Deputy Director of Safeguarding

2 months ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Ark Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Deputy Head of Safeguarding to join our team at Ark. As a key member of our safeguarding leadership team, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safety and well-being of our students.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide strategic and operational leadership to ensure the effective implementation of safeguarding policies and procedures across the network.
  • Support the Head of Safeguarding in developing and maintaining a culture of safeguarding excellence within the organization.
  • Collaborate with in-school safeguarding leads to ensure that all schools in the network are compliant with statutory and legal requirements.
  • Oversee the development and implementation of safeguarding policies, procedures, and protocols.
  • Conduct regular audits to ensure that safeguarding procedures are properly conducted and that schools are compliant with legal and Ofsted requirements.
  • Provide key data and insights on safeguarding across the network, including the strategic oversight of our safeguarding management platform, CPOMS.
  • Lead the DSLs as a specialist peer group, ensuring that best practice is shared and that DSLs across the network are supported in their professional development.
Requirements
  • Qualified at least to first degree level, or equivalent.
  • Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. Level 3 Safeguarding, Mental Health First Aid) with demonstrable commitment to ongoing professional development.
  • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is preferable.
  • Track record of strategic and operational senior leadership of safeguarding in a secondary school setting.
  • Knowledge of schools and a deep understanding of student needs.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of safeguarding legislation, guidance, best practice, and services for vulnerable children and young people.
  • Experience of developing safeguarding policies and skill in collaborating with colleagues at all levels to build ownership of this policy.
  • Proven track record of successfully embedding safeguarding developments into policy and practice, supported by accurate and reliable advice.
  • Effective coach and developer of others, capable of building and sustaining a community of practice.
About Ark

We're an international charity, transforming lives through education. We exist to give every young person, regardless of their background, a great education and real choices in life. In the UK, we're a network of 39 schools, educating around 30,000 pupils in areas where we can make the biggest difference and we're recognised as one of the highest achieving academy groups in the country.

You'll be joining a group of like-minded, ambitious individuals who work collaboratively and are all committed to our core mission, that every child has the potential to succeed. Having just celebrated our 20th anniversary, we are shaping our goals for the next 20 and there has never been a more exciting time to join us.

Benefits
  • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with each year of service up to 30 days after 3-years' service. This entitlement is pro rata for part-time employees. This entitlement excludes bank holidays.
  • Full office closure between Christmas and New Year.
  • Hybrid working, with currently two days a week in our state-of-the-art office in West London working alongside colleagues.
  • Regular social events, monthly free breakfast, and daily fruit.
  • A flexible approach to working with understanding and consideration for work-life balance and personal commitments.
  • As an Ark employee, you will have the opportunity to be part of the TPT (The Pension Trust) scheme, our workplace pension scheme where we make an 11% contribution; you are not required to contribute towards this scheme unless you choose to. Depending on your role, you may also be entitled to LGPS, which is a defined benefit scheme where you contribute a percentage based on how much you earn (as do we) in exchange for a guaranteed amount in your pension pot every year.
  • Access to high-quality professional learning throughout your career, offering both face-to-face sessions and a bespoke online learning platform.
  • Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers, interest-free loans available for season tickets or a bike, gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym, and free eye tests.

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