Adults - Head of Safeguarding Adults - Head of Safeguarding

Reporting to a Director within the Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships directorate, you will develop strong relationships at both strategic and operational levels, have first class knowledge of your specialism and excellent leadership skills. You will be expected to support and lead on aspects of the transformation work within safeguarding, lead on training, and contribute to the development of practice guidance, policy and procedure. You will provide expert operational guidance and matrix management to the safeguarding advisors in order to develop and maintain best practice. You will also be responsible for ensuring that practice is maintained at a high standard within the integrated Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) through the line management of the MASH team manager. Shortlisting Criteria We are seeking someone who is an effective communicator with the ability to write reports, analyse data and able to interpret the implications of, and ensure compliance with, national, local and regional guidance as well as regulation, statute and case law. You will have the skills necessary to ensure consistent practice compliance and to monitor, update and improve performance. You will have significant experience of managing safeguarding and using performance tools to maintain high standards of delivery in order that partners and the residents of Surrey are involved in expressing, and seeing delivery on, what they believe will enable them to feel, and be, safer.

You will have a proven track record of specialist safeguarding practice and demonstrable experience of supervision and management of staff.

The starting salary for this role is £79,260 per annum, working 36 hours per week. This is a 12-month secondment opportunity. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant contribution to the development of a professional culture, through inspirational leadership, that embeds safeguarding at the heart of our practice whilst raising standards across the Service and jointly with our partners. Rewards and Benefits

• 26 days' holiday (prorated for part time staff), rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 30 days after 5 years' service
• Annual leave allowance (for bank) or remove for term time
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, shopping and many more
• 2 paid volunteering days plus 1 team volunteering day per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources