Child Protection Coordinator

CHILD PROTECTION COORDINATOR

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services

Oakhill Secure Training Centre, Milton Keynes, MK5 6AJ

Salary: £39,595.92 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

About Us

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.

About the Role

The Child Protection Officer will support the professional social workers in the team by handling daily administrative tasks, managing client files, and providing basic, supervised care and practical help to the children in the centre.

Some of the key responsibilities are:

Safeguarding & Culture

• Promote Child Protection: Support the Head of Safeguarding to maintain a secure environment and integrate local community expertise.

• Cultivate Responsibility: Ensure all staff understand and fulfill their obligation to prevent harm and promote well-being.

• Frontline Mentorship: Work alongside residential and operational staff to clarify and reinforce their safeguarding duties.

• Open Door Policy: Actively listen to and appropriately resolve concerns raised by both staff and young people.

Casework, Interventions & Compliance

• Investigate Concerns: Support robust investigations of child protection concerns in line with legislative mandates and best practices.

• Elevate Children’s Voices: Capture youth perspectives to actively shape organizational policy and decision-making.

• Manage Allegations: Collaborate with the social work manager and external bodies (MASH, LADO) to handle allegations via appropriate pathways.

• Information Sharing: Execute timely, needs-based information sharing to prevent harm and ensure regulatory compliance.

Data, Administration & Collaboration

• Reporting & Documentation: Compile detailed reports, complete complex documentation, and manage spreadsheet data with insightful commentary.

• Interdepartmental Collaboration: Partner across departments to collectively reduce risks for young people and maintain operational standards.

About You

You will have experience and an understanding of current safeguarding children legislation, working with children with complex and vulnerable children.

You will have a can do attitude, along with an attention to detail. You will work collaboratively and openly whilst being a key member of the team.

It is essential that you have experience of working within a multifunctional and demanding environment. You will be a dynamic and engaging individual with a good sense of humour, who shares our ethics and values and is eager to support the Department’s successful delivery.

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.