Safeguarding Assurance Manager

Safeguarding Assurance Manager

The closing date is 13 May 2026

UHNM has created a post to support the Assistant Director for Safeguarding Assurance and Risk management. The Quality Assurance Safeguarding Officer will be providing Trust-wide leadership in safeguarding assurance and the management of Persons in a Position of Trust (PIPOT) cases from triage to closure. The post-holder will deliver high-quality audit, compliance monitoring and risk oversight across sexual safety, chaperoning and safeguarding standards for managing allegations against persons in a position of Trust. This role is ideal for an experienced safeguarding professional with strong analytical, leadership and communication skills.

Main duties of the job

• Audit and Assurance: Develop, maintain and evaluate safeguarding assurance tools aligned to legislation, CQC KLOEs and NHS England expectations. Develop audit tools to monitor compliance with relevant policies. Undertake safeguarding audit programme aligned to relevant policies – chaperoning, managing allegations against Persons in a Position of Trust and sexual misconduct. Deliver thematic reviews, deep dives and organisational learning reports.
• Data Analysis & Reporting: Produce safeguarding dashboards, heatmaps and analytical reports. Identify themes, patterns and risks requiring escalation. Collate data and produce monthly/quarterly reports on safeguarding assurance risk management activity aligned to managing allegations against persons in the position of trust and sexual safety.
• Quality Improvement & Governance: Lead improvements arising from audit outcomes. Support CQC readiness and organisational evidence submissions. Monitor action plans and compliance frameworks. Contribute to governance processes, audits, benchmarking and risk identification related to People. Support managers to apply people policies and minimise organisational risk.
• Multi‑Agency Working: Represent UHNM in multi‑agency safeguarding audits and subgroups. Support partnership learning reviews. Work in partnership with system partners and external agencies for managing allegations against persons in a position of Trust/sexual misconduct concerns.
• PiPoT Allegation Management: Support the Assistant Director for Safeguarding/risk management with the daily operational management of allegations against people in positions of trust in line with policy. Work collaboratively with HR People teams (Business partners/People operations managers and Assistant Directors (People Team)). Ensure accurate recording, risk assessment and investigation oversight. Ensure risk management and mitigation plans are in place. Escalation of cases and robust reporting and communication.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke‑on‑Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co‑created by staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Person Specification

• 5 years plus working in safeguarding role
• safeguarding specialist training
• experience of MDT working
• experience of chairing meetings
• Strong background in audit, assurance and governance.
• Experience of working with complex safeguarding Cases.
• Experience of governance processes and risk management.
• Experience of undertaking audits - & report publishing

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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