Designated Safeguarding Lead

1 month ago


Bedford, United Kingdom Bedford Girls' School Full time

Designated Safeguarding Lead

Required from September 2023

Salary £40,000 - £45,000 FTE

Bedford Girls’ School has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced pastoral professional to join our Senior Leadership Team as Designated Safeguarding Lead.

This is an ideal role for an individual, who has extensive experience working to support young people across all aspects of safeguarding and child protection, to join an exceptional forward-thinking school which puts the welfare, happiness, and well-being of its students at the heart of its decision making.

We are looking for an empathic, highly motivated team player who is committed to championing safeguarding policies and procedures, in accordance with the guidelines outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). We require an individual who can demonstrate prior experience of working collaboratively in multi-agency scenarios on a wide range of safeguarding and child protection issues. This a newly created role and the postholder will have the opportunity to introduce innovative solutions to further strengthen the systems we have in place provide support for our students.

Located in the centre of Bedford we are an outstanding girls’ independent school comprising 980 students from the age of 7 to 18. The DSL would work in conjunction with the Deputy Head Pastoral to lead on all issues related to safeguarding and child protection.

The post is 37 hours per week, term time plus 2-3 week.

Our Application Portal can be accessed via our website:
Closing Date: 9:00am 25th June 2023

Interview Date: Week Commencing 26th June 2023

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of

attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

**Salary**: £40,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 25/06/2023



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