Safeguarding Office Manager

Main area Safeguarding Office Manager Grade Band 4 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term to Cover Maternity Leave) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9.00-5.00, Monday - Friday) Job ref 373-CSS1298

Site Redesmere Town Chester Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 25/08/ :59

Job overview

Play a key role in a dynamic Safeguarding Team, providing high-quality administrative and organisational support to the Head of Safeguarding and Named Leads. This varied and rewarding role is at the heart of safeguarding services, ensuring the team operates efficiently and effectively. Using your initiative, attention to detail, and excellent organisational skills, you will help support work that makes a real difference to the safety and well being of CWP patients.

Main duties of the job

As Safeguarding Office Manager, you will play a central role in supporting the Safeguarding Team, ensuring the service runs smoothly, efficiently, and effectively. You will:

• Lead and coordinate the administrative function of the Safeguarding Service, providing high-level support to the Head of Safeguarding and Named Leads.
• Organise and manage meetings, events, agendas, minutes, and action plans, ensuring actions are tracked and completed on time.
• Provide business and administrative support for a wide range of safeguarding activities and initiatives.
• Manage complex diaries and priorities, helping senior colleagues make the best use of their time.
• Supervise and support the Safeguarding Administrator, including performance reviews, development, and wellbeing support.
• Act as a key point of contact for both telephone and email enquiries from internal and external partners, handling sensitive and complex enquiries professionally and confidentially.
• Maintain safeguarding systems, records, intranet content, and electronic documentation to support governance, audit, and compliance requirements.
• Ensure office resources, equipment, and processes are managed efficiently and effectively.
• Promote excellent communication across the safeguarding team and partner agencies, helping to share learning and best practice.

Working for our organisation

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: or by calling .

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

Person specification

Qualifications

• RSA III or equivalent
• BTEC Business or Administrative diploma or equivalent level of knowledge

Knowledge and Expertise

• Working knowledge of software programmes e.g. Microsoft Office
• Minute/Note Taking experience

Experience

• Previous Secretarial experience
• Experience of working as an effective member of a team in an office environment
• Directly manage and supervise people previously in some capacityAble to manage change
• Knowledge and understanding of Data Protection Act
• Experience of managing the workload of others

Trust Values

• Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C’s: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Name Chloe Drury Job title Safeguarding Office Manager Email address Telephone number Additional information

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Giving you time to care, space to think and opportunity to grow

We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our services are provided in partnership with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary and independent organisations, people who access our services, their carers and families. The Trust has over 14,500 members and employs more than 4,000 staff across 62 sites, serving a population of over one million people and highly specialist services for two million people.

We offer career opportunities to staff across a range of professions, including:

• Allied health professions - including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, and speech and language therapy
• Medical - including psychiatry and general practice
• Pharmacy
• Clinical support roles
• Estates and facilities
• Support services roles - including HR, communications, ICT,finance and more

At CWP, we believe in giving our staff the time to care, the space to think and the opportunity to grow.

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