Governance Jobs in South East
Independent Safeguarding Chair
Hours: 12-15 days per year
Location: Home-working
Salary: £4,500 per year
Sector: Charity, Health & Social Care, Learning Disabilities & Autism
Scope of the Job
This is an exciting opportunity to chair our newly formed Safeguarding Panel and provide strategic advice and guidance on embedding an excellent safeguarding culture in SeeAbility.
About Us
SeeAbility is a specialist registered charity with a 200-year history supporting people who have autism, physical and/or learning disabilities and visual impairment. We promote personalisation and inclusion, with a strong focus on helping the people we support learn skills that will bring them greater independence.
Our Culture
The most important thing to us is making a difference to the people we support. Breaking down barriers and obstacles in a way that enables people to lead an active life with experiences and outcomes that creates a high-level quality of life.
The independent safeguarding chair role will be to:
- Help prepare our Safeguarding Panel meeting agendas.
- Chair these meetings.
- Provide effective scrutiny of SeeAbility’s safeguarding performance.
- Champion Making Safeguarding Personal.
- Constructively challenge those responsible for maximising performance.
- Help shape SeeAbility’s safeguarding implementation plan.
- Monitor progress of the plan.
Your experience & personal characteristics
You will have experience of leading and managing others in senior positions and of chairing complex meetings productively.
You will have up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding adults legislation and best practice and extensive experience or safeguarding in the public and/or voluntary sector.
You will be a strong advocate for creating a safer culture and encouraging change.
Please see the attached Job description for more details.
Our colleagues at SeeAbility are extremely valued, and so everyone has access to a fantastic package of benefits.
- Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants and activities
- Eligible for Blue Light Card discounts
- Save 10% on monthly bus travel
- Pay reviews and commitment to pay competitive rates
- Employer contributory pension scheme - Support and tools to help you make the right decisions about your future
- Refer a friend and receive £600
- Paid DBS and renewals
- Season ticket loans
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Transition Together is seeking to continue the work of deepening connection and growing the voice of the Transition Movement in England and Wales through the freelance engagement of three Network Weavers. This exciting project will see this team, supported by Transition Together staff, co-design an in person Transition Assembly early next year to guide the future of our Movement in the UK as well as build relationships with Transitioners across Wales and England and connect to emerging and established networks across the UK. These roles will be around two days a week for 10 months and the deadline to apply is 13 May.
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Start date: beginning of June 2024
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Contract period: June 2024 to March 2025
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Fee: £15k with £2k budget to support role activities
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Core working day: Tuesdays
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This is a remote working position including substantial travel to visit Transition groups and events
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The post-holder needs to be England or Wales based as there will be travel required to visit UK Transition groups, and experience of UK communities is essential
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This role will require evenings and weekends working at specific points.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.