Deputy Safeguarding Lead
Moulton School and Science College, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN3 7SD8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
June 2025
Closing date
19 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 May 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
- £32,654.00 - £36,124.00 Annually (FTE)
Deputy Safeguarding Lead job summary
MOULTON SCHOOL AND SCIENCE COLLEGE
Pound Lane, Moulton, Northampton, NN3 7SD
01604 641600
www.moultonschool.co.uk
37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Salary range Grade I Point 22 – 26 £32,654 - £36,124
Join Our Team: Make a Difference as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leader!
Are you passionate about ensuring every child feels safe, supported, and thrives?
Do you have the dedication and expertise to be a champion for safeguarding in a dynamic secondary school environment?
Moulton School and Science College is a vibrant and inclusive secondary school committed to providing an outstanding education and a nurturing environment where all students can reach their full potential. At the heart of our school community is an unwavering commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
We are seeking an exceptional and highly motivated individual to join our dedicated safeguarding team as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leader (DDSL). This is a crucial role that will work closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and other staff to embed a strong culture of safeguarding across the school.
Main duties include:
Managing referrals
Inform the DSL of safeguarding issues, especially ongoing enquiries into whether a child is at risk of harm, and police investigations
Liaise with staff on matters of safety, safeguarding, and when deciding whether to make a referral
Act as a source of support, advice and expertise for staff
Support the training, induction and development of colleagues within the remit of safeguarding.
Raise awareness of Safeguarding within the school
Ensure a current knowledge of, and provide information to parents about, the relevant local services available to parents, children and families, including those provided by education, social care, youth justice, childcare providers, the voluntary sector and others.
Manage and support breakfast club for the allocated cohort of students
Please see the Job Description for a full list of Duties and Responsibilities.
You will be expected to ensure that reasonable care is always taken for the health, safety and welfare of yourself and other persons, comply with policies and procedures relating to health and safety within the school and demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behavioural, physical, social and welfare needs.
To carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope and purpose of this job description.
We welcome potential candidates to come and look around the school. If you are interested in this, please contact Vienna Waights, HR Manager, on: vienna.waights@moultonschool.co.uk or 01604 641600.
At MSSC, we know that our staff are our most valuable resource. We want you to flourish in your professional life and that’s why we put lots of time and energy into our positive culture and approach to well-being.
It’s not just a job, it’s a career – some of the benefits we offer you:
Enthusiastic and engaged students and a culture of high aspirations.
Extensive CPD training which provides a range of tailored and bespoke CPD opportunities
Competitive salaries and pay progression
A supportive leadership team who are engaged in your professional development and success
Employee Assistance Programme (Counselling, information and support)
Generous Pension Scheme
Flexible Working Contracts
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to show this commitment. The successful applicant will be expected to undertake safeguarding checks, including a criminal record check via the Disclosure & Barring Service, the cost of which will be met by the school.
Please note, it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020), which requires you to disclose all spent convictions and cautions except those which are ‘protected’ under Police Act 1997 – Part V.
We reserve the right to withdraw the advert if sufficient applications are received before the closing date.
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 Moulton School and Science College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1411 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Moulton School and Science College website
Moulton School is a warm, welcoming and hardworking school community, striving for excellence in all that we do. We want our students to leave school having maximised their academic progress, but also with fond memories of the breadth of opportunities taken, the relationships made, and the experiences enjoyed; for example, through our flagship student leadership programme.
Situated five miles from Northampton and close to the M1, Moulton is a peaceful location with close proximity to the modern conveniences of town living .
Moulton School is built on a commitment to academic excellence and the highest of personal standards, within an environment which provides each individual with the care, support and encouragement that they need to succeed. We pride ourselves on traditional values, such as hard work and discipline, whilst preparing young people for all the challenges of life in the 21st century.
Our students are committed to their learning, and we have the highest of expectations of them, both academically, and in the character that they demonstrate as they grow and develop. Our core values and ethos statement “ASPIRE – Strive for Great Things” sets the tone, both for our expectations, and for the achievements that we are able to celebrate.
Students are encouraged to become highly motivated, independent learners and are able to learn through differentiated learning activities. This allows them to develop high levels of knowledge, skills and technological understanding. Students’ work is carefully monitored and assessed regularly and they are involved in target setting.
Our success is built on partnership and we are very fortunate in the high quality of staff who care for and guide the students through their time at Moulton challenging them at every step to become the young people that they can be.
We are, as you may imagine, very proud of our students.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT
Moulton has a talented and dedicated staff who show pride and commitment to their role. Our students benefit from their professionalism and their work in supporting students to achieve their best.
High quality teaching and high expectations are at the heart of Moulton School and all teachers will be expected to develop practice which supports the ethos, values and vision, and contributes to the overall life and work of the school.
Moulton School has strong staff development programme with a wealth of experienced staff working with teachers and support staff. To that end, we strive to create a learning environment that elicits outstanding outcomes for students.
Staff are committed to their own development, and many take part in helping others to progress. In order to support this, we run training and development sessions that take place after school.
There are also various training routes for staff to follow including.
• Training School Network Programme
• New staff and ECT induction programme in-house and as part of the SWAN network
• Year 2 Teachers’ Programme
• Middle Leaders’ Programme
• Subject Leader and Senior Leadership qualifications (NPQSL) (NPQML)
Many staff take part in regular subject specific training, and staff I specialist roles may attend external training courses run by specialists in areas such as pastoral care, First Aid, mental health and wellbeing, MAGT and challenge.
Moulton School values diversity, and has developed an Equalities Policy to ensure that everyone within the school community is treated fairly, irrespective of race, gender, disability, sexuality or age.
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