Local Authority Designated Officer

What's involved with this role:
Interim Local Authority Designated Officer
Reference no: Walsall (HQ) TCL WC17280
Pay Rate: £25.61 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: WALSALL
Act as a system leader for safeguarding children and young people across Walsall. Manage the Positon of Trust process in respect of adults in all sectors where there are concerns that they have caused harm or intend to cause harm to a child in accordance with statutory requirements.
Manage a diverse range of sensitive relationships within the Corporation across Directorates (Children’s Services, Clean & Green; Leisure Services) and with external agencies including (but not limited to) schools and education providers, early years providers, health providers, police, charities, independent, private, faith and voluntary groups at a local, regional and national stage.
Key Responsibilities:
Work as appropriate with HR services within the Corporation (Children’s Services, Clean & Green; Leisure Services) and across all partnership agencies including (but not limited to) schools, and education providers, early years providers, health providers, police, charities, independent, private, faith and voluntary groups at a local, regional and national stage
Ensure that senior leaders are kept fully informed in respect of those situations that may result in adverse or negative publicity either for the corporation or for Walsall
Maintain current knowledge in national safeguarding policy, guidance and learning from reviews for children to ensure that the Learning and Development Programme is up to date and reflects changes in legislation, statutory guidance and practice
Maintain current knowledge in respect of statutory developments and requirements for other statutory providers in respect of safeguarding within their sector
Develop and deliver training in respect of safeguarding and positions of trust across the sector including but not limited to Children’s Services, Clean & Green; Leisure Services, schools, and education providers, early years providers health, voluntary, faith, independent and private providers
Review feedback from training provision and act on emerging themes to ensure that the training programme is consistently of a high standard and meets identified learning outcomes
Prepare a quarterly newsletter for delivery across the sector
Act as a system leader in respect of adults who may have harmed of who may pose a risk to children
Chair all meetings in respect of managing allegations in respect of individuals who have caused harm or may pose a risk to children
Challenge, as required, decisions made by employers in respect of their employees which do not assure the safeguarding of children
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
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Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
**Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the job role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Experience:
Previous 12 months experience
Skills & Abilities:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to use word and excel
Excellent organisational ability.
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Job Ref: Walsall (HQ) TCL WC17280
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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