Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
The Deanes, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2TD11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
13 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,528.00 - £28,312.00 Annually (Actual) Essex LG Scale 7 Points 19 - 24
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead job summary
37 hours per week. Term time plus INSET days
Working hours: 08.00 - 16.00.
Pay Range: Essex Local Government Scale 7, Points 19-24
Actual Annual Salary: £25,528 - £28,312
We are looking for a skilled and experienced person with a background in working with young people and safeguarding to join the Safeguarding team at The Deanes. Applicants should be flexible, able to work on their own initiative, under pressure and have the ability to prioritise to meet the need and demands of the role.
Your responsibilities will include taking part in strategy discussions and inter-agency meetings (Child Protection, Team around the family, and Child in Need), and contribute to the assessment of students (S17/S47). You will advise and support other members of staff on student welfare and child protection matters and liaise with relevant agencies such as the local authority, CAMHS and the police. This will involve referrals to appropriate external agencies including counselling services, CAMHS, and Youth Services.
You will need experience of supporting children and families through challenging issues, ideally within an education or children’s services background to support the students and families of our school community. However, we would also welcome applications from experienced youth/key workers who would be happy to undergo all relevant training.
A full, clean driving licence is desirable as this role will entail external visits to other schools and agencies.
For further information, please refer to the attached job description. Any queries regarding the role or the school should be directed in the first instance to eanderson@thedeanes.essex.sch.uk.
The Deanes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects its entire staff to share this commitment. All postholders working in our schools will be considered to work in Regulated Activity and will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & BarringService (DBS). In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance all shortlisted candidates may be subject to online searches that may include social media. For further information please contact HR@seeat.org
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 are not accepted.
About The Deanes
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 526 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The Deanes website (opens in new tab)
The Deanes is part of the Challenger Multi-Academy Trust, which is in an exciting period of growth with schools in Bedfordshire and Essex. The Deanes is a small secondary school where each and every one of our students can feel happy, respected and known as an individual within our safe and accepting community. We aim to create a positive and respectful environment for all members of The Deanes, with consistently high expectations and standards. Our curriculum caters for individual strengths and needs, enabling every student to make outstanding progress and provide them with extensive opportunities for personal development.
The well-being of our staff is a high priority. All staff at The Deanes have access to high quality training to further develop their teaching practice. Staff can take advantage of free gym membership and we are fortunate to have an onsite children’s nursery which may be able to accommodate your childcare needs.
The Deanes is well situated in South East Essex, with good links to public transport. We are situated within ten minutes of Benfleet and Rayleigh Rail Stations, where a 45 minute train journey will take you into London. There is also ample car parking onsite.
The Deanes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to DBS clearance.
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