Safeguarding Lead
Primary Care Careers
Ipswich, IP3 8NSView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£57,528 to £64,750
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
11 days leftJob description
At East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH), we support babies, children, young people and families across East Anglia through hospice care, wellbeing...
- Providing specialist safeguarding advice and support across the organisation.
- Leading safeguarding case oversight, reviews, audits and quality improvement activity.
- Developing and delivering safeguarding training for employees and volunteers.
- Supporting compliance with safeguarding legislation, guidance and regulatory requirements.
- Contributing to organisational safeguarding policies, procedures and governance reporting.
- Working with multi-agency safeguarding partnerships and external stakeholders.
- Providing strategic leadership alongside the executive safeguarding lead to support continuous improvement in safeguarding practice.
If you would like to find out more information about this
role, please see the attached job specification.
East Anglias Childrens Hospices (EACH) ensures the best possible quality of life and makes every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family.
In 2020, all three of our hospices, The Nook (Norwich), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge), were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission.
Our people are central to our success. We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in care, fundraising, retail, facilities, IT, finance, marketing & communications and human resources. Were over 440 employees strong, with a team of more than 2,000 volunteers across the organisation including over 50 shops and a retail distribution centre.
- Enhanced holiday plus holiday purchase scheme
- Flexible/hybrid working
- Employee health cash plan
- Employee assistance programme
- Employer pension scheme, with up to 7% employer contribution, and life assurance cover
- Free eye tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
Qualifications
Essential: - Safeguarding Children Level 4 training.; - Current professional registration (NMC, Social Work England or HCPC).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of holding safeguarding responsibilities within a relevant health or social care setting.
- Experience of developing or leading safeguarding services and initiatives.
- Experience of working with babies, children, young people and families with complex needs.
- Experience of delivering training, undertaking audits and producing reports.
- The ability to communicate complex information clearly and effectively with a wide range of audiences.
- Knowledge of safeguarding legislation, guidance and multi-agency working.
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
19 October 2026
Last checked
21 October 2026
Salary, closing date and description are taken from the employer's advert. The original advert always takes precedence.
About the employer
NHS organisation
This listing was structured from NHS Jobs. Vacancy details and the application process remain the responsibility of the original source.
Explore related