Assistant Safeguarding Officer

Halewood Academy, Knowsley, Merseyside, L26 1UU

5 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 June 2024

• Closing date

  7 May 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,269 - £27,669 (pro rata'd for TTO + 2 weeks)

Assistant Safeguarding Officer job summary

We are seeking to recruit an experienced and committed Assistant Safeguarding Officer to ensure every student in the academy continues to be safe and well supported.

We are proud of our excellent reputation for safeguarding and always strive for the highest standards of professional practice.

As a key member of the academy’s Safeguarding Team, you will work alongside the Leader of our Safeguarding Hub and the school's team of Learning Mentors and Designated Safeguarding Leads.

You will work closely with our multi agency partners within health, children’s services the police and voluntary agencies to plan, deliver and review intervention plans to support our most vulnerable young people as well as ensuring our safeguarding policy is implemented across the academy.

You will be joining the Academy at a very exciting point along its journey to excellence. In March 2022 the school was judged to be ‘Good’ for the second consecutive time by Ofsted and we have been oversubscribed for the last two years. In this report, Ofsted have highlighted the following about our school:

·        Pupils said that Halewood Academy is a caring community.

·        Leaders have high expectations of pupils’ behaviour and learning.

·        Pupils achieve well, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

The successful candidate will be pivotal in our journey to outstanding.  

You will be given full support in your career development as we believe that development of staff is a key aspect in raising standards for our students. You will benefit from visionary, inspirational and dynamic leadership and be empowered to develop your own skills with access to world-class CPD. We are committed to professional development and have a strong track record of supporting colleagues to progress in their careers.

The Wade Deacon Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory medical clearance. 

Commitment to safeguarding

Halewood Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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About Halewood Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1104 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Halewood Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/halewood-academy (opens in new tab)

Halewood Academy is a warm, welcoming, and successful 11 - 16 school at the heart of the community of Halewood. It is part of the Wade Deacon Trust. Halewood Academy was judged to be a ‘Good’ school in March 2022 by Ofsted. Visitors often tell us that their first impression of the school is of a friendly, lively and stimulating learning community. They commend the good behaviour of the pupils and their thirst for knowledge.

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