Safeguarding Coordinator

Key Details

Salary: £31,000 - £34,500 per year

Hours: Our standard full-time roles are 37.5 hours per week. However, applications for part-time hours will be considered.

Contract term: 1-year fixed-term (with possibility of extension).

Closing date: 2nd August 2026

Interviews: Week commencing 10th August 2026

Job Overview

As Safeguarding Coordinator, you will support the Safeguarding Manager with ensuring that safeguarding is embedded throughout the Foundation, and that all participants are safe, valued and respected. You will be a passionate safeguarding professional, able to educate others, challenge appropriately and ensure that safeguarding is at the forefront of our work.

Job Description

• Promote a strong safeguarding culture within the organisation, role modelling safeguarding best practice;

• Be a visible and approachable point of contact for staff, participants and parents/carers for safeguarding concerns;

• Provide safeguarding advice to colleagues, including signposting to relevant support and oversight of cases;

• Triage safeguarding reports/concerns, giving guidance, making referrals, and liaising with parents/carers as needed;

• Train staff to increase their safeguarding knowledge;

• Provide safeguarding administration support, including administering DBS applications and completing school letters of assurance;

• Deputise for the Safeguarding Manager in their absence.

Person Specification

• Experience of working with and a passion for promoting the safety of children, young people and adults at risk;

• Knowledge of statutory safeguarding guidance, and other guidance related to best practice and outcomes for young people;

• The ability toexercise the highest standards of confidentiality, and to work sensitively with those affected by safeguarding concerns;

• The ability to identify and challenge poor practice;

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including written, verbal and presentation skills;

• The ability to visit sessions across South London, including occasional evenings, as required.

Safeguarding

We are committed to ensuring the welfare and protection of all children, young people and adults who take part in our activities, and all staff are expected to share this commitment. All successful candidates will go through safer recruitment checks (including a criminal records check) before commencing employment.

Equalities

We endorse the principle of equality and strive to ensure that all our staff and participants have a genuine and equal opportunity to participate to the full extent of their own ambitions and abilities, and can be assured of an environment in which their rights, dignity and worth are respected.

We want our staff to reflect the diversity of our local community, and we welcome applications from individuals of all age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion of belief and marriage and civil partnership.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to support your application, please just let us know.