Designated Safeguarding Lead

3 weeks ago

Oakham, United Kingdom Rutland and District Schools’ Federation Full time

DESIGNATED SAFEGUARDING LEAD

Scale point 6, points 29-33 £37,747 - £41,880
(This salary is based on 37 hours per week, full-time with 31 days annual leave, plus bank holidays).

As way of contrast, a term time only salary is as follows:
37 hours x 37 weeks + 6.5 hours training day = 83.67%
£31,583 - £35,041

To start September 2024

Are you passionate about supporting vulnerable children to thrive at school?

Catmose College is very successful, recently judged outstanding by Ofsted. We offer a very broad range of academic and broader opportunities for children to thrive. We are offering a rare opportunity to join our pastoral and safeguarding team. The College is located within the beautiful market town of Oakham within Rutland but is within easy commuting distance of Corby, Leicester and Peterborough. The College offers state of the art facilities, a calm and purposeful student body and a very strong staff team who work effectively together. Our ethos is one which puts students at the heart of our work, but equally important is ensuring that our staff are well supported within both their professional and personal lives.

The safeguarding team is led by a Vice Principal who will support you in managing the day-to-day cases you will lead on. The safeguarding team is part of our broader pastoral team, called Client Services who support any student who needs help. All members of the senior team are also DSL trained. You will therefore join a team of staff with significant expertise who are well placed to offer you support as you get to know our community.

Staff are able to enjoy many additional benefits that come as part of working within the Federation. These include, amongst others:

- Vast range of staff training including a funded Master’s scheme.
- Staff laptops.
- Priority admission for children of staff to the College and Primary.
- Flexible working; part-time and a job share considered.
- A broad range of opportunities to engage in extracurricular trips and activities.
- A subsidised restaurant, refectory and orangery.
- Complimentary lunch on staff training days.
- Cycleshare scheme salary sacrifice for bike purchases.
- Free parking.
- Holidays outside of the usual term-time pattern, including a two-week autumn break and an early summer.
- Highly rated Government pension scheme.
- Tax efficient salary sacrifice scheme for electric and hybrid vehicles.

JOB PURPOSE

The Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) will work to provide effective support to the students of the Federation ensuring that their welfare is safeguarded. They will report to and work closely with the senior DSL, who is a member of the senior leadership team. The DSL will take day-to-day responsibility for safeguarding and child protection across the school. They will take part in strategy discussions and inter-agency meetings, contributing to the assessment of the safety of children.

They will advise and support other members of staff on child welfare, safeguarding and child protection matters, and liaise with relevant agencies such as the local authority and police.

DUTIES

The following list is only indicative of the role of the DSL; it is expected that the DSL will work proactively with children, families, staff and external agencies to ensure that all children in our care are safe. The overriding duty is to support the work of the Vice Principal in charge of safeguarding, to ensure that all aspects of keeping children safe in education and other relevant child protection advice and safeguarding relevant to schools is fully implemented.
- Act as a main point of contact for staff members raising safeguarding and child protection concerns and respond appropriately to any disclosures regarding the wellbeing of a student.
- Identify students who may be at risk and use the correct referral protocol to reduce these risks.
- To support students with safeguarding needs by liaising with parents, carers, social services, police, medical professionals, community safety and Channel.
- In discussion with the senior designated safeguarding lead make referrals to social services.
- Support students by providing strategies to help them to manage their emotions and general wellbeing and where appropriate, act as key worker and mentor.
- Maintain relevant records detailing student safeguarding and welfare concerns.
- Identify where student risk assessments are required and lead on writing risk assessments in partnership with staff, students and their families.
- Work with the Principal and the senior leadership team to take lead responsibility for identifying the impact that any safeguarding issues may have on the educational outcomes of students.
- Promote supportive engagement with families in the safeguarding and welfare of children, including where families may be facing challenging circumstances.
- Liaise with other key staff in school where safeguarding concerns relate to mental health or attendance and implement early intervention stra

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