Assistant Designated Safeguarding Lead and Family Support Worker

Holywell School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK43 0JA

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  16 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,880.00 - £28,561.00 Annually (Actual) The salary includes an acting up allowance of £1750 p.a

Assistant Designated Safeguarding Lead and Family Support Worker job summary

Assistant Designated Safeguarding Lead / Family Support Worker

NJC Scale 4A points 11-15 (£25,130 - £28,561 Actual p.a.) plus an acting up allowance of £1750 p.a.

Working hours will be 37hrs per week: Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 4.30pm, Friday 8.30am to 4pm, Term time only plus 1 week to be worked during the holidays as required (inc. 5 training days)

This is an exciting opportunity to join the school at this time of transition. You will be part of our existing ‘Safeguarding and Wellbeing’ Team working alongside a student support assistant and the Deputy Headteacher in charge of Safeguarding. In addition to responsibilities as assistant designated safeguarding lead, the post will entail working with families who need support in order to ensure students are in school, healthy and thriving. You will deputise for the DSL in their absence. We hope that the person appointed will bring with them experience and ideas for setting up parent networks, forums and partnerships.

Please see the attached letter of introduction, job description and person specification for more details about the role. Visits to the school are welcomed, please contact Romana Tomei at rtomei@holywellschool.co.uk to arrange an appointment.

Applications must be submitted via MyNewTerm by the closing date of Monday 16th March 2026 (Noon). Interviews will be held on Wednesday 18th March 2026.

Holywell School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment.

The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; medical fitness; identity and right to work.

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children’s welfare. We also have a sincere commitment to equal opportunity and to the celebration of diversity, including in our staff recruitment. We welcome applications from all sections of our community very warmly, and we recognise the huge strength and opportunity that comes from diversity in all aspects of our make-up. We will need to obtain references in advance of interview for any candidate short- listed, and all job offers are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Holywell School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 9 to 13
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 711 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 13
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Holywell School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/holywell-school

Holywell School is a caring, distinctively Christian, community-focussed Church of England School. We aim to continue the historic tradition of Church of England Schools by providing a Christian Values-inspired education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice. As a school, we are a loving, supportive community with high aspirations for all. We promote inclusion, we are proud to belong and we value each individual. We look after each other, believe in second chances and aim to be the best we can be so we can serve and support the common good.

Our vision is to ‘Live life in all its fullness’. We aim to be an outstanding Christian learning community where everyone is valued as a unique individual and where everyone feels safe. We will aim to be the best we can possibly be, to treat others as we wish to be treated and to make a positive difference to our community and beyond. We strive to be peaceful problem-solvers with open minds and hearts, living God’s love and being kind.

We are a popular and oversubscribed school of 700 students. 2021-2022 will see our final year of expansion. Although situated in the Local Authority of Central Bedfordshire, we straddle the border and have half of our population from Bedford Borough schools. Students are largely drawn from the two villages of Cranfield and Wootton. There is an increasing number of ‘out-of-catchment’ students who are applying to the school because of its good reputation. As part of Central Bedfordshire’s ‘Schools for the Future’ development programme, we are currently exploring a long-term plan to evolve into an 11-16 secondary school.

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