Regional Officer for Safeguarding

The Methodist Church is committed to ensuring its churches are safe, welcoming spaces for all by promoting good practice, delivering high-quality training, and providing expert safeguarding advice.

You will manage safeguarding casework, undertake and support risk assessments (including those relating to DBS concerns), contribute to the delivery of safeguarding training, and advise churches and circuits on best practice. Working collaboratively with Regional Safeguarding Officers, District Chairs, and District Safeguarding Groups, you will help promote and strengthen effective safeguarding practice across the region.

What you’ll bring:

✔ Strong safeguarding experience

✔ Confidence handling sensitive and complex casework

✔ Excellent communication and partnership-working skills