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Safeguarding and Administration Officer

The Stockwood Park Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 5PP

This job expired on 18 December 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  asap or following notice

• Closing date

  18 December 2023 at 8am

• Date listed

  11 December 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,803.00 - £30,296.00 Annually (FTE) NJC L5 15 -20 £27,803 - £30,296 (actual salary £24,755 - £26,975)

Safeguarding and Administration Officer job summary

The Shared Learning Trust – Staff Benefits

We offer a fantastic range of benefits across our trust, supporting our staff in a variety of ways. From an extensive Wellbeing package to an onsite car wash, you can be reassured that we have your best interests at heart.

Perkbox and Perkbox Medical

NPQ’s Teacher Development Trust and training courses with The National College

Staff social events, including 5 a-side football and BBQs

Reduced gym membership rates and free on-site gym

Staff recognition with reward shopping vouchers

On-site Indian head or shoulder massage

Online delivery drop off service, including Amazon

Free eye test vouchers

Onsite car wash at reduced rates

Support for all staff with an experienced licensed counsellor

Free tea and coffee plus a reusable bamboo coffee cup for new starters

Free onsite car parking at all academies

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced pension employers’ contribution and death in service payment

Dry cleaning and ironing service

Refer a friend £500 bonus scheme

Job Description

Safeguarding and admin officer

Salary: L5

Reporting to: DSL

Key purpose of the job: To provide confidential administrative and pastoral support to the Designated Safeguarding Lead. The role includes direct work with students and leading small group work, minute taking in confidential meetings, diary management, engaging and liaising with local agencies and professionals, record and file keeping and tracking staff training.

Responsible for: day-to-day support for the Designated Safeguarding Lead in order to keep students safe.

Duties can include, but not limited to:

1. Manage, plan and co-ordinate the administration of the Safeguarding Team including telephone calls, emails, filing and record keeping, scanning and uploading documents on to CPOMS, managing internal files and preparing student files for posting.

2. Co-ordination of safeguarding meetings, attend and take minutes as and when required including both internal and external meetings.

3. Primary contact for monitoring and actioning vulnerable students attendance.

4. Monitoring CPOMS including file transfers, administration to groups, reports and tagging, monitoring open cases and following up on set actions alongside including information sharing to relevant staff members as required.

5. Ensuring all safeguarding files are sent/collected and record keeping of that.

6. Oversee the safeguarding teams record, ensuring all information is current and updated at all times.

7. Collate, produce and relay data for reports as required. This will include reports and requests from professionals such as social workers and then also relaying this information at professional meetings when needed.

8. Tracking and logging students who leave role for various reasons including elective home education, in year transfers and missing in education; ensuring that relevant records are passed on to new agencies and all other information is archived.

9. Support with other interventions as required including year 6 transfers, open evenings, parent and carers evenings, new staff training, assemblies, supervising external visitors and parental information sessions.

10. Support in the organisation and preparation for the school development plan, safeguarding audits and Ofsted.

11. Producing and writing parental letters, information leaflets and safeguarding information for both distribution and the school website.

12. Track and record staff training in line with the Single Central Records database.

13. Working with other departments in the school including pastoral teams, SEND and attendance to support vulnerable students.

14. Plan and deliver small group work with selected students for specific programmes alongside also undertaking welfare checks and safety planning with identified students.

15. Liaise with parents/carers or other agencies on safeguarding issues.

16. Any other reasonable task required within the safeguarding department.

CONTRACT Full time, permanent, 37 hours per week, Term time + 1 weeks, Mon-Thu 8.30am-4.30pm & Fri 4pm

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer. The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.

Commitment to safeguarding

Advantage Schools is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.

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About The Stockwood Park Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1473 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Stockwood Park Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-stockwood-park-academy

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