Bright Horizons
Safeguarding Consultant
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Safeguarding Consultant
Full Time / 37.50 Hours per week
Remote - Ability to travel within the UK; flexibility to work at home or from a regional office as required, with overnight stays as necessary
From Salary £doe
Closing Date: 23rd July 2026 or sooner if the right candidate is hired - all applicants need to attach a full and relevant CV to be considered
Purpose of the Role
Keeping Everyone Safe by continuously through investigation and sharing the learning which will impact on the improvement of practices, processes and behaviours that underpin a safety culture
Sets the highest standards of behaviour across the organisation in line with the HEART principles.
Why Bright Horizons?
Our support functions enable our nurseries to deliver the best possible care and education to over 10,000 children across the UK. Through this support, our nurseries can deliver excellence – with 98% of our 270+ portfolio being rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.
We’re on a mission to change the future for children, families, and the people we work with, and are committed to progressive working values like flexibility, work-life balance, and wellbeing
What We Can Offer You
- Flexible working and holiday entitlements
- Discounted childcare in one of our nurseries
- Quarterly Employee Appreciation Weeks
- Annual gala award evening
- Fantastic range of discounts on high street retailers, grocery stores, cinema tickets, holidays and more
- Wide range of wellbeing resources, supporting our teams for the ups and downs of daily life
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Development, design, deliver and evaluate safeguarding training including face to face training, webinars and Brainshark’s to embed safeguarding knowledge.
- Plan, conduct and summarise robust safeguarding investigations which meet the Safeguarding Threshold
- Support managers in preparing for ASV meetings.
- Attend relevant external safeguarding meetings such as ASV, strategy meetings etc.
- Liaise with external agencies such as the police and LADO
- Collaborative critical review of safeguarding incidents to strengthen organisational learning
- Complete Safeguarding audit visits and triangulation visit which provides settings with clear learning and measurable actions.
- Application of Coaching skills to aid DSL’s decision making
- Completing the Safeguarding data log accurately and in full
- Analysis of Quality data, Regulatory data and Safeguarding data to lead decision making as to where resource is dedicated
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Responsible For
- Cancellation of safeguarding training in exceptional circumstances
- Categorise incident thresholds to determine level of investigation required
- Providing investigation outcomes in partnership with the HR department
- Join allocated Safeguarding Ready to Respond Calls
- Support regional meetings with statistical data which promotes learning across the organisation
- Attend monthly safeguarding team meeting
- Impacting on Quality Ratings Internal and External
- Impacting positively on regulatory outcomes associated with Safeguarding notifications
- Complying with safeguarding team Service Level Agreements
Essential Experience
- Expert knowledge and understanding of safeguarding legislation and requirements
- Expert knowledge of the regulatory requirements
- Knowledge of managing ER and HR practices
- Experience of completing complex investigations robustly
Desired Experience
- Training qualification or experience of delivering training
- Coaching qualification and/or experience of coaching techniques
Qualification
- Early Years/HR qualification
Personal Attributes
- Sound judgement & objectivity
- Solution focused
- Motivate, inspire, and influence people
- Collaborative and decisive
- Analytical skills
- Resilience
- Can work individually and as part as a team
- Excellent influencer, change-maker and effective communicator (oral and in writing)
- Highly motivated and driven, achieving positive impact and meeting deadlines
- Ability to build trust and develop cohesive teams – strong empathy, clear expectations and fair-minded
- High energy and thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment - calm approach and ‘can-do’ attitude
- Encourages colleagues to realise their potential and empowers high performers
- Able to use data and numerical detail effectively to inform strategy, measure impact and drive quality
Bright Horizons is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, which will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all ages and backgrounds to apply. We will consider reasonable adjustments required by applicants.
Proud to be a Great Place to Work for 20 years.
Apply today! We look forward to receiving your application.
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At Bright Horizons, our culture is built on our commitment to Keeping Everyone Safe and providing world-class care and education, delivered by a world-class workforce. We believe our people’s potential is endless and with this in mind, we aspire to create an environment where our colleagues can thrive and accomplish the things they thought impossible.
Bright Horizons has been recognised as a Great Place to Work by our employees and the Great Place to Work Institute for the last 13 years. We care passionately about what we do, and our HEART values and principles help us support one another in the work that we do each day. These are quite literally at the HEART of our organisation’s ethos and culture as it helps us to provide a working environment that supports professionalism, growth and diversity.
We are passionate about our people’s ongoing learning and development. Our learning and leading with HEART framework supports each Bright Horizons colleague on the first steps of their leadership journey, whether that includes our 'World-Class Welcome' induction or our extensive ongoing training programme. Either way we want you to feel valued and invested in!
Celebrating in the accomplishments of our people is an essential part of our culture. We believe in the power of “thank you” and throughout the year, in ways big and small, formal and informal, we show our appreciation for employees at all levels. We have many ways to acknowledge and celebrate our people, including our very popular “employee appreciation month”. This is a chance for everyone to share their gratitude to one another, across the whole company. Whether it is a “thank you” placed on our website, a chocolate pizza, team lunch or an ice cream van visit, it is our way of showing each other we care and appreciate everything we do.
Each year, we have our annual 'Awards of Excellence' events; whether you are an award winner or cheering on a fellow team member, these formal award occasions are opportunities to come together and celebrate one another.
By creating this account you acknowledge that Bright Horizons will collect, store and process any of your personal data provided in respect of your application and employment in accordance with our Employee Privacy Notice.
https://www.brighthorizons.co.uk/statutory-information/privacy-notice-employees
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