Designated Safeguarding Lead
Foundry Lane Primary School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 3JT10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
01 September 2025
Closing date
22 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 June 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
- £24,318.09 - £26,814.03 Annually (Actual) Grade D - £27,719 to £30,564 FTE
Designated Safeguarding Lead job summary
We are looking for a new Designated Safeguarding Lead to join our team. We our open to anyone who has a genuine commitment to creating a safe and supportive environment for young people in our school and the connected community.
You will work as part of the Senior Leadership Team, taking lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection and providing advice and support to DSL deputies and colleagues throughout the school.
Pay Range: Grade D - £24,318.09 - £26,814.03 Actual (40 weeks)
Actual salary dependent upon experience within the stated range
Working Hours: 37 hours, Term time only, INSET days + 1 Week (40 working weeks)
Days & Weeks: Monday - Thursday 08:00-16:00 and Friday 08:00-15:30
What skills and experience are required
You will need to have robust knowledge of safeguarding practice and experience in managing and acting on concerns. You will like children and want to work in a genuinely diverse community. This requires enthusiasm, compassion and patience; school life is the most rewarding place to work but can also be very challenging.
This is a vital role where you will be supporting our Looked After and Previously Looked After Children and their careers. You will be liaising with their Social Workers and the Virtual School to ensure optimal outcomes. Outstanding written and verbal communication and competent IT skills are essential for this role. You will need to be happy to learn how to chair meetings and complete the required paperwork. In addition, you will be a part of the Safeguarding Team, assisting a range of pupils in need of additional wellbeing support. If you feel you have the skills for this role then we would love to hear from you.
What we can offer
We offer a positive and supportive workplace with an exceptionally supportive and open-minded staff body.
Benefits of working for our Trust include: -
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Access to the staff benefits programme which includes the ‘cycle to work’ scheme
- Focus on staff wellbeing, including 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, free flu vaccination and eye care vouchers.
- Hot and cold drink refreshments.
- Discounted lunches from our excellent in house kitchen
Foundry Lane Primary School is thriving. There is a culture of collaboration, support and encouragement. The school is built upon a strong set of values, and our motto is “Working Together”.
For a deeper understanding of our school, its ethos, and values, we invite you to visit our website to get a genuine sense of life with us. Don't hesitate - apply today!
Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to interview exceptional applicants before the closing date.
The Gateway Trust is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service.
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 Foundry Lane Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 630 pupils
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Foundry Lane Primary School website
School location
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