Safeguarding Policy and Practice Manager (AS809)About us: The Refugee Council is one of the leading organisations in the UK working with asylum seekers and refugees. We provide advice and assistance across a wide range of issues. These include helping asylum seekers through the asylum system, accessing housing, welfare, benefits, health, education and employment. Our teams work with relevant agencies such as the Home Office, Local Authorities, Housing providers and more. You can find out more about the work we do, our strategy, and our values on our website.
Inclusion and accessibility Ensuring that the Refugee Council is an inclusive and accessible place to work is important to us. We want to enable people from different backgrounds to apply and thrive with us. We believe our recruitment process enables that and are also happy to make adjustments on request. We encourage people with lived experience of the UK asylum or immigration system to apply for the role.
This job is:
Suitable for job sharing.Can be done partially from home with a need for attendance at meetings and in-person training in London, Leeds, and Sheffield.Roles and responsibilities Deputising for the Designated Safeguarding Officer and working with them to develop and implement a robust Safeguarding Strategy within the charity.Reporting to the Corporate Safeguarding Board on the implementation of the safeguarding strategy, current organisational safeguarding risks and mitigations to ensure robust safeguarding governance and culture in the charity.Convening the Safeguarding Managers Forum to review the implementation of the policy and procedure and share and develop best practice.Interviews: 26th of November am and 28th of November pm
There will be an online presentation and Q&A session for interested people on 6th November at 5.30pm. Anyone interested should email ******.
Location:
Any major Refugee Council office, i.e. Stratford, Leeds, SheffieldContract type:
Permanent
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