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JOB-20240819-db742659

Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) - Social Care - Camden, UK 
 Daily rate: £539.96 
 Hours: Full-time or part-time options available 
 Assignment: Ongoing 
 Core hours: Typically 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday, with flexible patterns available (e.g., 8am-6pm across four days, or 9am-6pm)

Join us in Camden for an exciting opportunity as a Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO), where you will play a crucial role in safeguarding and protecting children across the borough. This position places you at the centre of managing allegations against professionals and individuals in positions of trust, ensuring that children's welfare remains the highest priority. From providing expert advice to leading multi-agency meetings, your contribution will be vital to maintaining safety and trust within the community.

<h3>Perks and benefits</h3>

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Flexible working options: Choose between full-time and part-time hours to suit your lifestyle and commitments.
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Competitive daily rate: Enjoy a highly competitive salary that reflects your expertise and responsibility.
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Professional development: Access regular training to support your continued growth in safeguarding practice.
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Work-life balance: Flexible scheduling allows you to maintain balance while exploring everything Camden has to offer.
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<h3>What you will do</h3>

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Lead and coordinate the management of allegations against individuals working with children, in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children and Camden's safeguarding procedures.
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Act as the primary point of contact for agencies, professionals, and employers regarding concerns about those in positions of trust.
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Provide timely and accurate advice on thresholds for LADO involvement and subsequent safeguarding actions.
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Receive, oversee, and record LADO referrals, ensuring sound decision-making, risk assessment, and clear documentation.
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Chair and coordinate multi-agency allegation management meetings, ensuring actions, outcomes, and follow-up arrangements are clearly agreed.
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Maintain effective working relationships with police, children's social care, HR teams, Ofsted, regulatory bodies, and employers.
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Ensure that investigations progress without delay and adhere to statutory guidance.
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Provide advice and support to organisations on safer recruitment, professional conduct, and safeguarding policy.
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Track, monitor, and review active LADO cases, ensuring compliance with statutory timescales and quality standards.
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Prepare reports, case summaries, and analysis for senior leaders, the Camden Safeguarding Children Partnership, and external inspectors.
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Sanctuary Personnel

Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)

JOB-20240819-db742659

<h2>Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) - Sickness Cover Team</h2>

Profession: Social Worker - Children's Services 
 Specialism: Safeguarding / LADO 
 Location: Coventry, UK 
 Employment Type: Part Time / Full Time 
 Contract: Ongoing 
 Pay Rate: £41.42 per hour

Step into a pivotal safeguarding position as a Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) supporting the Sickness Cover Team in Coventry. This influential role offers an excellent hourly rate of £41.42, providing the flexibility of both part-time and full-time work. You will act as a central figure in managing allegations against professionals who work with children, ensuring robust safeguarding practice in line with Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023).

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced social worker seeking a role with impact, visibility, and professional challenge-with the added benefits of ongoing locum flexibility.


<h3>What You Will Do</h3>

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Manage Allegations: Receive, assess, and progress allegations made against individuals working with children, ensuring all actions follow statutory safeguarding guidance.
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Lead Multi-Agency Coordination: Chair LADO strategy meetings, collaborating with police, HR teams, employers, and social care partners to ensure a cohesive safeguarding response.
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Case Recording &amp; Reporting: Maintain accurate and timely case records; track case progression; produce high-quality reports for senior management and external stakeholders.
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Provide Expert Safeguarding Advice: Advise partner organisations on safer recruitment, professional conduct, and risk management, supporting them in meeting statutory duties.
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Training &amp; Stakeholder Engagement: Develop and deliver safeguarding training while nurturing strong relationships with key agencies across Coventry.
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Drive Service Improvement: Contribute to service audits, policy development, and continuous improvement of local safeguarding practice.
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<h3>Perks and Benefits</h3>

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Part Time / Full Time: Flexible working arrangements that adapt to your personal and professional needs.
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Excellent Hourly Rate: Earn £41.42 per hour, providing strong financial flexibility and independence.
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Professional Development: Expand your safeguarding expertise and leadership skills in a high-impact role.
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Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) - Sickness Cover Team

JOB-20241107-791d94d2Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Education Safeguarding Advisor/Local Authority Designated Officer to work full time based in Haringey. The salary for this permanent Education Safeguarding Advisor/Local Authority Designated Officer job is up to £57,102 per annum. Main duties:<ul>
<li>To ensure that the Council’s duties under the relevant legislation are discharged in accordance with Council Policy in relation to individual service users, parents and carers. Ensuring that children are safeguarded in the community, not just those that make allegations.</li><li>To manage and oversee the allegations management process in line with safeguarding procedures contained in Working Together 2018, Keeping Children Safe in Education and other statutory guidance that relate to the identification of those at risk or in need of protection, and determine with the employer the most suitable method of intervention.</li><li>To participate in the LADO duty system that ensures cover is provided to partners and agencies during office hours.</li><li>To maintain records of work undertaken and to produce reports in accordance with established administrative policies and procedures.</li><li>To work effectively with other sections of the Service and other colleagues in other statutory and voluntary agencies in order to provide a comprehensive and appropriate service to children, young people and their families.</li><li>To liaise as necessary with representatives of other Local Authorities in respect of professional abuse issues that span council boundaries.</li><li>To assist and support agencies and employers in their practice by providing advice, guidance, coaching and training in relation to managing allegations that are made against those people who come onto contact with children in their working environment.</li><li>To assist with reviewing and developing procedures and guidance for schools and other educational settings where required.</li><li>To support effective communication and effective liaison between school and other agencies involved in safeguarding work.</li><li>To prepare reports on safeguarding practice in schools and other partner agencies for senior management and the HSCP if required.</li><li>To undertake any other temporary responsibilities aligned with the overall purpose and grade of the role.</li></ul>
Requirements of this role:<ul>
<li>Social work qualification with registration with Social Work England.</li><li>Management experience of at least 5 years.</li><li>Experience in managing social work caseloads and supervising others.</li><li>Experience of community and/or group work.</li><li>Knowledge of children’s health and social care systems, agencies, and relevant legislation.</li></ul>
Contact: This Education Safeguarding Advisor/Local Authority Designated Officer job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements. As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process. 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. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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