Safeguarding Administrator/ Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Longdean School, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 8JB

3 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  28 April 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,177.00 Annually (Actual) H7+fringe pro rata

Safeguarding Administrator/ Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead job summary

Safeguarding Administrator/ Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Longdean School

37 hours per week

Term-time plus INSET

Pay Scale H7

Actual annual salary: £27,177

Starting date September 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Longdean School for a Safeguarding Administrator/ Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead to support our school and staff team.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and well organised person with excellent communication and administration skills. The successful candidate will be assisting with the day-to-day tasks necessary for safeguarding and mental health provision within our school and will be the administrator for CPOMS and the Safeguarding Team. Experience working with schools would be beneficial.

Longdean School is a good school (Ofsted November 2019). We strive for excellence by teaching and preparing our young people to have confidence, to accept and respond to challenges, to have an enduring passion for learning and to become independent thinkers with respect for themselves and others.

Longdean School is proud to work within Scholars’ Education Trust.

Diversity: The Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

If you are interested in joining us at this exciting time, further details and an application pack are available from HR at HR@scholarseducationtrust.co.uk, on our website www.scholarseducationtrust.co.uk/391/current-vacancies or on 01727 734424. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: 28 April 2025

Date of Interview: TBC

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Scholars’ Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure Barring Service.

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up-to-date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.

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

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About Longdean School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1436 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Longdean School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/longdean-school

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