Overview
Number of Vacancies: 0Time Type: Full timeWorker Type: RegularProposed Interview Date: Thursday, July 16, 2026Hours of Work: 37Hiring Manager: Lara Davidson
Job Description Summary: This is a Full Time, Permanent Position. This is an excellent opportunity for a driven and dedicated professional to join the Hull Safeguarding Children Partnership (HSCP) at a pivotal time. Hull is supported by strong, well-established multi-agency partnerships working collaboratively to safeguard children, young people and their families, underpinned by a shared commitment to continuous improvement and achieving positive outcomes. You will work closely with the Head of Safeguarding Partnerships to strengthen and develop safeguarding practice within the HSCP arrangements.
Responsibilities
- Support the delivery of HSCP priorities, driving forward improvement activity and ensuring learning informs practice across all agencies.
- Build and maintain strong, effective relationships with partners and stakeholders across the HSCP to ensure engagement and collaboration.
- Provide professional support, information and challenge to colleagues across the partnership, ensuring the voices of children, young people and families are heard and used to influence developments.
- Ensure information is effectively shared across the partnership with emphasis on accuracy, relevance and accessibility for all agencies involved in safeguarding.
- Represent HSCP at regional and national multi-agency forums and disseminate emerging best practice, policy developments and research locally.
Key Activities
Strong organisational and coordination skills are essential to manage competing priorities, monitor progress against objectives, and support the delivery of partnership work programmes. You will contribute to the development of safeguarding practice through information sharing and dissemination, including mechanisms such as HSCP website and related channels.
Qualifications and Experience
- Strong safeguarding expertise with understanding of safeguarding children legislation and statutory guidance (e.g., Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026).
- Proven experience working collaboratively within multi-agency environments and building relationships with statutory and voluntary sector partners.
- Highly developed communication skills to convey complex information to diverse audiences.
- Analytical capability to interpret data, identify themes and trends, and contribute to high-quality reports and improvement activities.
- High attention to detail in producing accurate reports and documentation to support governance.
- Ability to provide professional consultation and guidance to practitioners to support continuous improvement of safeguarding practice, policy and procedure.
Role Details
If you would like to discuss this role further you may contact Lara Davidson (Head of Hull Safeguarding Partnerships) on 07922 420324 or lara.davidson@hullcc.gov.uk. The closing date for submitting applications is midnight on Sunday 28th June 2026.
Eligibility and Compliance
If the postholder requires a Standard or Enhanced DBS disclosure, the candidate must declare full details of everything on their criminal record unless the conviction/caution is considered “protected” per DBS filtering rules. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage. We reserve the right to amend dates as needed.
Benefits
- A competitive salary (£45,091.00 – £48,226.00).
- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Initial annual leave of 23 days, plus eight public holidays and three additional days off per year.
- Career development and learning opportunities, and a supportive culture.
Application Instructions
Please ensure you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date and demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification. The Council is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce and adopts a name-blind shortlisting process.
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