Recruitment Information Pack

Designated Safeguarding Lead

February 2017

41,203-43,488 per annum

Job Title: Designated Safeguarding Lead

Salary: 41,203 - 43,488 per annum

Full time, Permanent

London Head Office, with some travel

Teenage Cancer Trust: Service Development

WELCOME

Thank you for your interest in joining Teenage Cancer Trust. This pack should give you all of the information you need to help you decide whether you would like to apply for the key role of Designated Safeguarding Lead

This is an exciting time to join Teenage Cancer Trust as we have our 5-year strategic plan in place and safeguarding young people is right at the heart of this. The Designated Safeguarding Lead will play a key role in helping us to ensure that safeguarding and protecting the young people we work with is central to our organisation and that we comply with statutory requirements in training our staff and ensuring that we are observing best practice.

This is a real opportunity to use your expertise and knowledge to make sure that we maintain an excellent safeguarding strategy for the organisation that will support our strategic goals and help Teenage Cancer Trust make a difference to the lives of young people with cancer.

ABOUT TEENAGE CANCER TRUST

Teenage Cancer Trust makes sure that the 7 people who are diagnosed with cancer every day dont face it alone.

We do it by helping young people and their families deal with the many ways that cancer can affect your body, your mind and your life. We do it in partnership with the NHS and by bringing young people together so they can support each other. And we do it from the moment cancer is diagnosed until long after treatment is over.

We fund and maintain 28 units for young people aged 13-24 in NHS Principal Treatment Centres for cancer. These units are run by expert staff who understand what young people with cancer and their families need. These units are designed to feel more like a home from home than a hospital ward. They bring young people together, because talking to someone who knows what youre going through is a vital way of feeling less alone and more normal.

As well as being there for young people after diagnosis, we also spread the word about the impact of cancer on young people. We do presentation in schools, which are proven to improve young peoples knowledge of cancer warning signs and risk factors. We help medical professionals and politicians to understand why young people with cancer need specific support. And we publish a range of simple, no-nonsense information resources.

Our clinical staff are experts in teenage and young adult cancer care and highly in working with young people. They understand the unique care and support young people need to carry on being young people.

OUR CHALLENGE

Right now for every young person we reach, theres another we cant. So were expanding the way we work so that we can reach every young person with cancer by 2020.

To get there we need to raise 20m every year and we working hard with our amazing supporters to reach this target. This will allow us to expand our teams of Teenage Cancer Trust Nurses and Multi-Disciplinary Coordinators to work with NHS staff in hospitals across the UK where we dont have units.

There are lots of way that people can get involved with Teenage Cancer Trust. From making a single donation to volunteering or taking part in a challenge event, everyone can be part of helping reach every young person with cancer.

UNITS and MEDICAL STAFF

Life in a Teenage Cancer Trust unit is intended to be as close as possible to a young persons life outside. We involve young people when we plan our units, so you might walk into one and find a game of pool going on, music playing or someone chatting to friends on a webcam.

Being able to talk to people going through exactly what theyre going through makes a huge difference. Over the past 25 years Teenage Cancer Trust has built 29 units across the UK that bring young people with cancer together with loads of new friends their own age so they can support each other.

Alongside this is a medical team of teenage cancer specialists who pool knowledge to create a body of expertise thats second to none. Our Lead Nurses provide clinical care, help develop research, and ensure that standards remain as high as possible.

SUPPORT

When a young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole family needs support too. Teenage Cancer Trusts Family Support Network gives mums, dads, brothers, sisters, wives, husbands and partners the chance to meet other people who understand their situation at every stage of the cancer journey and beyond.

MEDICAL COURSES

We also fund courses for medical professionals at all levels to improve clinical knowledge and understanding about the treatment of young people with cancer.

OUR FUNDRAISING

Our income profile is different to lots of charities in that half of our annual income is delivered by the Regional Fundraising team, around a third from our sector-leading Corporate Partnerships team and other income from our Music, Events and Individual Giving activities.

Since 2008/09 we have increased our income from 8.7m to 15m.

STEPHENS STORY

Stephen was supported by Teenage Cancer Trust and received his treatment in the charitys units in Birmingham as well as attending many of the charitys peer support events. Stephen had already raised half a million pounds for Teenage Cancer Trust when his health deteriorated and he posted what he thought was his final Thumbs Up on Facebook on 22 April 2014. That post received nearly 500,000 likes and over 76,000 shares as people responded to his incredible positivity and selflessness. To date, combining online, text and postal donations with the Gift Aid total, Stephens Story has raised over 5.5million for Teenage Cancer Trust and this total continues to rise.

The money was given through nearly 340,000 donations and will be spent on four key areas of Teenage Cancer Trusts work. These include specialist cancer units, training and development for expert nursing and support staff, information services about cancer for young patients, and peer to peer support events.

OUR CULTURE

Were smaller than most people think. Despite our growth over the past few years our total staff numbers are around 150 people. This means we are small enough to make decisions quickly and seize opportunities when they arise. It makes working for Teenage Cancer Trust exciting, vibrant and dynamic but it also means that if you are someone who prefers to be given an answer rather than help create the solution, you might not enjoy how we work.

SAFEGUARDING

Teenage Cancer Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with safer recruitment practices including DBS checks where appropriate.

As a charity that supports teenagers and young adults with cancer, we have a duty to ensure that the young people who benefit from our support are not harmed in any way, and we expect all our staff to share in our commitment to safeguarding and the welfare of young people.

SERVICE DEVELOPMENT

Headed by the Deputy Director of Influencing and Engaging, the team structure is below

THE ROLE OF THE DESIGNATED SAFEGUARDING LEAD

We have been working hard to ensure our safeguarding practices reflect our commitment to working safely and confidently with young people. We have taken great strides with ere at Teenage Cancer Trust weimbedding policy and process and putting great practice in place. We now have an opportunity for someone to join our team who will be able to maintain this level of excellence whilst ensuring we comply with statutory mandate, but also someone who will help us think outside the box and ensure that we are doing all that we can to safeguard and protect young people at the many unique events that we are involved in. You will ensure that our diverse teams see managing safeguarding risk as endemic to what we do, but you will also be prepared to support and increase the confidence of our staff when working with young people, and have the skills and ability to advice with significant authority on where we need to improve.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please apply via our website https://www.teenagecancertrust.org/about-us/work-us. You will need to upload your CV and a supporting statement together as one document. Your supporting statement should explain how you think you meet the essential criteria with the person specification and should focus on the following key areas of responsibility: safeguarding experience, management experience.

Closing date24th February 2017

First interview 9th March 2017

Second Interview 15th March 2017

Job Description & Person Specification

Job Description

Job Title: Designated Safeguarding Lead

Hours: 35 per week

Type of Employment: Full time, Permanent

Dept. and Location: Services

Responsible to: Head of Quality/Deputy Director of Influencing and Engaging

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

To create, maintain and review all Teenage Cancer Trust safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures. You will possess highly specialised knowledge and experience in safeguarding children and young adults at risk, and in the development and implementation of risk management procedures pertinent to safeguarding. You will act as the De