Hours: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
Contract: Permanent
Location: National Role. Sucessful candidate can choose to be linked to main office based in Liverpool or London.
Salary: £52,530 Plus LWA if applicable
Closing date: 12th June 2023
Application Tip: Ensure your supporting statement refers to the person specification as this will assist in a sucessful sift through to the interview stage.
Job Overview:
A key member of Brook’s Leadership group, with a national remit, to lead Brook’s safeguarding function across all aspects of the organisation including clinical operations, education and health promotion activity, counselling, and digital and communications delivery in addition to all internal safeguarding workforce development. To lead the organisation in providing needs-led and trauma-informed safeguarding provision for children and adults however and wherever they access Brook’s services. Working in collaboration with the full range of Brook’s Leadership Team to drive Brook’s safeguarding function, improve quality, support accountability and to elevate Brook’s external safeguarding profile. To work with Brook’s Mental Health & Wellbeing and Interim Neurodivergence Leads to provide high quality thought leadership across the organisation that allows Brook to discharging our legal, contractual and organisational safeguarding responsibilities.
To learn more about the role and person specification please read the attached ‘job specification’ which can be found on the application form.
About Brook:
Brook is the UK’s leading sexual health and wellbeing charity. We are committed to changing attitudes, challenging prejudice and championing equality.
Our unique combination of clinical services and education programmes are designed to meet individual needs and instill positive behaviours that influence their whole lives. Our digital solutions help us reach even greater numbers of young people and professionals, and our expansion into all-age services ensures that whole communities can benefit from our inclusive, non-judgmental approach to sexual and reproductive health.
We are continuously listening to and learning from our service users and the communities we support. We amplify the voices of those who face barriers to access, ensuring that sexual health remains high on the political agenda and that law, policy and practice is aligned with what they need.
Benefits of working for Brook:
- Annual leave – 28 days per annum, increasing up to 33 days plus 8 bank holidays
- Sick pay (from 3 up to 12 weeks fully paid)
- Flexible working
- Gratitude scheme
- Assisted purchase scheme
- Cycle to Work up to £1k
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Long service awards
- Maternity and paternity pay
- Pension scheme – with contributions matched up to a maximum of 4%
- Training and development opportunities
Please note – this role requires the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
Candidates must be able to provide paperwork demonstrating their right to work in the UK. If you are interested in applying for this post, please review the Job Description and complete an application form.
Please note: internal applicants with live sanctions or performance improvement plans in place will not be considered for this role. For more information on what it means to work for Brook, please read the ‘Working for Brook’ document on our Careers page.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.
Due to the high number of applications for this post, it will not be possible to respond to every application. We will contact you within 4 weeks of the closing date if you have been shortlisted for the role.
Thank you for your interest in working for Brook.
Brook Safeguarding with Purpose
Working with People Safely. Safe Place, Safe People.
