Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

2 weeks ago

Lambeth, United Kingdom Harris Federation Full time

**Summary**
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, skilled and knowledgeable Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead. This is part of the next wave of staff recruitment as our Academy grows and takes on its next cohort of students in September 2023, ready for reaching full capacity by 2024.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a growing Academy, where you will be highly supported by both the Academy team and the wider Harris Federation. As the Academy grows to full capacity there is a wide range of opportunities for future career progression.

**About Us**
The vision of Harris Academy Clapham is a simple one. From our opening in September 2020, our academy is a place where **‘everything is possible’**.

The **Clapham curriculum** is designed to meet the needs, aspirations and abilities of every one of our students. Our aim is to improve their life chances and enable them to make a positive contribution to the city and world in which they live.
- Subject specific knowledge and skills come first
- Embedding and building on the basics - ensuring that every student acquires the vocabulary, literacy and numeracy skills to enable them to fully participate in society
- The curriculum must be rigorous and relevant by engaging with the best of what has been thought and said and acknowledging that knowledge is fluid and can be contested
- The curriculum must prepare for life in modern Britain and beyond, and enable Clapham students to understand their rights and fulfil their responsibilities under the Equality Act.

Through the Clapham academic, enrichment and pastoral curriculum we expect our students to develop powerful knowledge and the following values and character attributes that will enable them to achieve our vision that ‘Everything is Possible’.

**Endeavour for excellence**
- Learning to work hard and **relish challenge**.
- Learning to **never give up**.
- Learning to take **sensible risks**.
- Learning to always **strive for the best** for themselves and each other.

**Integrity and honesty**
- Always acting with **kindness**.
- Treating others the way they would like to be treated.

**Self-belief with a global view**
- Growing to have the** agency** to **achieve their ambitions** for themselves and the wider world.

Our staff are supported in their work and in developing their future careers via:

- A centralised behaviour system, with each year group supported by non-teaching pastoral leaders
- A programme of instructional coaching, supported by the Step Lab platform
- Access to a wide range of National Professional Qualifications delivered by the Institute of Teaching
- Harris Federation professional development training days and networking support.

**Main Areas of Responsibility**
As our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, you will take a key operational role in the safeguarding processes within the Academy including acting as the lead Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.

You will also oversee the Academy’s approach towards mental health and wellbeing, including:

- Directly supporting students who are at risk of, or show signs of, mental ill health;
- Overseeing mental health interventions
- Leading on how all staff support mental health and how students and parents are engaged
- Forging effective links with NHS mental health services

**Qualifications & Experience**
We would like to hear from you if you have:

- Understanding of relevant legislation and good practice within the realm of Mental Health Support Services
- To have an understanding of safeguarding in any setting
- Experience of working with young peopl
- A clear and good understanding of safeguarding issues, theory and practice, with particular regard to:

- refer cases of suspected abuse to the local authority children’s social care as required;
- support staff who make referrals to local authority children’s social care;
- refer cases to the Channel programme where there is a radicalisation concern as required;
- support staff who make referrals to the Channel programme;
- refer cases where a person is dismissed or left due to risk/harm to a child to the Disclosure and Barring Service as required; and
- refer cases where a crime may have been committed to the Police as required
- Sound knowledge of Microsoft software, with knowledge of using a management Information system for input and export of student data
- Knowledge of the range of agencies that work with students and their families. ;
- Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
- Basic knowledge of first aid; eg. Emergency first aid
- Knowledge of many of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
- Good understanding of a range of welfare issues that may be affecting students and their families

**Next Steps**

**Professional Development & Benefits**
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at it

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