Safeguarding Services for Local Authorities

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Ready to step in when teams are under pressure

Councils across BCP, Dorset, and the wider South Coast need experienced safeguarding support they can trust. I offer flexible short and long-term support when sickness, vacancies, or rising demand create gaps in family support or child protection teams.

Commissioners who know my work value a reliable alternative to agency cover: someone who can start quickly, hold complex situations calmly, and work alongside your social workers and managers without losing sight of the child's experience.

  • Stepping in during staff sickness, vacancies, or peak demand
  • Holding complex safeguarding cases while teams stabilise
  • Short-term cover through to longer-term flexible support
  • Coordinated multi-agency work without agency handover delays

Family support and frontline practice

Hands-on safeguarding work that complements your in-house teams and statutory processes. I work alongside your social workers and managers with calm, trauma-informed practice and a focus on the child's experience throughout.

  • Family support and direct work with children and parents
  • Interventions aligned to your team's plans and thresholds
  • Support for social workers, managers, and frontline practitioners
  • Clear recording, referrals, and communication with partners
  • Multi-agency strategy meetings and coordinated handovers with partner agencies
Illustration of a safeguarding practitioner in direct conversation with a parent and child, with a colleague alongside in a calm family support setting

Specialist support alongside your teams

Bilingual case support

Safeguarding-informed casework where culture, language, and family context shape outcomes for children and partners.

  • Casework and strategy meeting input
  • Family engagement in statutory processes
  • Coordination with legal and partner agencies

Assessment input

Input for parenting capacity, PAMS, and other assessments where bilingual expertise supports qualified practitioners.

  • Alongside social workers and assessment authors
  • Accurate capture of family context and nuance
  • Support for high-stakes decision-making

Safeguarding consultation and reflective practice

Consultation for practitioners and safeguarding leads on decision-making, risk, and resilience in demanding work.

  • Risk analysis in complex cases
  • Consultations for practitioners and leads
  • Practice-focused consultation (not formal social work supervision)

Compliance and standards

Legislative alignment

  • Working Together 2023
  • Children Act 1989/2004
  • Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE 2025)

Data and safety

  • GDPR compliant and ICO registered
  • Enhanced DBS on the Update Service
  • Professional indemnity insurance

Coverage

  • BCP Council and Dorset
  • Hampshire and surrounding councils
  • On-site and remote availability by agreement

Discuss safeguarding support for your council

15+ Years Safeguarding Experience
DSL Designated Safeguarding Lead
Bilingual Fluent Polish-English Practitioner
Enhanced DBS (Update Service)
GDPR Compliant
Fully Insured