Safeguarding Consultant

Full Time / 37.50 Hours per week

Remote - Ability to travel within the UK; flexibility to work at home or from a regional office as required, with overnight stays as necessary

From Salary £doe

Closing Date: 23rd July 2026 or sooner if the right candidate is hired - all applicants need to attach a full and relevant CV to be considered

Purpose of the Role:

Keeping Everyone Safe by continuously through investigation and sharing the learning which will impact on the improvement of practices, processes and behaviours that underpin a safety culture

Sets the highest standards of behaviour across the organisation in line with the HEART principles.

Why Bright Horizons?

Our support functions enable our nurseries to deliver the best possible care and education to over 10,000 children across the UK. Through this support, our nurseries can deliver excellence – with 98% of our 270+ portfolio being rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing

What We Can Offer You

• Our benefits include but are not limited to

• Flexible working and holiday entitlements

• Discounted childcare in one of our nurseries

• Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks

• Annual gala award evening

• Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more

• Wide range of wellbeing resources, supporting our teams for the ups and downs of daily life

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Development, design, deliver and evaluate safeguarding training including face to face training, webinars and Brainshark’s to embed safeguarding knowledge.

• Plan, conduct and summarise robust safeguarding investigations which meet the Safeguarding Threshold

• Support managers in preparing for ASV meetings.  

• Attend relevant external safeguarding meetings such as ASV, strategy meetings etc.

• Liaise with external agencies such as the police and LADO

• Collaborative critical review of safeguarding incidents to strengthen organisational learning 

• Complete Safeguarding audit visits and triangulation visit which provides settings with clear learning and measurable actions.

• Application of Coaching skills to aid DSL’s decision making

• Completing the Safeguarding data log accurately and in full

• Analysis of Quality data, Regulatory data and Safeguarding data to lead decision making as to where resource is dedicated

Responsible For:

• Cancellation of safeguarding training in exceptional circumstances

• Categorise incident thresholds to determine level of investigation required

• Providing investigation outcomes in partnership with the HR department

• Join allocated Safeguarding Ready to Respond Calls

• Support regional meetings with statistical data which promotes learning across the organisation

• Attend monthly safeguarding team meeting

• Impacting on Quality Ratings Internal and External positively

• Impacting positively on regulatory outcomes associated with Safeguarding notifications

• Complying with safeguarding team Service Level Agreements

Essential Experience:

• Expert knowledge and understanding of safeguarding legislation and requirements

• Expert knowledge of the regulatory requirements

• Knowledge of managing ER and HR practices

• Experience of completing complex investigations robustly

Desired Experience:

• Training qualification or experience of delivering training

• Coaching qualification and/or experience of coaching techniques

Qualification:

• Early Years/HR qualification

Personal Attributes:

• Sound judgement & objectivity

• Solution focused

• Motivate, inspire, and influence people

• Collaborative and decisive

• Analytical skills

• Resilience

• Can work individually and as part as a team

• Excellent influencer, change-maker and effective communicator (oral and in writing)

• Highly motivated and driven, achieving positive impact and meeting deadlines

• Ability to build trust and develop cohesive teams – strong empathy, clear expectations and fair-minded

• High energy and thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment - calm approach and ‘can-do’ attitude

• Encourages colleagues to realise their potential and empowers high performers

• Able to use data and numerical detail effectively to inform strategy, measure impact and drive quality

Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.

Proud to be a Great Place to Work for 20 years. Apply today!

We look forward to receiving your application.