Safeguarding Officer

Salary- Grade 6 £25,119 (pro rata approx. £22,703 per annum)- Location- The Angmering School- Address- The Angmering School, Station Road, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN16 4HH- WebsiteTelephone No- 01903 772351- Required From- as soon as possible- Contract- Permanent, Part-time, Term-time
- 34.5 hrs hours per week**Job advertisement**:

- Safeguarding Officer
- Hours: 34.5 hours per week, Monday-Thursday 8.30am - 4pm, Friday 8.30am-3.30pm, plus 2.5 hours to be worked flexibly each week during term time.
- Term time only, plus INSET days (5 days) and 2 weeks in the summer holidays.**Salary**: Permanent, Grade 6 £25,119 (pro rata approx. £22,703 per annum)
- Start date: as soon as possible
- Closing date: Monday 19th February 2024
- Interview date: week commencing 19th February 2024
- Are you experienced and enthusiastic about supporting our student’s safety and wellbeing to overcome barriers to learning? This role will be a key point of contact for safeguarding concerns, coordinating support and intervention to ensure the welfare of all students at school.
- ‘
- Staff are enthusiastic about working at the school. They are also very positive about leaders’ attention to their well-being. Leaders are considerate of staff workload.’ - Ofsted report 2022
- We can offer you:

- A supportive and strong team, which recognises the importance of staff wellbeing.
- A school that has a special support centre for students with physical and sensory needs.
- A school with good transport links.
- We are looking for:

- Someone to lead and manage safeguarding and child protection practice.
- Someone to respond in a timely manner to safeguarding concerns to ensure students are kept safe from harm.
- Someone to pro-actively work with parents / carers and other agencies through joint planning and monitoring of their arrangements for the safeguarding of children.
- Someone to work with class teachers and other agencies to secure good outcomes for children and families especially those pupils who are deemed vulnerable including those with a formal plan.
- Someone to report to the Designated Safeguarding Lead on all safeguarding concerns to ensure they retain oversight of Safeguarding within the school.
- Someone with good communication skills and the ability to provide a safe and productive working environment.
- A flexible and responsive individual.- THE ANGMERING SCHOOL, STATION ROAD, WEST SUSSEX, BN16 4HH Tel. 01903 772351 Fax 01903 850752-
- Only completion of all appropriate forms will be considered for short listing. In light of potentially high volume of applicants, you will only be contacted if successfully invited to interview.**Posted Date**:
**31 January 2024**

**Closing Date**:
**19 February 2024**

**Interview Date**:
**week commencing 19th February 2024