Further help and guidance

A director of operations can have broad ranging responsibilities. The following additional resources may be helpful if you want to explore other areas more thoroughly.

• Do you have overall leadership of safeguarding in your organisation? Our guide for designated safeguarding leads gives detailed guidance on meeting these responsibilities.
• Do you also lead your organisation's HR? Check our guide on safeguarding for HR managers for advice on integrating safeguarding into your HR.
• Looking for resources dealing with lots of different specialised areas of safeguarding? Our section about embedding safeguarding in your organisation is designed for CEO’s and gives resources to share with different individuals and teams
• Working on your organisation’s reporting procedures? Use responding to safeguarding concerns which is part of our guide for designated safeguarding leads and takes you through all aspects of reporting.
• Deciding when to request Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks? Use our guide to checking staff and volunteers.
• If your organisation focuses on work with children we recommend you work through NSPCC Learning's safeguarding and child protection self-assessment tool. If the focus is working with adults then Ann Craft Trust's checklist is the place to begin. Both of these will help you make sure you understand the additional responsibilities that come from working with at risk groups.