Safeguarding Lead
This is a Permanent, Part Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The vacancy
EACH Hospice Based – Milton, Norwich or Ipswich
- This is an onsite role with occasional hybrid working
- Please specify preferred EACH hospice work base location when applying
Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week.
Contract: Permanent
At East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH), we support babies, children, young people and families across East Anglia through hospice care, wellbeing services and family support. We are looking for an experienced safeguarding professional to lead and develop safeguarding practice across our organisation.
As Safeguarding Lead, you will provide organisation-wide leadership, advice and oversight to ensure safeguarding arrangements for children, young people and adults at risk remain effective, compliant and centred on best practice. You will work closely with care teams, managers, volunteers and external partners to promote a culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility.
The role includes:
- Providing specialist safeguarding advice and support across the organisation.
- Leading safeguarding case oversight, reviews, audits and quality improvement activity.
- Developing and delivering safeguarding training for employees and volunteers.
- Supporting compliance with safeguarding legislation, guidance and regulatory requirements.
- Contributing to organisational safeguarding policies, procedures and governance reporting.
- Working with multi-agency safeguarding partnerships and external stakeholders.
- Providing strategic leadership alongside the Executive Safeguarding Lead to support continuous improvement in safeguarding practice.
About you
We're looking for a registered health or social care professional who has substantial safeguarding experience and is confident working both strategically and operationally.
You'll bring:
- Safeguarding Children Level 4 training.
- Current professional registration (NMC, Social Work England or HCPC).
- Experience of holding safeguarding responsibilities within a relevant health or social care setting.
- Experience of developing or leading safeguarding services and initiatives.
- Experience of working with babies, children, young people and families with complex needs.
- Experience of delivering training, undertaking audits and producing reports.
- The ability to communicate complex information clearly and effectively with a wide range of audiences.
- Knowledge of safeguarding legislation, guidance and multi-agency working.
Closing date: 1st November 2026
Interviews: 9th November 2026
Interested in Learning More Before You Apply?
At EACH, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone and actively encourage applicants to ask questions, request reasonable adjustments or have an informal discussion before submitting an application.
If you’d like to find out more or make a request, please contact the Recruitment Team by email hrinbox@each.org.uk or phone 07349 129811.
More information
The benefits
Free onsite parking
NHS pension - continuation if already contributing
Enhanced holiday plus holiday purchase scheme
Employee Assistance programme
Role specific training and development opportunities
Employer pension scheme (up to 7% employer contribution) inc. life assurance cover
Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
Employee health cash plan
The organisation
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ensures the best possible quality of life and makes every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family.
In 2020, all three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission.
Our people are central to our success. We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in Care, Fundraising, Retail, Facilities, IT, Finance, Marketing & Communications and Human Resources.
We’re over 440 employees strong, with a team of more than 2,000 volunteers across the organisation including over 50 shops and a Retail Distribution Centre.
Diversity statement
At EACH we believe in fostering a workplace where every individual feels valued and respected. We are committed to building a culture of inclusion where differences are embraced. We are actively seeking talent from all walks of life, recognising that diversity drives innovation, creativity and success.
Join us on a journey to create a more inclusive workplace, where everyone has equal opportunities to grow, contribute and succeed. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds to apply for opportunities at EACH and adjustments will be made to facilitate the application and selection process.
Please note:
EACH reserves the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a sufficient number of applications.
This post is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check prior to appointment.
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group.
EACH has a legal responsibility to ensure that its employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to verification that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.
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