Safeguarding Education Team Manager

As Safeguarding Education Team Manager, you'll play a key role in ensuring schools and education providers across Nottingham have the support, challenge and expertise they need to create safe environments where children can thrive. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Council's education safeguarding function, working at a strategic level with schools, academy trusts, Children's Services and safeguarding partners. You'll provide leadership on safeguarding practice, drive continuous improvement and help shape the systems, policies and partnerships that keep children safe. Leading a dedicated team, you'll build strong relationships across the education sector, provide expert advice and challenge, and respond to emerging safeguarding issues and priorities. You'll be confident influencing others, driving improvement and ensuring safeguarding remains at the heart of everything we do.

• Relevant professional qualification (QTS, Social Work or equivalent).
• Significant experience of leading education safeguarding services and practice.
• Proven track record of strategic leadership and service improvement.
• Strong partnership, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• You'll join us at a time of significant transformation and improvement across Children's and
• Education Services, giving you the opportunity to make a lasting impact on safeguarding practice across the city.
  
  Children's Social Work
Do you want to make a positive difference for the children, young people and families that you work with? If the answer is yes then Nottingham City is the place for you. In Nottingham City, we are committed to helping families secure positive change for their children and young people. We have excellent, dedicated staff and are keen to welcome new workers to join our team as we continue on a journey of service improvement, delivering consistently good services for children, young people and their families. Our commitment to our staff reflects our determination to improve our services. We firmly believe that staff need the right support to be able to do an excellent job every day. Children and families are at the heart of our practice and at the very core of our Council Plan. Social work can be challenging, which is why we place a strong emphasis on positive teamwork, ensuring you have the support around you to do your work well. Our senior leadership team care deeply about both the children we work with and the staff who support them, and are committed to helping you do your best work. Nottingham is an innovative, vibrant and fast-growing Core City, entering a new era of regeneration. It is home to two world-class universities working in partnership with Nottingham City Council and has one of the best public transport networks in the country, including an extended tram system and strong rail links. The city also offers a flourishing arts, events and music scene, excellent sports facilities and clubs, and a wide choice of restaurants and a buzzing night-time economy. Nottingham is fast becoming a highly desirable place to live and work.