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Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)

Liquid PersonnelRemote · Posted 4 months ago
Full-timeRemoteEst. 55,000 GBP
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Description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) to support its client in Herefordshire. This statutory role within the Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Service focuses on managing and coordinating allegations against individuals in positions of trust. Extensive recent LADO experience is essential to enable a swift start.
Location: Fully Remote | Contract: Initial 6 months (Full‑time, 37 hours per week).

What will your responsibilities be?

  • Allegation Management: Coordinate and manage allegations against people working with children in a paid or voluntary capacity, ensuring processes are robust, fair, and timely.
  • Advice & Guidance: Act as the primary point of contact for employers and organizations, providing expert guidance when an adult's behavior suggests they may have harmed a child or are unsuitable for their role.
  • Statutory Compliance: Ensure all actions align with the "Working Together to Safeguard Children" framework regarding people in positions of trust.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Work effectively with partner agencies and stakeholders, maintaining positive working relationships while ensuring safeguarding standards are met.
  • Risk Management: Apply advanced knowledge and skills to assess and manage risks associated with professional conduct and child safety.

Benefits:

  • Competitive Payrate
  • Hybrid working available
  • Supportive team

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have,

  • Social Work England registration and a recognized Social Work degree.
  • Extensive LADO Experience: You must already be working as a LADO or have significant, recent experience in this specific statutory role.
  • Safeguarding Expertise: Deep post-qualifying experience in children’s safeguarding and a thorough understanding of the underpinning legislation.
  • Multi-Agency Scrutiny: Proven ability to work across agencies with the confidence to provide professional scrutiny and challenge where necessary.
Working Environment & Flexibility:
  • Remote Working: This position is fully remote, offering maximum flexibility for the duration of the 6-month contract.
  • Team Support: You will work within the Safeguarding and Quality Assurance Service, contributing to a team dedicated to high-quality safeguarding practice.
  • Contract Duration: This is an initial 6-month placement with the potential for extension based on service needs.
Our Commitment:
  • Fairness & Robustness: We are committed to ensuring that all allegations are handled with a balance of fairness to the professional and a robust focus on child protection.
  • Professional Standards: We expect the highest level of professional judgment and the ability to operate independently within a complex statutory framework.

Why Liquid Personnel?

  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
  • Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
  • Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
  • “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
  • “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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