Board member - safeguarding

We are looking for someone with significant experience in safeguarding adults to join our board as Safeguarding Lead. Our team provides energy advice home visits, which involves unsupervised contact with people who may be vulnerable. We would like to strengthen our safeguarding expertise at board level to ensure our policies and procedures are adequate, and to enable us to respond effectively if issues arise.

You should have significant experience in safeguarding, either in a professional capacity or from another voluntary role.

Board members are collectively responsible for setting the organisation’s strategic direction and ensuring it meets its statutory obligations as a community interest company. As a Director of the company, you will be bound by the duties set out in the Companies Act 2006. You will be expected to attend quarterly board meetings. These last around two hours and are typically held online, though some may be held in person in Norwich.

In addition to your general responsibilities as a member of the Board, you will:

• Work with the Executive Director to review strategic plans and address any safeguarding considerations.
• Ensure the organisation’s safeguarding policies and procedures are reviewed annually and in line with any changes to legislation.
• Support the Executive Director to ensure staff have appropriate training and awareness of safeguarding.
• Support the Executive Director to raise safeguarding concerns where necessary
• Work with the Executive Director to respond to any safeguarding allegations against staff or volunteers.
• Be a point of contact for staff or volunteers if someone needs advice or wishes to raise a complaint about safeguarding.
• Keep your own knowledge of safeguarding up to date.

The time commitment associated with this role is approximately 6 hours a month. However, significant additional work may occasionally be required at short notice if an urgent safeguarding issue arises.