Child Protection Co-ordinator
Kingswood Parks Primary School, Hull, HU7 3JQThis job expired on 10 July 2025
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
10 July 2025 at 8am
Date listed
1 July 2025
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
- £35,235 - £37,983 FTE, £30,673 - £33,065 Actual
Child Protection Co-ordinator job summary
CHILD PROTECTION COORDINATOR
KINGSWOOD PARKS PRIMARY SCHOOL
Grade & Scale point: 8, SCP 25 - 28
Salary: £35,235 - £37,983 FTE, £30,673 - £33,065 Actual, £18.27 - £19.67/hr
Hours of work: 37 hrs/week
Contract: Permanent, Term-time + 5 days (195 days)
Start date: 1 September 2025
We have an exciting opportunity for a Child Protection Coordinator to take a lead role in promoting the culture of ongoing vigilance to protect and safeguard children across our school.
We are looking to appoint someone who is experienced, highly organised, emotionally resilient and able to prioritise a conflicting workload. You will be expected to be a team player and contribute to the development of the school’s policies and procedures in relation to the emotional needs of pupils.
Kingswood Parks Primary School is part of Humber Education Trust. The school is rated as ‘good’ by Ofsted and continually strives to improve further. The school is oversubscribed and has capacity to cater for 630 and has a 52 place Foundation 1.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
- Be the first point of contact for all child protection issues, complying with and developing policies and procedures.
- Take a lead role in managing and delivering pastoral support to pupils.
- Support the emotional, behavioural and pastoral needs of all pupils.
- Ensure comprehensive assessments of pupils to determine those in need of particular help.
- Ensure all staff understand their child protection responsibilities, developing, delivering and monitoring CP training and mentoring staff where required.
- Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers, exchanging information, and facilitating support to ensure good attendance.
- A commitment to work at all times within the policies of the Academy Trust and act within Health and Safety guidelines is mandatory.
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
- Level 4 Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent
- Experience of working with vulnerable children and supporting children with emotional and behavioural difficulties
- Experience of preparing detailed sensitive reports
- Knowledge of the range of issues that adversely affect children and families causing emotional distress
- Experience of providing in-school support and knowledge of where to access outside support
If you believe in the children in Hull, are passionate about our community and truly want to make a difference then we would love to hear from you.
AS A MEMBER OF HUMBER EDUCATION TRUST, WE OFFER:
- Commitment to securing the very best provision and outcomes for all children.
- A Trust with expertise in every area of the curriculum, both in primary and special settings, through our S2S Support Leaders and Peers network.
- Outstanding individually tailored continual professional development for staff at all levels.
- Staff who feel valued and supported in their roles.
- A caring and safe environment where we recognise the diverse needs of our community, ensuring our young people from all backgrounds thrive.
- Ethical working with mutual respect and collaboration.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role please contact Kirsty McDonald, HR Administrator at Kingswood Primary School.
Visits to our school are welcome and encouraged. Please contact the main school office to make an appointment.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please apply for this vacancy using our 'fast apply' application form and submit with an optional cover letter.
All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Early application is encouraged. We will review applications throughout the advertising period and therefore reserve the right to close the advert early should sufficient applications be received.
Closing date for completed applications: 8am, Thursday 10 July 2025
Interview date: Wednesday 16 July 2025
CONDITIONAL OFFER:
Any offer of employment to this post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure Barring Service, Children’s Barred List Check, Section 128 check where applicable, identity checks, medical clearance, proof of qualifications, satisfactory references and eligibility to work in the UK checks.
SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT:
We take very seriously our responsibility to safeguard children. This school operates a rigorous and robust recruitment process that gathers evidence about candidates’ suitability to work with children as well as their suitability for the post and has proactive safeguarding procedures in place that address inappropriate behaviour.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Humber Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
About Kingswood Parks Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 681 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kingswood Parks Primary School website
Kingswood Parks Primary School is a large primary school on the Kingswood development, north of Hull. It has places for 630 pupils aged 3-11. Kingswood Parks Primary School is an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ school and puts the relationship between school, home and the community at the heart of all that it does. The school particularly values the arts and ensure that all pupils have access to a vibrant and purposeful curriculum. Kingswood Park Primary School as a sponsored academy in September 2014 and joined Humber Education Trust in September 2020.
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