarding children and adults at risk.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will need to be a dynamic and engaging individual, with significant experience in a similar role. It is important you have a good knowledge and understanding of Social Work legislation policy and practice.

The role will require you to promote a child centred approach which prioritises both the safeguarding of the children’s welfare and wellbeing.

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, with a can do attitude, along with an attention to detail. Leading by example, we are looking for a highly motivated and determined person, with the ability to be resilient, confident with a tenacious can-do attitude, have the ability to embrace complexity and be a part of a busy and fast paced team.

At G4S, we invest heavily in our people.  If you join us you will have a job specific induction programme to equip you with the skills and knowledge for the job. As well as ongoing support and development opportunities we offer generous holiday entitlement, company pension, an onsite gym, free onsite parking and the chance to do an extraordinary job – every day.

For more information on Oakhill Secure Training Centre please visit, https://oakhillstc.co.uk/

Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aims to support all employees to be their true selves. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the recruitment process

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and each employee is expected to support these goals.

Safeguarding children and young people is our primary focus and the welfare of the child is paramount. Therefore we have a corporate responsibility to ensure that the safeguarding and our G4S values are at the centre of all we do.​

To apply for this role, you must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum of 5 years.   This role is subject to safer recruitment practices including a DBS enhanced level security clearance and will need to provide full details of your work and educational history covering the last 10 years as part of the screening process for the role.

G4S is the International business of Allied Universal, the world’s leading security and facility services provider and trusted partner to more than 400 of the Fortune 500. Allied Universal delivers unparalleled customer relationships, innovative solutions, cutting-edge smart technologies and tailored services that enable clients to focus on their core businesses. With operations in over 100 countries and territories, Allied Universal is the third largest private employer in North America and seventh in the world. Annual revenue is approximately $23 billion. There is no greater purpose and responsibility than serving and helping to safeguard customers, communities and people. For more information, visit g4s.com.   In the UK, the company has an extensive network of offices and more than 31,000 employees.