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Assistant Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser (ADSA)
Salary £36,350.00 depending on experience
Closing date for applications: 5th January 2025
Interview date: Tuesday 21st January 2025
Hours: Full-time (36.25 hours per week)
Make a real difference – help create safe, inclusive church communities across Devon.
The Diocese of Exeter is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Safeguarding Officer to join our dynamic Diocesan Safeguarding Team. This is a meaningful opportunity to ensure churches are safe and welcoming spaces for everyone, with a particular focus on supporting vulnerable individuals.
What You’ll Do
- Lead Safeguarding Efforts: Manage safeguarding concerns and allegations of abuse against Church Officers with professionalism and care.
- Support Victims: Engage directly with victims of abuse, offering guidance and coordinating tailored support services to help them on their journey to recovery.
- Work with Perpetrators: Handle sensitive interactions with alleged perpetrators of abuse and manage convicted offenders, primarily sex offenders, to ensure their church attendance poses no risk to others.
- Provide Expert Guidance: Offer specialist advice to parishes on critical safeguarding issues such as child sexual abuse, domestic abuse, financial exploitation of adults at risk, and more.
- Collaborate Across Agencies: Contribute effectively to multi-agency meetings, working closely with Police, Probation Services, and Local Authorities to achieve safeguarding excellence.
About You
You’ll need to bring empathy, expertise and a collaborative approach to this pivotal role. The ability to manage complex cases, communicate effectively with diverse groups and maintain confidentiality is essential.
The Diocese of Exeter is currently operating a hybrid pattern of office- and home-based working; as we emerge from the pandemic, the normal place of work will be diocesan offices, combined with some home working. There is the expectation of occasional travel throughout the county of Devon, very occasionally on evenings and at weekends.
Click here to read the Role Description and the Person Specification.
Salary: £36,350.00 depending on experience
Hours: Full-time (36.25 hours per week)
Location: Diocesan offices in Exeter, with some home working and the possibility of work from a remote office in Plymouth.
Closing Date: Sunday 5 January 2025
Interview Date: Tuesday 21st January 2025
All applications will be processed through the Church of England Pathways Recruitment website.
As a Diocese, we aim to represent the rich diversity of the community we serve. We are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, differing abilities, identity and experience. We welcome all applications. Our church is for everyone and so is our workplace.
