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Safeguarding recruitment agency.

Hire locum, temporary, interim and permanent safeguarding specialists with Actionus. Safeguarding leads, reviewing officers and quality assurance practitioners sit across health, social care and education, and demand rises whenever caseloads or inspection pressure increase. Actionus supplies experienced safeguarding professionals for interim, contract and permanent roles.

How you can hire

Locum, temporary, interim or permanent.

Locum safeguarding specialists

Short-notice and planned locum safeguarding specialists to cover rota gaps, sickness, leave and backlogs, booked on your framework or direct engagement terms where they apply.

Temporary safeguarding specialists

Temporary safeguarding specialists for seasonal pressure, projects and fixed blocks of work, with weekly online timesheets approved by your manager.

Interim safeguarding specialists

Interim safeguarding specialists and senior leads to hold a service, cover a vacant post or deliver a change programme while you recruit permanently.

Permanent safeguarding specialists

Permanent safeguarding specialists sourced, screened and shortlisted against your brief, with interviews arranged and offers managed through to start.

Compliance checked before the first shift

  • •Enhanced DBS with barred list checks
  • •Right to work and identity verification
  • •References covering recent employment in care settings
  • •Safeguarding and mandatory training evidence

Settings we supply

  • •Local authority safeguarding teams
  • •NHS trusts
  • •Education providers
  • •Independent care providers

Specialities

Adult safeguarding, Child protection, Independent reviewing, Quality assurance, Policy and training

Questions

Hiring safeguarding specialists, answered.

How do I hire locum or temporary safeguarding specialists through Actionus?
Send us the role, location, dates and engagement type. We confirm what is achievable, shortlist compliant safeguarding specialists and book them once you approve, with hours recorded through weekly online timesheets.
Can Actionus recruit permanent and interim safeguarding specialists?
Yes. We recruit safeguarding staff on locum, temporary, interim and permanent terms, and temporary assignments can convert to permanent on agreed terms.
What checks are completed before safeguarding specialists start?
Professional registration where it applies, right to work, identity, the correct level of DBS, references and role-specific training evidence. The compliance pack is shared with you before the assignment begins.
Do you work across the whole of the UK?
Yes. Actionus recruits nationally across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and in Ireland, so you work with one agency wherever the vacancy sits.

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