The Safeguarding Officer role has been created to strengthen and standardise safeguarding practice across OTR BaNES’  wellbeing, counselling and early-intervention services.

The post holder will act as a safeguarding lead, providing operational oversight, audit and quality assurance, staff guidance and external liaison, and ensuring compliance with statutory safeguarding frameworks, local partnership arrangements and ICB standards.

The role will also deliver targeted wellbeing and safeguarding check-ins for young people presenting with identified risk factors, supporting early intervention, safety planning and appropriate onward referral. While not a clinical post, it requires experience and confidence in working directly with children and young people in complex or vulnerable circumstances.

This is a fixed-term post funded through ICB funding, with a clear focus on embedding sustainable safeguarding systems and practices to support longer-term organisational development.

Your attributes:

• Confident, calm and resilient when managing safeguarding concerns
• Highly organised, with a strong attention to detail and accountability
• Collaborative and relationship-focused, with the ability to work across teams and partner agencies.

Your enthusiasm, judgement and values are as important to us as your formal experience. If you feel you have transferable skills and relevant experience but do not meet every requirement listed below, we would still encourage you to apply.

For the full job description and person specification, please visit www.offtherecord-banes.co.uk/work-for-us

Working pattern and location

This role is based at our office in central Bath, close to Bath Spa train and bus stations. The post holder will be expected to travel across Bath & North East Somerset to meet colleagues, partners and service users. This role will require some evening working and occasional weekend working. Applicants must be able to travel to locations not always accessible by public transport.

How to apply

Please visit our website www.offtherecord-banes.co.uk/work-for-us to complete the online application form and the optional equal opportunities monitoring form.

The closing date for applications is at 09.00am 16th February 2026.

Interviews will take place Off the Record, Open House Centre, 20 Manvers St, Bath BA1 1JW on Wednesday 25th February 2026

Appointments will be subject to satisfactory references and an Enhanced level Criminal Records Bureau check.

For further information about the role, please contact office@offtherecord-banes.co.uk