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Full Job Description
Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) has an exciting opportunity available for a Safeguarding Officer to join our team in Maidstone and County-wide. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £28,236 – £32,136 per annum.
Being a part of Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Everyone is unique. Everyone has value. Everyone helps to make Kent Fire and Rescue Service a great place to work. We are one team. Together with our customers, we are creating a safer future for Kent and Medway.
About the role:
As a Safeguarding Officer, you will act as one of the Designated Safeguarding Officers (DSOs) responsible for managing a caseload. Answering enquiries on the DSO line, collating these and effectively recording them to ensure that timely support is offered. You will need to demonstrate experience in writing reports and case related evidence and information.
As our Safeguarding Officer, you will be responsible for:
- Support with all aspects of safeguarding across the service including offering advice to colleagues and answering enquiries
- Manage a safeguarding caseload, make referrals and liaise with other safeguarding professionals
- Assist with internal and external communications to raise safeguarding awareness and supporting with the development and delivery of training sessions
What we’re looking for in our Safeguarding Officer:
- Experience of dealing with child and adult safeguarding concerns, answering requests for advice and progressing concerns by contacting other agencies for advice or information sharing
- Excellent communication skills and be able to explore and understand what is happening within a family using professional curiosity and considering the voice of the child or adult at risk
Closing date: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Interviews will be held on the 8th, 10th or 13th March 2023
If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Safeguarding Officer please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!
Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do. We know that great minds don’t think alike, so we rely on diverse thoughts, feelings, beliefs and backgrounds to create the best working environment that we can possibly offer.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service, its employees and volunteers, are committed to safeguarding, protecting and supporting children, young people and adults at risk. As part of our safer recruitment process, we will undertake pre-employment checks to verify your suitability for the role. These checks will include your references and a standard or enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Enhanced DBS check with barred lists are carried out for roles with direct and unsupervised access to children, young people and adults at risk. Risk assessments will be undertaken on any disclosures identified as part of the pre-employment checks.
As a Public Sector organisation with added responsibilities under the Equality Act, 2010 the candidate must demonstrate an understanding of what is meant by Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and how this fits in with their everyday work.
