Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead & Family Support Worker

Hatchell Wood Primary Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN4 6SL

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  22 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  5 June 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: £23,724.00 Annually (Actual)

Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead & Family Support Worker job summary

Responsibility for safeguarding children and child protection (including online safety) ensuring that the school is meeting its legal statutory requirements as laid out in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025.

To be responsible for liaising with local statutory children’s services and agencies and with the key local Safeguarding partners.

Taking part in discussions and inter agency meetings to contribute to the assessment of children. To manage internal and external referrals.

To provide support, advice, and guidance to other staff on child welfare, safeguarding and child protection matters.

To be the Early Help Lead and to attend/lead TAC Meetings.

As a member of staff, you also benefit from greater opportunities for professional development and promotion as we encourage movement between our academies to give you broader work experience.

The Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead & Family Support Worker should always comply with the trust’s code of conduct, safeguarding policies and practices and have:

Personal integrity and a commitment to the Nolan Principles of Public Service

A commitment to diversity, equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practices

A commitment to ensuring children learn in a safe environment

A commitment to professional development and training

An affinity with The Rose Learning Trust culture and purpose

The successful candidate will:

Be an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual who will bring a sense of energy and passion to the role with a desire to be part of an Inclusion/Safeguarding team working for the pupils, staff and school community.

Be an individual who can make an outstanding contribution to the Inclusion/Safeguarding support function for the school and maintain effective administrative systems and procedures.

Have a good level of general education in line with the attached Person Specification.

Have Experience of managing safeguarding in a school or other relevant organisation

Enjoy working with children and form good relationships with both children and adults.

We can offer in return:

A happy and welcoming community-based school where children, parents, staff and visitors feel valued for who they are.

An inclusive ethos with enthusiastic, motivated and friendly children.

A strong and welcoming leadership team which is forward thinking, collaborative with shared vision, values and ethos creating a supportive team ethos.

A supportive local governing body and Trust team who are committed to helping move the academy forward.

A Leadership team with a strong emphasis on the support and wellbeing of staff.

Wonderful pupils and parents who support the school in all that it strives to achieve.

Excellent professional development opportunities across a growing Multi Academy Trust.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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 Hatchell Wood Primary Academy

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 410 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hatchell Wood Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hatchell-wood-primary-academy

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