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SSCP Performance and Improvement Officer

  • Employer: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Reference: CSC/23/241781
  • Published: Wed 24/05/2023, 12:16 PM
  • Closing on: Wed 07/06/2023, 23:55 PM
  • Working Pattern: Full Time
  • Hours: 36 hours per week
  • Salary: Grade J - SCP 36 - 39, £42,503 - £45,495 per annum
  • DBS Check: Enhanced
  • Location: Magdalen House, Merseyside

Introducing ourselves:

Sefton Safeguarding Children Partnership Business team is a small team but has huge energy and drive to co-ordinate an effective partnership to better safeguard our children and young people. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and experienced individual to the position of Performance and Improvement Officer. This role is pivotal in ensuring that evidence of the impact of partnership safeguarding activity is systematically embedded and shared with a focus on quality and innovation.

Job requirements:
This position requires high level multi-agency quality assurance and performance management skills and a honed ability to work effectively across a number of agencies and partnerships.

The key objective of the role is to quality assess the safeguarding activities across the multi-agency partnership to ensure consistency across the borough and to report key areas of concern, as well as good practice. The post holder will be responsible for a range of audit activities including Section 11 of the Children Act 2005 as outlined in Working Together 2018 and Section 175 of the Education Act 2002. They will be a technical expert in their field.

In addition, you will support an effective service wide challenge to any safeguarding concerns and response to changing legislation, developing policy, procedures and guidance which reflect best practice nationally and locally.

The post-holder will have an understanding of safeguarding children legislation, processes, systems and the role of partner agencies in safeguarding children. This will include you to collate and disseminate learning from quality assurance work, ensuring the effective delivery of multi-agency safeguarding quality and service improvements.

The Performance and Improvement Officer is also required to produce and develop performance intelligence to inform and evaluate performance for the 3 Key Safeguarding Leads and subgroups of the partnership.

To be a successful candidate, you will need to possess excellent communication skills, be personally resilient and above all, be passionate about demanding the best outcomes for children & young people.


You will need to be educated to degree level and have experience of partnership working.

This position reports to the SSCP Manager.

For further details about the post, please contact Deborah Hughes at deborah.hughes@sefton.gov.uk


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How to Apply

Please apply online via the link provided.

Please note, we do not accept CV’s (unless specified on the advert).

Please fully complete the online application form.

 

 

 

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  • Employer: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Reference: CSC/23/241781
  • Published: Wed 24/05/2023, 12:16 PM
  • Closing on: Wed 07/06/2023, 23:55 PM
  • Working Pattern: Full Time
  • Hours: 36 hours per week
  • Salary: Grade J - SCP 36 - 39, £42,503 - £45,495 per annum
  • DBS Check: Enhanced
  • Location: Magdalen House, Merseyside

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