Safeguarding Lead - Volunteer

What will you be doing?

• Developing relevant adult and child safeguarding policies and reviewing and updating the policies on a regular basis to make sure they remain in line with current legislation
• Developing safeguarding training and arranging delivery to relevant volunteers in the charity
• Undertaking DBS checks for relevant volunteers
• Making referrals
• Being the point of contact in the charity for volunteers to report safeguarding concerns
• Listening to staff concerns and acting on them
• Referring cases to Disclosure and Barring Service where a volunteer has been dismissed due to risk of harm, or causing harm, to an adult.
• Referring cases to police where a crime may have been committed
• Managing the SH safeguarding email account
• Managing referrals
• Monitoring the progress of any cases that have been referred to adult social care.
• Maintaining accurate, secure and detailed safeguarding records of both concerns and referrals
• Maintaining own knowledge to make sure the charity safeguarding process is in line with current legislation and requirements
• Providing reports to Trustees and Operations teams as required on safeguarding matters

Skills/Experience Required:

• Ability to work well under pressure and manage sensitive and confidential information
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with strong attention to detail
• Great interpersonal skills and ability to work well both independently and as part of a team
• Good computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook, Atlantic Data DBS application)
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication and influencing skills and ability to communicate at all levels
• Appropriate adult and child safeguarding qualifications