Safeguarding Officer

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Application deadline

May 10, 2024 9:00 am

Department

BeSafe

Employment type

Fixed term

37 hours per week 42 weeks worked per year

Location

Telford College - Wellington, Telford

Salary

£25663.50

Reporting to

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Potential interview date

Vacancy reference

VN1052

About the role

We have an exciting Maternity Cover vacancy at Telford College for a Safeguarding Officer. In this role, you will play a key part in supporting the management of Safeguarding and Prevent initiatives across the College. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that all students feel safe, secure, and supported in their learning environment. You will help promote best practices and ensure full compliance with safeguarding legislation, contributing to a protective and inclusive atmosphere for all students. This position is vital to maintaining the College’s commitment to safeguarding and wellbeing, working alongside staff to uphold a safe and supportive educational experience. The fixed term contract will come to an end on the 6th October 2025.

Key Responsibilities

Act as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Officer, ensuring student safety and wellbeing across the College.
Support the development and implementation of the College’s Mental Health Strategy.
Manage a caseload of safeguarding concerns and referrals, responding effectively and in a timely manner.
Collaborate with Local Safeguarding Boards, external agencies, and partner organisations to ensure comprehensive support for students.
Promote a “keeping safe” culture across all areas of the College, including apprenticeships and off-site provision.
Maintain confidential and accurate records of all safeguarding disclosures and actions, ensuring compliance with GDPR.
Ensure safeguarding issues are handled with professionalism, care, and urgency.

Skills, knowledge and expertise

Qualifications and training

Educated to Level 3.
Level 2 Safeguarding qualification.
Level 2 qualification in Maths and English.

Skills and expertise

Excellent communication and presentation skills.
Good understanding of Ofsted and the Education Inspection Framework.
Understanding of safeguarding agenda and the willingness to continually increase knowledge.
Personal integrity and confidentiality.
The ability to meet demanding targets.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to process and analyse information and present it in an effective and coherent manner.

How to Apply

We look forward to receiving your application and knowing more about your qualifications, skills, personal qualities and experience that you would bring to the role and to Telford College. Please take time to review the job description.

Please complete the online application form with details of your full employment history (since leaving school, including education, employment and voluntary work) including reasons for any gaps in employment. This should also include a statement of the personal qualities and experience you believe are relevant to your suitability for the post and how this meets the job description and person specification requirements. Your application form will be re-produced in a standard format by the system (without personal identifiers) to assist us in our anonymised shortlisting process.

Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The college’s safeguarding policies are available here. Under KCSIE (keeping children safe in education) guidance the college is committed to all pre-employment safeguarding checks, including online checks and candidate history. Therefore, please note upon clicking to apply you agree for these checks to be completed.

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