Safeguarding Development Officer; Share hpw

(Children’s Services, Laygate Family Hub, South Shields / Hybrid)

£49,817 pa pro rata

Permanent

Working Pattern:
Monday and Tuesday

Help shape safeguarding across South Tyneside

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Safeguarding Children and Adults Business Unit in South Tyneside.

We are looking for an experienced, motivated and highly organised individual to join our small, dedicated team as a Safeguarding Development Officer.

This is a permanent part-time post working 14.8 hours per week on Mondays and Tuesdays as part of an established job-share arrangement. The postholder will work alongside an existing Safeguarding Development Officer, ensuring consistent support is provided across the week to both the South Tyneside Safeguarding Children Partnership (SCP) and South Tyneside Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB).

This is not a role where responsibilities are divided into separate areas of work. Instead, both postholders work collaboratively across the full range of duties, ensuring continuity of service, shared ownership of priorities and a seamless approach to partnership activity.

This is a varied, challenging and rewarding strategic safeguarding role which sits at the heart of South Tyneside's multi-agency safeguarding arrangements.

You will work closely with senior leaders across children's services, adult social care, health, police, education, probation, housing and the voluntary and community sector to support the delivery of partnership priorities and drive continuous improvement.

• Supporting the planning, development and delivery of safeguarding partnership priorities.
• Leading and supporting multi‑agency audits, quality assurance activity and assurance reviews.
• Supporting the analysis and interpretation of safeguarding performance information.
• Coordinating and contributing to partnership improvement activity.
• Developing, reviewing and implementing policies, procedures and guidance.
• Monitoring and responding to national safeguarding developments, legislation and statutory guidance.
• Producing reports, briefings, business plans and annual reports.
• Supporting learning from Safeguarding Adult Reviews, Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Domestic Homicide Reviews and other review activity.
• Working with partners to identify strengths, risks, challenges and areas for improvement.
• Supporting the delivery of Board, Executive Group and Subgroup business.
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with safeguarding partners across South Tyneside and beyond.
• Promoting a culture of learning, challenge and continuous improvement across the safeguarding system.

No two days are the same. One day you may be analysing audit findings and supporting assurance activity, while the next you could be developing partnership policy, coordinating improvement work or supporting strategic discussions with senior safeguarding leaders.

We are looking for someone with experience of working within safeguarding, quality assurance, service improvement or partnership environments.

• A good understanding of safeguarding children and/or adults.
• Experience of partnership working across organisational boundaries.
• Experience of quality assurance, audit, performance analysis or service improvement.
• Strong analytical and report‑writing skills.
• The ability to interpret complex information and present it clearly to different audiences.
• Experience of developing policies, procedures or strategic plans.
• Excellent communication and relationship‑building skills.
• The ability to work independently whilst contributing effectively as part of a small team.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing…