Deputy Dsl and Wellbeing

**JOB TITLE**:Designated Safeguarding and Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead

**SCHOOL**:Longdendale High School

**RESPONSIBLE TO**:Deputy Head Inclusion

**GRADE**:NJC Grade H

**HOURS**:36Hours per week - TTO Plus 10 days

**Responsibilities and Key duties**
- Support the Head of School and Deputy Headteacher for Inclusion in ensuring that Safeguarding culture and practices are robust and both support and promote the welfare of all students
- To deputise for the Designated Safeguarding lead in their absence.
- Act as a champion of the school’s safeguarding policy and procedures by supporting all staff in having access to and understand them.
- Contribute to the school safeguarding policy and review process
- Have strategic and operational oversight of CPOMS for the recording and tracking of matters relating to student welfare
- Engage relevant external agencies to support effectively and efficiently in response to safeguarding concerns
- Ensure the effective delivery of relevant training for staff and that effective monitoring and evaluation is on-going and responsive to emerging priorities
- Ensure that effective training is delivered to all staff in relation to safeguarding and MHWB, including through the induction process
- To work effectively as a member of the senior pastoral leadership team to ensure excellent leadership and management of the school
- Ensure that robust systems are in place to monitor, track and report all safeguarding matters and that appropriate robust actions are in place
- To lead the student and staff wellbeing and mental health strategy
- Oversight of the Inclusion Team in relation to safeguarding.
- To assist the Deputy Headteacher for Inclusion in the design, implementation and evaluation of strategies to improve student safeguarding and MHWB, both in classrooms and around the school
- To be a point of advice and expertise for the pastoral team in responding to instances of safeguarding and MHWB
- To work with the Inclusion Team to ensure that students with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties are identified so that they may be treated with equity and receive the support that they need in order to succeed.
- Be a visible, proactive presence around the school, promoting positive behaviour and ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the school
- Engage actively with parents and carers, to ensure that they are able to play a full role in supporting student welfare and positive attitudes
- linking with EWO and welfare visits
- Training and signposting support for parents
- Safeguarding audit
- Support with DSL with fluid emerging needs and linking into year groups for assemblies etc.
- Maintaining Inclusion updates, EHA overviews and reviews
- Link for LAC

**Reporting and responding to safeguarding concerns**:

- Triage referrals from staff and notify the DSL of cases that require immediate action
- Recognise how to identify signs of abuse and when to make a referral.
- Respond appropriately and promptly to disclosures or concerns relating to the well-being of a child.
- Refer allegations or cases of suspected abuse to the relevant higher-level investigating agencies, ensuring they have access to the most relevant up to date information.
- Refer cases to the police as and when necessary.
- Liaise with the DSL to inform them of any issues and ongoing investigations.
- Assist the DSL with the tracking and accurate up to date record keeping for students under Social Care, Child Protection, Looked After or Vulnerable with external agency intervention
- Ensuring that meetings are held in accordance with the regulations that are laid out by Child Protection plans and then chasing the appropriate documentation once these meetings have been completed
- Refer cases to the Channel programme where there is a radicalisation concern as required
- Be an administrator along with the DSL for CPOMS and staff online training delivery and organise the setting of passwords, queries and audits etc. Ensure renewal of above courses are completed within relevant timescales.
- Assist the DSL in creating training resources for safeguarding to be used by the staff and the students
- Supporting the Pastoral Team with home tuition including medical tuition managing the process from initial referrals, completing paperwork, providing medical evidence and liaising with parents and medical professionals.
- Assist with the distribution of information on safeguarding to staff
- Assist with the upkeep of safeguarding notice boards and displays, website and safeguarding literature
- Support staff induction and inset training in safeguarding procedures including; caretakers, cleaners, support staff and external partners.
- Offer advice to staff with regard to routine safeguarding issues and take appropriate action.
- Maintain an appropriate level of confidentiality whilst at the same time liaising with relevant professionals
- Supporting SLT and HoY and Pastoral Managers with children experiencing m