Join Our Team! We Are Recruiting a new Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership Manager

Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) Business Unit is looking for an outstanding individual to provide strategic leadership across the Partnership to enable the statutory leads – Wakefield Council, West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and West Yorkshire Police, alongside it’s partners to continue to strive for excellence for children and families through effective multi-agency safeguarding arrangements which promotes their welfare.

As the Partnership Manager you will provide strategic and operational management to a multi-disciplinary Business Unit team to enable the Partnership to fulfil its statutory requirements set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2023, these responsibilities include but are not exclusive to:

• Oversee the progressing of the Partnership’s 2025-28 Delivery Plan which is reported on quarterly to the WSCP Executive who scrutinise the work undertaken.

• Manage the process of Rapid Reviews and Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, including when required managing LCSPR Panel, drafting Terms of Reference, quality assurance, drafting of action plans and submission to the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.

• Provide direct line management of up to four members of the WSCP Business Unit and overall management of the team which comprises of six full-time equivalent staff.

• Oversee all WSCP Business Unit activity which includes the development and delivery of a multi-agency learning offer, co-ordination of its multi-agency subgroups, quality assurance and safeguarding review activity, school safeguarding training delivery and support, multi-agency policy, procedure and guidance development and delivery of the partnership’s communication and engagement strategy.

• Develop and maintain a close working relationship with senior leads of partners, including chief officers of Wakefield Council’s Children’s and Young People’s Services, West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and West Yorkshire Police, acting as a point of contact for support and guidance in respect of the partnership’s multi-agency safeguarding responsibilities

For further information on the role and to apply, please click here.

Applications close on Sunday 18th January. Should you wish to have a conversation about the role please contact Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership – wscp@wakefield.gov.uk / 01924 306497.

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Thank you,

WSCP