Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cb5-d389-7022-b06f-3274901d4e75/national-child-safeguarding-facilitator-role-education-focus pending GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # National child safeguarding facilitator role (Education focus) [Department for Education](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-for-education) Open field Estimated value £100,000 Published 8 Sept 2023 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Small contract value Valued under £135,018 including VAT, the lowest Procurement Act threshold for goods and services. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The DfE is recruiting a National Child Safeguarding Facilitator (education focus) up to 31 March 2025 to support the department and its stakeholders to strengthen multiagency safeguarding arrangements. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering the current package of children's social care reforms as set out in Stable Homes, Built on Love. This will include feeding into current child protection governance structures to provide sector expertise, supporting the delivery and implementation of reform such as updates to statutory guidance, and providing bespoke support to local safeguarding arrangements. This will be a new post to reflect the reforms focused on strengthening the role of education in early help, child protection and multi-agency safeguarding arrangements. It will include facilitating discussions with education settings and safeguarding partners on how effectively they work together. The successful candidate will explore ways to increase the engagement of education settings and disseminate good practice, providing support to safeguarding partnerships to update their strategic approaches in line with current guidance. They will also support the department to explore whether or how to make education a fourth strategic partner. ### Requirement To be effective in this role, the successful candidate must have knowledge and experience of the workings of the education sector in or outside of local government, with specific understanding of safeguarding for children and ideally local safeguarding arrangements. It would also be beneficial to have an awareness of relevant guidance and legislation and be able to use this knowledge to provide challenge, support and guidance to multi-agency leaders in local safeguarding arrangements. ### Skills The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of safeguarding in the context of the education sector and of improvement processes. They should be experienced in strategy, governance and leadership, nationally or locally. The successful candidate will be expected to work closely with the other national facilitators for health, police and local authority in supporting and challenging local areas to develop practice. The DfE plans to run this recruitment through the Educational and Children's Social Care Professionals Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). More information about how to join the DPS is available here: [contractsfinder.service.gov.uk](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/db987548-9c78-4581-ad0b-fabda89bbfec) Please ensure you add yourself as soon as possible to this DPS if you are interested. There will be a market engagement session at 1pm on Tuesday 26 September . Please contact and to add yourself to this. Read full description ## CPV classification Education and training services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/48247794-1921-4098-8739-cc165a7479f5) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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