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Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)

Co-op Academy Grange, Bradford, BD5 9ET

This job expired on 1 April 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  1 April 2023 at 11:24am

• Date listed

  22 February 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Permanent, 37 hours per week, TT + 15 days (3 weeks)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: SCP 38-41 (£40,620 - £43,387)

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Oversight of CPOMs and distribution of caseload to the Safeguarding team

• Attend and contribute to child protection case conferences, and similar meetings, when required to do so

• Ensure the academy’s child protection policies are known, understood and used appropriately

• Attend appropriate events organised at Trust or Hub level, and liaise as necessary with the Regional Safeguarding Lead

• Produce information required by statute, in conjunction with the Headteacher, to the Trust and Local Authority Safeguarding Board

• Provide safeguarding reports to the governing board and Academy Leadership Team on an agreed timescale and in an agreed format.

You will demonstrate;

• Appropriate DSL-level qualifications

• Experience of working as a Child Protection Officer for more than 3 years and as a Deputy-DSL

• Ability to lead, develop and manage initiatives

• Excellent organisational ability

• A commitment to personal professional development

• Willingness to partake in coaching to improve personal effectiveness.

What the school offers its staff

• Co-op staff discounts and other benefits; cycle to work, Eyecare, Flu vaccine, Rental deposit scheme and Season tickets loans

• Local pension scheme

• BUPA - Free access to a confidential 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

• Excellent opportunities for personal and career development within the Co-op Academies Trust

• Effective, supportive and dynamic leadership across Co-op Academy Grange

• A superb, school building with a flexible and creative ICT rich working environment

• Enthusiastic students who are keen to make good progress

• Welcoming, friendly, supportive, effective and efficient professional/continuing professional development

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.

This job post has expired.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

JD & Person Spec DSL.pdf - 102 KB (opens in new tab)

CAT-Recruitment-Brochure-April-2018.pdf - 6.57 MB (opens in new tab)

About Co-op Academy Grange

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1450 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Co-op Academy Grange website
• Email address: recruitmentsg@coopacademies.co.uk
• Phone number: 01274 779662
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/co-op-academy-grange

Co-op Academies Trust as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We value variety and individual differences, and aim to create a culture, environment and practices at all levels which encompass acceptance, respect and inclusion. All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles.

Co-op Academies Trust aims to provide an outstanding education for all our learners, founded on co-operative values, at the heart of the community. It is responsible for twenty-nine academies in Leeds, Wirral, Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent with the Co-op acting as the sponsor

You’ll join a talented staff team and a successful partnership of schools which is committed to raising the educational ambitions of the communities it serves. As part of the Trust, we can offer successful candidates a huge variety of opportunities for development and progression across all phases.

This is a fantastic opportunity joining a highly motivated and forward-thinking staff team and contributing to our next level of successful development. Ofsted has judged that the school has improved after much hard work from the staff and students over the past two and a half years. Co-op Academy Grange are already working hard and looking to improve on the feedback given in the recent report.

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