Safeguarding Lead

Job summary

EACH Hospice Based Milton, Norwich or Ipswich

• This is an onsite role with occasional hybrid working
• Please specify preferred EACH hospice work base location when applying

Part-Time, 30 hours per week

At East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH), we support babies, children, young people and families across East Anglia through hospice care, wellbeing services and family support.

As Safeguarding Lead, you will provide organisation-wide leadership, advice and oversight to ensure safeguarding arrangements for children, young people and adults at risk remain effective, compliant and centred on best practice. You will work closely with care teams, managers, volunteers and external partners to promote a culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.

The role includes:

• Providing specialist safeguarding advice and support across the organisation.
• Leading safeguarding case oversight, reviews, audits and quality improvement activity.
• Developing and delivering safeguarding training for employees and volunteers.
• Supporting compliance with safeguarding legislation, guidance and regulatory requirements.
• Contributing to organisational safeguarding policies, procedures and governance reporting.
• Working with multi-agency safeguarding partnerships and external stakeholders.
• Providing strategic leadership alongside the Executive Safeguarding Lead to support continuous improvement in safeguarding practice.

Main duties of the job

About you

We're looking for a registered health or social care professional who has substantial safeguarding experience and is confident working both strategically and operationally.

You'll bring:

• Safeguarding Children Level 4 training.
• Current professional registration (NMC, Social Work England or HCPC).
• Experience of holding safeguarding responsibilities within a relevant health or social care setting.
• Experience of developing or leading safeguarding services and initiatives.
• Experience of working with babies, children, young people and families with complex needs.
• Experience of delivering training, undertaking audits and producing reports.
• The ability to communicate complex information clearly and effectively with a wide range of audiences.
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation, guidance and multi-agency working.

Closing date:1st November 2026

Interviews: 9th November 2026

Interested in Learning More Before You Apply?

At EACH, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone and actively encourage applicants to ask questions, request reasonable adjustments or have an informal discussion before submitting an application.

If you'd like to find out more or make a request, please contact the Recruitment Team by email hrinbox@each.org.uk or phone 07595 414843.

About us

Comprehensive range of benefits:

• Free onsite parking & subsidised meals at our hospices
• Pool car provided when working in the community
• Employee health cash plan & wellbeing support schemes
• NHS pension - continuation if already contributing
• Enhanced Annual leave Entitlement - 27 days + 8 UK Bank Holidays
• Additional holiday purchase scheme
• AVIVA pension package up to 7% Employer Contribution including Life Assurance
• Free eye tests & cycle to work scheme

East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) supports families and cares for children and young people with life threatening conditions across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk.

At EACH we believe in fostering a workplace where every individual feels valued and respected. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion where differences are embraced. We are actively seeking talent from all walks of life, recognising that diversity drives innovation, creativity and success.

Join us on a journey to create a more inclusive workplace, where everyone has equal opportunities to grow, contribute and succeed. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for opportunities at EACH and adjustments will be made to facilitate the application and selection process.

Details

• Date posted: 13 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: EACH1243241
• Job locations: East Anglias Childrens Hospices (each), Church Lane, Milton, CAMBRIDGE, CB24 6AB, United Kingdom, The Nook, Pigot Lane, Framingham Earl, NORWICH, NR14 7PX, United Kingdom, The Treehouse Hospice, St. Augustines Gardens, IPSWICH, IP3 8NS, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Lead in the provision of expert knowledge and advice on safeguarding at EACH. Ensure consistent safeguarding, policies and procedures are implemented in accordance with current legislation. Ensuring staff are equipped and supported to maintain high standards of safeguarding practice, overseeing and providing the safeguarding training provision for EACH employees and volunteers.

Actively involved in the strategic planning and service developments alongside the EACH Executive Safeguarding Lead (Director of Care) ensuring compliance and best practice in accordance with national and local requirements.

Develop and maintain processes and procedures for safeguarding babies, children, young people and adults at risk of harm or abuse ensuring accountability and oversight of safeguarding at EACH to minimise risk.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Designated lead professional role for Safeguarding Children and Adult responsibilities across EACH (specialist level 4 trained)
• Maintain oversight of EACH safeguarding activity, including where appropriate case management and maintenance of the EACH safeguarding log.
• To work closely with the Registered Managers at each site to support the local safeguarding leadership role.
• Act as an expert resource, providing specialist knowledge advice and support on all aspects of safeguarding to staff and volunteers, within Care and other directorates, including retail.
• Provide direct involvement in complex safeguarding matters, including multi-agency cases.
• Lead and monitor identified case reviews and action plans.
• Ensure EACH visibility and contribution to relevant multi agency safeguarding forums.
• Contribute to the development of any Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding adults related documents that guide practice, including the EACH safeguarding policy and standard operating procedures.
• Ensure risk management processes are followed that provide assurance that safeguarding arrangements, processes and practice are in place.
• Ensure accurate reporting of safeguarding incidents, enabling insights and analysis to support governance, quality improvement and board assurance.
• Provide relevant reports as required, including quarterly reports for the board and ICBs.
• Provide an active key role in the Local Safeguarding Children Partnership Boards (LSCPBs) and ensure EACH attendance at relevant external meetings.
• Disseminate national and regional guidance/recommendations i.e. NICE etc., regarding Safeguarding People and interpret for local implementation.
• Provide advice on court related issues such as writing of witness statements, coroner inquest reports, care proceedings, custody arrangements or criminal statements regarding parental issues.
• Lead and monitor the implementation of an overall safeguarding quality improvement programme incorporating both internal priorities and recommendations from Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews, LeDeR and Safeguarding Adult Reviews.
• Responsible for ensuring effective processes are in place for safeguarding supervision for care staff.
• Be responsible for developing and delivering the safeguarding training programme, identifying improvements and updates relevant to new legislation and best practice.
• Lead and ensure completion of related internal Safeguarding Audits.
• Lead and ensure participation in Section 11 audits with relevant ICBs.
• Be the organisational link in with the LADO / PiPoT.
• Be the organisational Prevent Lead.
• To support the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty compliance and best practice.

Communication

• Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively.
• Ensure staff complete compliant and high standards of safeguarding documentation within patient records, supporting the provision safeguarding reports as required.
• Provide board assurance reports and presentations as required.

Professional development

• Maintain own professional development and participate in the EACH appraisal process.
• Participate in clinical supervision on a regular basis.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).