The Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) is the agency actively engaged in delivering wide ranging reforms to safeguarding policy and practice in the Catholic Church in England and Wales. We have a team of committed safeguarding professionals who are at the forefront of their profession and committed to making lasting, survivor led step change in safeguarding policy and practice across the Church. All roles contribute to ensuring that the voice and experience of survivors is the learning that permeates every aspect of CSSA policy, practice and culture. If you fit this profile and have the experience and commitment to deliver in one of the following roles, we would like to speak with you.
We have an opportunity for an outstanding Quality Assurance professional who will play a leading role providing audit and quality assurance capability to the CSSA to develop and maintain exemplary safeguarding practice across the Catholic Church in England and Wales. The role will contribute to ensuring that the voice and experience of survivors is the learning that permeates every aspect of CSSA policy, practice and culture
Key responsibilities:
- To ensure that survivors and victims of abuse receive respect, are listened to, are learned from, individually and collectively as wise consultees.
- To be part of a motivated quality assurance team dedicated to developing and reviewing safeguarding standards in compliance with the agreed operating framework.
- To audit national safeguarding standards and ensure quality and compliance by all church bodies that are required to uphold them.
- To contribute to the development of, and deliver, an effective audit programme to ensure that high standards are maintained, within an explicit and effective quality assurance framework which is understood and committed to by all stakeholders and ensuring the principles of audit are adhered to at all times.
- To follow key lines of enquiry from self-assessments, baseline and thematic audits, and complaints to establish an accurate account of the quality of service delivery of safeguarding practice across Church bodies.
- To contribute to continuous improvement of effective safeguarding practice across the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
- To investigate complaints about the safeguarding service provided by church bodies.
If you are a Safeguarding professional who shares our commitment to developing outstanding practice, informed by the survivor voice of those that have been harmed through their involvement with the Church, we want you to speak with you. You will share our commitment to respect and value their opinions as we develop our future practice.
Salary: up to £49,613.
Closing date: 23:59, 23 August 2024.
For further information and/or a Job Description, please contact by an email via the button below or visit catholicsafeguarding.org.uk or cbcew.org.uk
Applicants must confirm their right to work in the UK and forward a full CV and covering letter illustrating their skills and motivation for this role by an email via the button below.
Applications without covering letter will not be considered.
