Designated Safeguarding and Mental Health Lead

Manor Abbey School, Stoke-on-Trent, ST2 8LG

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 August 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: £33,699.00 - £38,220.00 Annually (FTE)

Designated Safeguarding and Mental Health Lead job summary

The Management and Governing Body are looking for a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Mental Health Lead to join our school, and will take the main responsibility for protecting children and young people at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect within the school . They will act as the primary contact for safety concerns and ensure proper policies are followed. The successful candidate will manage disclosures from pupils, coordinate with outside agencies like social services or the police, and ensure that school and Trust-wide policies protect children from harm.

The successful candidate will bring experience in the field of Safeguarding, ideally within an Educational establishment or similar. For further information, please read the attached Job Description.

In return we can offer you a very supportive and dedicated team; excellent working conditions; entry to an occupational pension scheme, access to a well being service and commitment to professional development.

Manor Hall Academy trust places the highest priority on the safeguarding of children. Any appointments within the Trust will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure being obtained from the Disclosure and Barring Service. By engaging in this recruitment process, shortlisted candidates consent to an online search in line with the Keeping Children Safe in Education Statutory Guidance 2025. You will find our policies (including Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Disclosure of Criminal Conviction Here - School Policies - Manor Abbey School

If you would like to visit the school, please contact 01782 354040 and request a visit time slot. This will give candidates the opportunity to look round the school and to meet the Head- Charlotte Cartlidge.

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 Manor Abbey School

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Size: 35 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Manor Abbey School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/manor-abbey-school

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