London Borough of Waltham Forest
Quality Assurance & Strategic Safeguarding in Education Lead
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Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary: PO6 £54,267-£57,402
Working hours per week: 36
Weeks per year: 39
Application Deadline: 29/09/2026
Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC
Reference: 2195
About Us
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven, and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair, and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression, and diversity and recruitment.
The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.
About the Role
We are looking for a qualified social worker to join our small LADO and Safeguarding in Education Team. Reporting to the Team Manager, the role will be to provide a comprehensive safeguarding service to colleagues working or volunteering in any childcare setting, including schools, pre-schools, nurseries, and any organizations making provision for children.
The role purpose is to strategically manage, develop, organize, and control a professional service area ensuring the delivery of the service meets all Council, professional, and legislative requirements.
This will include the coordination and delivery of child protection & safeguarding training to the sector and to contribute to the working of the Waltham Forest Strategic Partnerships Board and providing reporting and oversight to schools, the Local Authority, and partnership regarding safeguarding issues in schools, including an annual thematic analysis.
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Key Responsibilities
- To lead on support and address issues related to the child protection and safeguarding within schools, colleges, and other education environments.
- To work with Governors, Head Teachers, Managing Directors, Trustees, and other staff and providers of services for children, to ensure appropriate policy, procedure, and guidance is implemented.
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Qualifications and Requirements
- Qualified Children's Social Worker - minimum 3 years post qualifying experience
- Registered with Social Work England
- Enhanced DBS Certificate
- Experienced in all aspects of Safeguarding Children/Young People
- Good communicator
- Ability to produce well-written analysis based reports/audits
- Understanding of SEND
Terms and Conditions
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
- Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks
- Satisfactory declaration of interest
- This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/or vulnerable adults
- Satisfactory DBS check
- Continued professional body registration
- As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments, or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Caroline Coyston via mobile on 07770 052421 or alternatively via email at caroline.coyston@walthamforest.gov.uk.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender, and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith, and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives:
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- Promoting equality of opportunity
- Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance, and disadvantage
- Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels
- Providing fair, appropriate, accessible, and excellent Services to all
Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.
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If you are contacted by a third party claiming to represent the Council, please verify the vacancy via our official careers website before sharing any information.
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