Organisation
Swim England
Location
SportPark, Loughborough, the role will be hybrid working with the ability to work from home
Salary Range
N/A
Contract Type
Full Time
Closing Date
23 April 2023
Job Description
About The Role
We are seeking an experienced National Welfare Officer to join our team on a permanent full time basis (35 hours per week – Monday to Friday).The role will require Hybrid working between our SportPark Office in Loughborough, working from home and local club visits as required. National travel with occasional evening and weekend work will also be required.
This is an exciting opportunity working within a busy safeguarding & welfare team which sits within the wider Legal department. The purpose of the role is to support and oversee welfare investigations reported to the safeguarding team.
The role specifically involves working closely with club, county and regional welfare officers throughout the country helping them record, investigate and bring welfare complaints to a satisfactory conclusion. Club welfare officers are all volunteers, so there will be a need for some flexibility around evening work and occasional weekend cover to assist clubs where required outside of normal business hours. On occasion there may be a need to travel to a club and help with a case and / or training face to face.
Reporting to the Head of Safeguarding & Welfare, your responsiblities will include:
– On occasion taking the lead on welfare complaints and investigations, as required.
– Working with clubs, counties and regions to improve the identification of welfare complaints and the overall quality of welfare complaints
– Providing support and information to members and clubs on Swim England child safeguarding & welfare procedures and legislation, using the experience and expertise of the rest of the team
– Assisting with welfare training to Swim England teams, clubs and regions
– Supporting the implementation and communication of safeguarding & welfare plans and policies across the aquatic network
– Working directly with others to help communicate good welfare practics, procedures and training
– Inputting into the publication of Wavepower and all other welfare policies
If you are looking to wake up every day with a passion for making a difference then this could be your next role!
To find out more about the role, download the full Job Description and Person Specification document.
About You
The successful candidate must:
– Have experience in a similar role
– Have experience of working with volunteers or voluntary organisations
– Have knowledge of Welfare in Sport, in particular at community level
– Be able to identify risk in a safeguarding and welfare context
– Be able to respond appropriately to a child welfare complaint and / or disclosure, considering the circumstances, audience and situation
– Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
– Have excellent IT, literacy and numeracy skills
Previous experience of working at a similar level in organisations such as sports NGBs, local authority or charity organisations would be advantageous as is having experience of low level safeguarding investigations.
So if you feel you have the suitable skills and attributes for this position then we would like to hear from you.
Please be advised that we cannot offer visa sponsorship and that you must have right to work in the UK to apply or be considered for this role. If you are a non UK/EU National, you must have an appropriate working Visa to undertake employment. You must also be working within the UK to apply or be considered for this role, due to the public liability insurance Swim England holds.
Swim England is committed to inclusion and embracing the spirit of all equalities legislation. As a Disability Confident Employer, we actively encourage applications from disabled people. We recognise that the diversity of our workforce is not reflective of today’s society and we are currently operating a pilot scheme whereby applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds can opt into our guaranteed interview scheme. Candidates that have opted into the scheme will be guaranteed an interview provided that they have demonstrated, within their application, that they meet the essential criteria for the role. When completing the application, applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds are encouraged to ‘Opt In’ to the scheme, by ticking the box.
Where possible, Swim England will always make reasonable adjustments for accessibility to anyone who requires it. If you would like any of the documentation in a different format or would like to apply in a different way please get in touch via careers@swimming.org. All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process, in line with the Equality Act 2010. However, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.
Swim England is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kevin Suckling ,Head of Safeguarding & Welfare via kevin.suckling@swimming.org.
We are seeking an experienced National Welfare Officer to join our team on a permanent full time basis (35 hours per week – Monday to Friday).The role will require Hybrid working between our SportPark Office in Loughborough, working from home and local club visits as required. National travel with occasional evening and weekend work will also be required.
This is an exciting opportunity working within a busy safeguarding & welfare team which sits within the wider Legal department. The purpose of the role is to support and oversee welfare investigations reported to the safeguarding team.
The role specifically involves working closely with club, county and regional welfare officers throughout the country helping them record, investigate and bring welfare complaints to a satisfactory conclusion. Club welfare officers are all volunteers, so there will be a need for some flexibility around evening work and occasional weekend cover to assist clubs where required outside of normal business hours. On occasion there may be a need to travel to a club and help with a case and / or training face to face.
Reporting to the Head of Safeguarding & Welfare, your responsiblities will include:
– On occasion taking the lead on welfare complaints and investigations, as required.
– Working with clubs, counties and regions to improve the identification of welfare complaints and the overall quality of welfare complaints
– Providing support and information to members and clubs on Swim England child safeguarding & welfare procedures and legislation, using the experience and expertise of the rest of the team
– Assisting with welfare training to Swim England teams, clubs and regions
– Supporting the implementation and communication of safeguarding & welfare plans and policies across the aquatic network
– Working directly with others to help communicate good welfare practics, procedures and training
– Inputting into the publication of Wavepower and all other welfare policies
If you are looking to wake up every day with a passion for making a difference then this could be your next role!
To find out more about the role, download the full Job Description and Person Specification document.
About You
The successful candidate must:
– Have experience in a similar role
– Have experience of working with volunteers or voluntary organisations
– Have knowledge of Welfare in Sport, in particular at community level
– Be able to identify risk in a safeguarding and welfare context
– Be able to respond appropriately to a child welfare complaint and / or disclosure, considering the circumstances, audience and situation
– Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
– Have excellent IT, literacy and numeracy skills
Previous experience of working at a similar level in organisations such as sports NGBs, local authority or charity organisations would be advantageous as is having experience of low level safeguarding investigations.
So if you feel you have the suitable skills and attributes for this position then we would like to hear from you.
Please be advised that we cannot offer visa sponsorship and that you must have right to work in the UK to apply or be considered for this role. If you are a non UK/EU National, you must have an appropriate working Visa to undertake employment. You must also be working within the UK to apply or be considered for this role, due to the public liability insurance Swim England holds.
Swim England is committed to inclusion and embracing the spirit of all equalities legislation. As a Disability Confident Employer, we actively encourage applications from disabled people. We recognise that the diversity of our workforce is not reflective of today’s society and we are currently operating a pilot scheme whereby applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds can opt into our guaranteed interview scheme. Candidates that have opted into the scheme will be guaranteed an interview provided that they have demonstrated, within their application, that they meet the essential criteria for the role. When completing the application, applicants from ethnically diverse backgrounds are encouraged to ‘Opt In’ to the scheme, by ticking the box.
Where possible, Swim England will always make reasonable adjustments for accessibility to anyone who requires it. If you would like any of the documentation in a different format or would like to apply in a different way please get in touch via careers@swimming.org. All appointments will be made on merit, following a fair and transparent process, in line with the Equality Act 2010. However, the organisation may employ positive action where candidates from underrepresented groups can demonstrate their ability to perform the role equally well.
Swim England is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kevin Suckling ,Head of Safeguarding & Welfare via kevin.suckling@swimming.org.
To Apply
To register with us and apply for this role please visit our candidate portal – link below:
https://careers.swimming.org/vacancies/197/national-welfare-officer.html