Contextual Safeguarding Coordinator

We are seeking an experienced, motivated and adaptable Contextual Safeguarding Co-ordinator to help embed Cheshire West and Chester’s approach to Risk Outside the Home. Working collaboratively with local authority, police, health and wider statutory and non-statutory partners, you will strengthen the partnership response to children and young people at risk of harm by applying the four Ps: Prepare, Prevent, Protect and Pursue. You will co-ordinate key partnership forums, chair mapping meetings, analyse intelligence to identify links and patterns of harm, support effective disruption and intervention activity, and co-ordinate Risk Outside the Home training with and for the partnership to strengthen workforce knowledge and practice. You will need to adapt confidently within an ever-changing safeguarding landscape, responding to legislative and policy developments, the evolving and increasingly complex methods used by those who cause harm, and the diverse needs, vulnerabilities and experiences of the children and young people within this cohort. You will also monitor safeguarding plans, maintain performance information and produce clear reports for operational and strategic audiences. You will bring sound knowledge of contextual safeguarding, experience of assessing risk and working with children and families, and strong communication, relationship-building and report-writing skills, alongside the confidence to provide high support and constructive challenge. This hybrid role requires flexibility to work across council and partner locations, in the community and from home

Principal Responsibilities Summary: The postholder will coordinate and support Cheshire West and Chester’s multi-agency contextual safeguarding arrangements, including contributing to strategy, policy and practice guidance; organising, minuting and chairing key meetings; and bringing together intelligence to identify networks of harm and agree disruption and intervention activity. They will maintain accurate case information, develop performance reporting, prepare and present reports to operational and strategic forums, monitor the quality and effectiveness of plans for children and young people, and drive improvements where required. The role also involves strengthening partnership accountability, liaising with other local authorities, delivering training and awareness-raising activity, developing a network of safeguarding champions, and ensuring that the views of children and young people inform services and interventions.

Please note that this job is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.