Deputy Safeguarding Officer
Heritage High School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 4QG17 days remaining to apply
Closing date
5 December 2025 at 4pm
Date listed
18 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,858.00 - £31,925.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 6 £28,858 - £31,925 per annum (£33,699 - £37,280 FTE)
Deputy Safeguarding Officer job summary
Grade and Salary: Grade 6 £28,858 - £31,925 per annum (£33,699 - £37,280 FTE)
Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term-time only plus INSET days)
Contract Term: Permanent
The School:
Heritage High School is a happy, safe and stimulating place to work and learn and it is our determination to continually improve that sets us apart from other schools. We believe that learning should be fun, challenging and stimulating and the quality of our people lies at the heart of achieving our goals.
The role:
We are seeking to appoint a Deputy Safeguarding Officer to join our team at Heritage High School.
This role will require you to have previous experience working as a Designated Safeguarding Lead, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead or Safeguarding Officer. The role will include liaising with social services, CAMHS and other external agencies and managing referrals to outside agencies. The role will also include working with the students and families referred by pastoral staff.
The person:
The right person for this role will show confidence and sensitivity, they must be able to effectively manage behaviour and have good knowledge of statutory safeguarding requirements.
The ideal candidate will have experience working with SEND students and ideally be DSL trained within the last 2 years. The candidate will be able to provide support to students and families and will have the ability to communicate effectively to a range of audiences through a range of methods.
Applicants must be able to attend the school in person if selected for interview.
Why join us?
There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career.
We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well motivated workforce and as such we have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees. We have removed appraisal and appraisal related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time.
We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within schools and across the Trust and we offer extensive professional learning opportunities for all employees.
We offer:
Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities.
We do not operate appraisal or appraisal related pay progression. All employees participate in our Professional Learning Scheme which supports colleagues to develop their expertise and benefit from valuable professional learning.
An array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership and extensive high street retail discounts.
Entry to a career average pension scheme.
Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust.
A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals.
Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and experience and to progress your career.
We takethe wellbeing and health of employees seriously. We have a range of support mechanisms and benefits available to employees and the Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter.
Applications must arrive by: 16:00 on Friday 05 December 2025
Interviews will be held on: Thursday 11 December 2025
It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures.
In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates and a social media check will be required as a condition of employment.
We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Heritage High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 951 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Heritage High School website
Information about Heritage High School
Heritage High School is a thriving 11-16 comprehensive school in the heart of our community. Staff at the school are committed to enabling students to push themselves towards their aspirations, and in return students are developing into increasingly mature learners and young adults. We are supported by a strong, effective and aspirational Governing Body.
The key to successful education is to ensure that teaching is consistently high quality across all curriculum areas and that learning is focused and purposeful. To make this happen we are working hard to develop effective, enquiring learners who have real aspiration and take ownership of their own learning.
We provide a core of traditional subjects from Y7 to Y11, and provide high quality guidance to all students on the next steps at post-16. Our facilities are of a high quality, boasting well equipped specialist areas housed in recently constructed buildings. Regular after school learning activities are offered together with wider enrichment opportunities, including residential visits abroad.
We are committed to providing the very best for the young people in our care.
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