Education Safeguarding Lead

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Newham Council Full time

**Job Description**:

- **THIS VACANCY IS FULL TIME **

**Education Safeguarding Lead**

**£48,867 - £51,903 per annum**

**Permanent**

**Full time, flexible working around core school hours**

**Hybrid role - Newham Dockside & remote working**

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**People at the Heart of Everything We Do**

Newham is a vibrant borough, proud to be home to one of the youngest and most diverse cultures in the country.

At Newham we are ambitious for our children and young people and their education. Our aim is to make Newham the best place for all to live, learn and thrive; building on our historic ethos of inclusion and putting children and families at the heart of everything we do. We’re determined and driven towards creating a centre of excellence for supporting children and young people in education where no child is left behind.

Newham has been able to build a strong reputation for collaborative working and inclusive practice within our schools. We have a total of 100 state funded schools, with almost all achieving a ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ rating from Ofsted.

Newham children need people who are:

- Child centred and care passionately about improving outcomes in education.
- Empathetic towards our families and positive in their thinking and practice.
- Driven and determined to improve the lived experienced of our children and families.
- Committed to inclusion and aware of the issues affecting children with additional needs.
- Celebrators of diversity and the future; we are one of London’s youngest and most diverse Boroughs - and proud

**We are Newham Education, Inclusion and Achievement**

**We are making a difference**

**We are recruiting.
**About the Role**

This role within the Education, Inclusion and Achievement Service will be critical in delivering high quality safeguarding support and advice to schools.

Our new Safeguarding Lead will play a pivotal role in ensuring that Newham delivers its statutory responsibilities, provide high quality safeguarding advice to schools and setting. The post holder will have responsibility for investigating and responding to Ofsted safeguarding complaints and undertaking safeguarding reviews as required.

The role will also be instrumental in supporting the Designated Safeguarding Leads Network, ensuring that learning from rapid reviews and serious case reviews is shared and support provided to schools to make changes where necessary.

Remote working will be available where possible in addition to working on site/at the office is essential for aspects of the job. We are committed to offering flexibility to staff within the remit of their roles.

To find out more please review the ***

**About you**

You will be a knowledgeable and experienced safeguarding professional, ideally having Qualified Teacher Status and leadership experience in a school or local authority setting.

You will be able to positively engage with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders in change and improvement processes and have successfully delivered large change within an education setting.

The London Borough of Newham is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please be aware that a Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) check will be required for any position with access to these groups under the provision of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

**About our offer**
- Competitive Salary
- Flexible working arrangements and the opportunity to work from home
- Smarter Working with new modern technology
- 'Newham Together' - a positive, nurturing and collaborative work environment built on trust
- Excellent transport links to the rest of the capital
- Permanent and stable senior leadership with a consistent vision
- Wellbeing service, leisure and discount benefits (Council scheme)

**How to Apply**

Please submit a CV and provide a supporting statement through our recruitment portal. The supporting statement should demonstrate how you meet the relevant requirements listed in the person specification.

**Closing date: 10/04/2023 at 23:59**

**Interviews: w/c 17/04/2023
**Additional Information**

**Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role.**

**We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload.**
- About Us
The London Borough of Newham is located only 5 miles east of London. It is well positioned with access to all major networks in London and the south east. It is well connected by public transport with, bus, tube and DLR. When the Crossrail service opens it will call at Custom House close to our council offices and also Stratford station and from there to central London. The London City Airport which serves major European cities is located at Royal Albert Dock. Newham has the youngest overall

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