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National Operational Safeguarding Lead

Employer
MTVH
Location
Derby
Salary
£40,000 to £42,750 Dependent upon location + Benefits Package
Closing date
6 Sep 2019

Job Details

About Us

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has a vision that “everyone has a home and the opportunity to live well”; that means working with partners to create sustainable and vibrant neighbourhoods where our customers want to live. With 57,000 homes and more than 120,000 residents and customers we have a real opportunity to make that vision a reality. Our people care, dare and collaborate to ensure we achieve this People Powered Living.

This role

As the National Operational Safeguarding Lead you will support the Lead Executive Safeguarding Director and the Head of Customer Risk to ensure that MTVH meets all regulatory and statutory standards in Safeguarding children and adults at risk whilst also ensuring best practice is delivered.

You will provide leadership and guidance to colleagues across the business to enable them to confidently apply safeguarding regulation and best practice to our customers. You will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of operating systems to ensure robust governance and reporting arrangements to SLT, senior management and MTVH Assurance committee/ board sub-group.

This is a national role and can be based out of either of our London, our Nottingham, Derby, or Cambridge  offices. There will be an expectation to travel to most of these main offices on a regular basis.

What you'll need to succeed

  • Experience of Housing and Care & Support environments.
  • Extensive experience of Safeguarding, Investigatory, CQC and relevant regulatory frameworks.
  • Experience of leading a team.
  • A customer-focused approach and understand the risks faced by our customers

What you'll get in return

In return, you will be exposed to the fast-paced environment where you can benefit from our comprehensive in-house training to continue developing and utilising your skill set.

We offer great benefits, in addition to generous holiday entitlement we provide:

  • life assurance with a matched contribution pension scheme
  • enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
  • salary sacrifice schemes and season ticket loans
  • eye care scheme
  • plus lots of voluntary benefits including cash back and discounts from high street names

Interview date

Tuesday 27th August 2019. Interviews will be held at our Nottingham, NG7 Office.

Our promise All employment decisions at MTVH are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy or Maternity, race or religion, sex or sexual orientation.

"We are proud to have been recognised by Disability Confident for our commitment to disabled people and those with long term health conditions by providing fair and equal opportunities for all applicants enabling them to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations."

Company

Welcome to MTVH!

Our organisation was built on a simple mission – to give people a safe, secure, and affordable home. That is as true today as it was in the 1950’s, when our founder Molly Huggins established on organisation to provide homes for Windrush migrants in London. Our core purpose I that “everyone should have a home and the chance to live well” To fulfil this vision, we work with partners to make our neighbourhoods – new and old - sustainable and vibrant places, where our customers want to live. We put people at the heart of everything we do and to guide is in every decision we make. Through managing more than 57,000 households we work at a scale that means our actions to achieve this have real impact.

We firmly believe that by serving people better every day, we will support a healthier, better cared for, and more prosperous society in the future. Like our founders before us, we will leave a lasting legacy for future generations. Our colleagues are crucial to our success in achieving this. Therefore, we are committed to investing in colleagues and creating the opportunity for them to develop. Our working environment has been designed to be one that brings out the very best in people.

We are a member of the National Housing Federation and the g15, which represents London’s 15 largest housing associations and houses one in 10 Londoners (www.g15london.org.uk).

We also offer a wide range of benefits:-

  • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
  • In addition to annual leave a 'belief day' to be taken at a time of your choosing
  • 2 paid voluntary days to support your community
  • Smarter working is the MTVH approach to future working arrangements for colleagues registered as office-based to adapt to the needs of the customer.
  • Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
  • Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs
  • Enhanced pension with matched contributions up to a maximum of 9% contribution
  • Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • 'Nudge' financial wellbeing platform
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Access to extensive on-line training        
Company info
Website
Mini-site
MTVH
Telephone
0203 535 3611
Location
2nd Floor, The Grange
100 High Street
Southgate
London
London.
N14 6PW
United Kingdom

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