Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead

Unity Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 4ES

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 April 2026

• Closing date

  2 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,756 - £31,239

Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead job summary

The role in a nutshell

We are seeking to recruit an outstanding enthusiastic and dedicated Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead to join our team.

 

The role is essential in providing support to pupils across the academy and play a role, with others, in working proactively to break down barriers to learning. This includes overseeing interventions to engage the pupils in their provisions to reduce the risk of suspensions and improving attendance. The role is also essential in planning and delivering practical support, advice and guidance to the providers and vulnerable families/pupils to reduce the risk of being referred to social care, ensuring families recognise their roles and responsibilities in the education of their children.

 

You will advise and support the providers on child welfare, safeguarding and child protection matters, and liaise with relevant agencies such as the local authority and police.

 

As a Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead, you will undertake the day-to-day monitoring and resolution of concerns raised, using face-to-face contact and the secure online reporting system CPOMS to respond to safeguarding issues raised by staff, pupils and parents/carers. Each of the alternative provision providers have a designated safeguarding lead in place. You will be readily available to support staff and pupils in each setting, and ready to hear and record their views then agree well-informed supportive measures to address their concerns.

 

You should have a knowledge of strategies to engage and motivate young people and families. You will be a natural problem solver and have experience of working closely with other external agencies, sometimes with highly confidential information and complex scenarios.

 

You will have an excellent and up-to-date knowledge of legislation and guidance on safeguarding and working with young people, including knowledge of the responsibilities of schools and other agencies. You will take part in strategy discussions and inter-agency meetings; contribute to the assessment of children; and contribute to the evaluation of support strategies and plans.

The candidate

The ideal candidate will have an excellent knowledge of Keeping Children Safe in Education, and an unrelenting commitment to children’s welfare and safety. They will be an excellent communicator: empathetic; consistent; trustworthy. The ideal candidate will be able to work independently and manage their own workload and diary. They will have proficient IT skills and be able to maintain accurate records.

We welcome applications from everyone who believes they meet the expectations of the role regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or disability. To ensure that our staff composition is representative of the communities we serve, applications from groups who are currently under-represented in education including people with disabilities and people from minority ethnic backgrounds are particularly encouraged. 

About your benefits

The position attracts an excellent remuneration package including a competitive salary, pension scheme, health assured programme with access to mental health, financial and family support (EAP) and the Cycle Scheme salary sacrifice. You will also receive Mental Health First Aid Training.

We prioritise your professional growth with annual training and development opportunities, training bursaries are available upon request

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.

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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 Unity Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 16
• School size: 230 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Unity Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/unity-academy

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