Designated Safeguarding Lead - Interim

Location

Preston

Contract

Full Time

Role Type

Temporary

Working hours per week

40

Salary

£60000

Closing Date

Sunday 14 September 2025

Title: Designated Safeguarding Lead (Interim)

Location: Preston and Surrounding Areas

Salary: £60,000 Pro Rata

Summary Of Duties And Responsibilities

• Oversight, support and audit of business units & quality areas of the region (s). Or as directed by Regional Lead.
• Perform competently, in line with Ofsted guidance for ensuring homes are compliant with the children’s homes regulations.
• Robust safeguarding practices in line with Designated safeguarding lead responsibility.
• Assist the Regional Manager (s) in driving the improvements agenda for all residential children’s services in the regions portfolio and maintaining and promoting best practice.
• Assisting the regional manger (s) to deliver key KPI and quality performance targets set at the beginning of the financial year, with regular review against performance throughout.
• Undertaking tasks set out by the RI in line with the region’s development plan around safeguarding, quality, occupancy, HR matters and supervision and appraisal of registered managers.
• Supporting the Regional manager to meet the daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly objectives set out for the regional manager role.
• Input and oversite into new developments, including ongoing support once open.
• A sound knowledge of Ofsted, the Social care common inspection framework and how to support managers to deliver a service that aims to be outstanding.
• Partnership working with both internal and external services in order to deliver quality outcomes in all areas of the business.
  
  

Safeguarding

All colleagues bear responsibility to protect and safeguard vulnerable individuals at risk. All colleagues are required to attend safeguarding awareness training and additional appropriate training whenever required

Pre-Employment Checks

All colleagues must be willing to undergo a full background check prior to starting in post.

This Will Include

Enhanced Disclosure

Right to Work Checks

Full Employment History going back to the age of 11

Reference contact information for all roles within the past three years and all roles that involved working directly with children or the vulnerable going back to the age of 11

Overseas police check (if applicable)

Job Description

DSL_Interim_Role_JD_005_.doc