Deputy Head of Safeguarding – Maternity Cover

Key Highlights

• Support the Head of Safeguarding in leading on strategy to ensure that the organisation meets its responsibilities to safeguard CYP and adults and is continuously developing excellence in safeguarding within digital mental health
• Deputise for the Head of Safeguarding for the organisation across all areas of safeguarding responsibility, enabling an open culture where safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility
• Act as the lead professional for specific safeguarding areas (eg. PREVENT, Domestic Abuse) as delegated by the Head of Safeguarding
• Manage the integration of Kooth’s services with relevant local multi-agency safeguarding structures and provide oversight of the safeguarding team’s policies, processes, advice and guidance for multi-agency working
• Support, and in some cases lead, the on-going development of safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring they are evidence based, effective and meet the appropriate legislation/statutory guidance and support the implementation and communication of these within the organisation.