National Safeguarding Team Caseworker
Post Introduction
ARE YOU THE ONE? ARE YOU THE NATIONAL SAFEGUARDING TEAM CASEWORKER WE ARE LOOKING FOR?
About the Role
Your role as the National Safeguarding Team Caseworker will involve taking on day-to-day investigative tasks and management of cases that relate to Bishops/Deans and other high-profile people. This will include chairing Core Groups, interviewing survivors, witnesses and respondents and accurately recording this information. The reviewing of documentary evidence and the writing of investigation reports, whilst attending and contributing to core group meetings.
Responsibilities
- Casework management in line with our safeguarding policies and practice guidance with a view to responding well within a diocesan, provincial or national context.
- Coordination of casework across the national safeguarding team. This includes commissioning and /or undertaking risk assessments and case reviews where appropriate.
- To be trauma-informed when engaging with survivors of abuse ensuring that they receive a timely and professional response from the Church.
- To ensure that robust information-sharing, case management and recording are kept up to date.
- Handling safeguarding enquiries and referrals and responding to complaints made to the NST about safeguarding practices.
Key role requirements.
- We are hiring for a permanent role and a 12-month fixed-term contract. Please include your preference within your application form.
- A basic DBS check will be required as part of our pre-employment checks.
- The post-holder will be based in London, with the expectation to be working from Church House 1 day per week. Some flexible working is required e.g. travelling around the province and working weekends. In addition, there is some scope for flexible working at home subject to negotiation.
Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and person specification.
About You
The Church of England is for everyone and we want to reflect the diversity of the community the Church serves across the whole country. Therefore, while of course, we welcome all applications from interested and suitably experienced people, we would particularly welcome applicants from UK Minoritised Ethnicities (UKME)/Global Majority Heritage (GMH) and other under-represented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to recruiting disabled people. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
What we offer
Your Salary
- A salary of £59,248 (FTE) per annum, plus age-related pension contributions between 8-15% of salary. We will also match any pension contributions you make up to an additional 3% of your salary.
Your Benefits
- 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30 days within 5 years) plus eight bank holidays and three additional days.
- We welcome all flexible working arrangement requests. This is looked at in a case-by-case scenario and if this fits within the department’s needs. We try to be as flexible as we can in your work pattern to support you with other commitments, and to give a good work-life balance.
- We offer many services and initiatives under our Family Friendly Programme, some of these include enhanced Maternity Leave initiative, Adoption leave, Paternity Leave, & Shared Parental Leave. Structured induction programme and access to a range of development opportunities including apprenticeships.
- Automatic enrolment and access to Medicash (one of the UK’s leading health cash plan providers), providing you with many services including reimbursements of routine dental treatment, optical, specialist consultations, and therapy treatments. Unlimited access to virtual GP & Private prescription service and health & Stress related helplines.
- Access to Occupational Health, and an Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to the Department of Education Restaurant and Westminster Abbey with a plus-one guest.
- Apply for eligibility for an Eyecare voucher.
- Opportunity to join the Civil Service Sports & Social Club, and get involved in a range of staff networks, groups and societies.
ABOUT NATIONAL CHURCH INSTITUTIONS
The National Church Institutions comprises a wide variety of teams, professions and functions that support the mission and ministries of the Church of England in its vision to be a church, centred on Jesus Christ, for the whole nation - a church that is simpler, humbler, bolder.
We Include. You Belong.
Our Belonging and Inclusion Strategy aims for everyone in the National Church Institutions (NCIs) to feel that they belong, and are valued for who they are and what they contribute. Together, our people contribute in different ways towards our common purpose, whichever NCI they work in and whatever their background.
Living out our values in all that we do, we:
- Strive for Excellence
- Show Compassion
- Respect others
- Collaborate
- Act with Integrity
We believe our commitment to belonging and inclusion fuels our progress and drives us forward. The NCIs are a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and walks of life. We welcome applications from people of all faiths and of no faith. We want to encourage applications from a diverse group of people who share our values. Even if you have never thought about working for us before, if you have the skills and experience we’re looking for then we would like to hear from you.
Please note: You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for the role.
Interviews will be held in our London office location at Church House on Monday 24th March 2025.
