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Designated Safeguarding Lead
Lift Cottingley, Leeds, LS11 0HUThis job expired on 13 August 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
13 August 2024 at 8:51am
Date listed
16 July 2024
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £33024 - £35745 per annum
Designated Safeguarding Lead job summary
Salary: NJC 24 - 27 £33,024 - £35,745 Actual Salary: £28,275 - £30,608 + AET Wellbeing Cash Plan + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Additional AET Benefits
Hours of work: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Start Date: September 2024
End: Fixed term until August 2025
Cottingley Primary Academy in Leeds is a positive, nurturing and inspiring learning environment that provides a happy, caring community where everyone is encouraged and supported to achieve their goals. Our children are keen to learn, are well behaved and want to achieve their best. We are a popular school in our community and within commutable distance of Wakefield, Leeds, Bradford and close to the M1 and A1 motorways.
The role:
We are looking to appoint an inspirational, organised and ambitious Designated Safeguarding Lead to join our dedicated and enthusiastic team. The successful individual will work with the Principal to maintain an effective safeguarding culture across the school. The successful candidate will be taking the lead responsibility for all safeguarding and child protection matters arising at the school and will support all other staff in dealing with any child protection concerns that arise.
Responsibilities:
* Oversee the school's safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring they are up to date and compliant with relevant legislation;
* Act as the first point of contact for safeguarding concerns and liaise with external agencies, as needed;
* Organise and provide safeguarding training and support to all staff, ensuring they are well-informed and equipped to protect our students;
* Maintain detailed records of safeguarding concerns and actions taken;
* Work closely with the school's leadership team and external partners to develop strategies and initiatives that enhance the safety and wellbeing of our children;
* Work proactively alongside the attendance team to address any concerns;
* Attend academy health and safety meetings;
* Attend trust network meetings for your own development and information sharing;
* Support our children and families to feel safe and supported
The ideal candidate should have experience/ knowledge of:
* Dealing with highly charged and emotional situations
* Liaising with families effectively
* A record of strong support for the personal, social and emotional development of all pupils
* Successful member of a team within a school setting
* Detailed knowledge of latest Safeguarding responsibilities - Working together to safeguard children / Prevent strategy
* Detailed knowledge of Child Protection policy and processes
The role is due to commence: September 2024
Closing date: 4th August
Interview date: 20th August
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV's.
Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Academies Enterprise Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
About Lift Cottingley
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 263 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lift Cottingley website
Welcome to Lift Cottingley and thank you for your interest in our school. I am enormously proud and privileged to serve the children and families of this community as the Headteacher. Lift Cottingley is a happy, warm and nurturing environment for all within it and every member of our team is striving towards creating the outstanding school that our families deserve.
Our school is a very special learning community, filled with dedicated and talented staff, where all students, whatever their ability and background, will flourish. We work hard and care enormously about our pupils. We serve an area of high socio-economic deprivation which brings along with it many challenges, as well as massive rewards. Every day at Lift Cottingley is different and we pride ourselves on the difference that we make each day to the lives of the children we serve. If you are the type of person who is passionate about helping each and every child, has a positive outlook, shows bags of resilience in the face of challenge and wants to inspire children and young people through fun and engaging learning activities then you will fit right in as part of our team.
The staff at Lift Cottingley are our greatest resource and we will nurture and develop you throughout your career. Being part of Lift Schools means every employee at every level is able to access tailored CPD and opportunities to work across the group as they progress. Please read our staff profiles for more information on how this is happening right now for members of my team.
We warmly welcome visitors and hope that you will come and see for yourself just what we are about and whether or not working here is right for you.
Thank you for your interest in our school; we can't wait to meet you!
Kelly Bentley (Headteacher), the staff team and our governors
Our Curriculum
At Lift Cottingley we provide children with a carefully designed curriculum which is based on high quality learning experiences that prepare them both academically and socially to be the best that they can be both now and in the future.
At Lift Cottingley we teach all subjects discretely but make links between where appropriate. PSHCE permeates all that we do and links to our weekly and Rainbow Family assemblies. We also employ a counselling service in the school to support staff and children. To enrich the curriculum we use coaches, theatre groups, peripatetic music support, history and science specialists etc. We also believe that pupils benefit greatly from educational visits and each class has the opportunity to take part in at least one visit per year (with residential stays being part of the curriculum for Y6). We want our curriculum to be exciting for our pupils as we believe that the best learning comes when children are motivated and engaged.
Our Specialism and Awards
Our great science curriculum has enabled us to achieve the Space Education Quality Mark at Gold Level (2016-17).
We are proud to have gained our Primary Science Quality Mark at Silver level (2015-16).
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