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Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (DSA) (Fixed Term for 1 Year)
Vacancy Reference cofe/TP/47866/8999
Introduction
We are looking for someone to join our Safeguarding Team as a Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (DSA) on a 12-month fixed term contract as maternity cover.
Hours: 35 Hours
Salary: £43,824.25 - £51,279.38 (Dependent on experience)
The role of Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor is;
- To manage allegations of abuse and provide support as appropriate
- To support victims and survivors of abuse
- Progress cases to their full conclusion within the time frame stipulated by the Director of Safeguarding
- Support the triage of incoming safeguarding cases
- Collate information regarding disclosures of abuse, allegations or concerns
- Complete comprehensive risk assessments on individuals who pose a risk in the church context
- Prepare comprehensive safety plans for individuals who pose a risk in the church context
- Keep all case files up to date by accurately and consistently recording actions taken on cases using the Diocese case management system
- To actively liaise with relevant agencies, for example, police, probation services, and local authorities
- To ensure known offenders within (or returning to) the church community are appropriately managed and supported by the church
The successful candidate must;
Have extensive experience working in a safeguarding context: in a health, police, local authority or probation setting. There is flexibility in background, and we ask applicants to fully expand on this in their application when addressing their suitability for the role.
Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience of front-line child protection intervention and/or risk assessment of adult perpetrators, and application of risk assessment.
The package includes a competitive salary, flexi-time scheme, reimbursement of travelling expenses, an 8% non-contributory pension with an additional 5% matched contributions, hybrid working (50%), and 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and four customary days a year (between Christmas and New Year).
Closing Date for Applications: 17 August 2025
Interviews: 26 August 2025
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Juliette Mclellan, Head of Safeguarding Juliette.mclellan@leeds.anglican.org
A full DBS check is required for the successful candidate
Our Values
The Diocesan values, Loving, Living, Learning, are vital to the way we encourage equality, diversity and inclusion in our workplace. We aim to:
- Love God, the world and one another.
- Live in the world as it is, but, drawn by a vision of something better, we want to help individuals and communities flourish,
- Learn when we get things wrong, by listening and growing together.
The Diocese of Leeds is proud to be a Living Wage Employer.
Leeds Diocesan Board of Finance (The Board) is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and the workplace and in avoiding unlawful discrimination. Accordingly, the Board will ensure that recruitment and selection, training and development, and promotion procedures result in no job applicant or employee receiving less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, class or caste, religious belief or lack of religious belief (unless this is an occupational requirement), disability, trade union membership or non-membership, gender or sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, responsibility for dependents or being a part-time or fixed-term worker. The Board’s objective is to ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and otherwise treated solely on the basis of their relevant aptitudes, skills and abilities.
For clergy applying to this role, your Area/Suffragan Bishop must be informed of your applications at the earliest opportunity. Furthermore, you must seek a Diocesan Bishop’s Licence in order to be eligible for a new role, and please be aware that granting a licence is subject to a CCSL from your Area/Suffragan Bishop.
The Diocese of Leeds is currently unable to sponsor candidates without Right to Work in the UK. Candidates must have Right to Work in the UK to take up this role.
To download a copy of our policy for the recruitment of ex-offenders from the diocesan website, please click on the below link:
