Head of Safeguarding, SCIE

Vijay joined SCIE in August 2023. He has a breadth of practice and policy experience having worked with children, young people, their families and adults in a range of operational and strategic services (including safeguarding boards, local authority, civil service and third sector). He is a registered social worker who has worked in England and Scotland.  Prior to joining SCIE he was Head of Safeguarding for an NHS trust where he supported the Trust in meeting its statutory obligations. Prior to that he was the strategic business manager for two safeguarding boards (children and adults). In these roles he successfully supported initiatives such as the implementation of a neglect assessment tool and a social media communications campaign targeting young people. He has in other roles been involved in developing practice guides for social workers on supporting people with dementia and a service development tool to improve support for BME disabled children. As a civil servant in Scottish government, he led the development of the GIRFEC assessment framework. He has been involved in learning and development for a number of years with a keen interest in ensuring anti discriminatory and anti-racist policy and practice.