Safeguarding Lead
Part-Time (0.4fte – 14 hrs per week) Permanent
The Trust of St Benedict’s Abbey, Ealing, wishes to appoint a Safeguarding professional as a permanent position to continuously ensure that Ealing Abbey and its works are comprehensively assured to be safe environments for all.
The post is to be the Safeguarding lead responsible for ensuring the highest standards of safeguarding across all activities of Ealing Abbey. It is to promote an effective culture of safeguarding that protects the health and wellbeing of everyone who comes into contact with the Abbey, ensuring they can live free from harm and abuse. It is to support victim survivors, helping to bring their voices to the forefront in all our safeguarding work.
The role is to assist the Safeguarding Trustee, providing strategic leadership, policy oversight, governance, and cultural development in safeguarding. It is to ensure compliance with national legislation and the “One Church” Approach of the Catholic Church of England and Wales articulated through the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) within the safeguarding framework of the
Abbey charitable trust.
This part-time role allows for flexible working hours appropriate for fulfilling the responsibilities outlined in the job description. There is the possibility for hybrid working.
Salary of between £40-48k fte depending on experience.
Required from June 2026
To apply:
Download a job description and an application form.
These are also available on request from the monastery:
Email: info:@ealingabbey.org.uk
Telephone: 020 8194 2300 (reception)
The closing date for applications is Friday, 10th April, 11.59pm with interviews in person in April 2026.
Ealing Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All staff must adhere to the policies of the Catholic Church in England and Wales for safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults. In line with our safeguarding policy, some employees and volunteers working in specific roles at the Abbey will be subject to satisfactory clearance being obtained from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). As this work involves regulated activity with children, this appointment is subject to a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check. The check will be undertaken as part of the appointment process with the successful candidates. In the event of an offer of employment being made, we will take up references and reserve the right to validate all information entered on the application form.
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