Senior Safeguarding Clerk – Child Protection/LADO – Gateshead – £10.81 per hour
Liquid Personnel is currently looking for a Senior Safeguarding Clerk to join our client’s Child Protection/LADO Service in Gateshead.
As a successful Senior Safeguarding Clerk, you will be joining a friendly, motivated business support team, undertaking effective minute taking and contributing to the efficient running of the Safeguarding Children Unit in Gateshead.

Your benefits as a Senior Safeguarding Clerk:

• Competitive pay rate
• Supportive team and management
• Manageable caseloads
• Thorough induction and excellent training opportunities

Your duties as a Senior Safeguarding Clerk:

• You will arrange Initial and Review Child Protection Conferences, Secure Reviews, Complex Abuse Meetings and LADO Strategy Meetings by ensuring invitations are distributed to all relevant people within procedural timescales
• You will attend (either in person or on-screen dependent upon the requirements for the meeting) Initial and Review Child Protection Conferences, Secure Reviews, Complex Abuse Meetings and LADO Strategy Meetings to minute (using IT equipment) and produce an accurate record of the meeting discussion. To ensure child protection plans and all minutes from meetings are produced and distributed within procedural timescales
• You will ensure accurate performance data is inputted onto Mosaic (IT system) following all Child Protection Conferences, Secure Reviews and LADO Strategy Meetings
• You will maintain appropriate records on the social care database and adhere to national and LA guidance on confidentiality and information-sharing
• You will liaise with all staff in the Safeguarding Children Unit, Care Wellbeing and Learning, external agencies, and service users, in order to ensure a high standard of service continues to be provided
• You will assist the Business Support Coordinator in the monitoring of Business Support procedures

Essential requirements of this Senior Safeguarding Clerk role:

• 5 GCSE’s at Grade C or above or grades (1-9) or equivalent qualification and/or experience
• Business support experience in a children and families and young offenders service or health background
• Convening, servicing, and minuting meetings in a multi-agency setting
• NVQ Level 3 in Business Administration or equivalent
• The legal right to work in the UK

Why Liquid Personnel?

• We will assist you from the initial phone call on-wards throughout the whole process
• Twice weekly payroll
• Competitive hourly rates
• Access to exclusive health and social care roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive health and social care knowledge
• Interview and coaching support
• Pre and post placement support to ensure you’re happy in the role