Safeguarding and Welfare Support Officer
Meadowbrook College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0PG16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
28 January 2026 at 8am
Date listed
12 January 2026
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
- £33,805.00 - £356,599.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 9, points 23–26 (44 weeks £33,805 - £36,599 actual)
Safeguarding and Welfare Support Officer job summary
About this role
We have an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, professional and dedicated individual, with proven experience, to take on a brand new responsibility at the college as a Safeguarding and Welfare Support Officer at our Banbury Site. You will ensure the safety of all students on base by providing a range of interventions and support, at both individual and group level, and by building robust safeguarding processes which result in improved outcomes and opportunities for the young people and their families we work with.
You will be a talented and skilled practitioner working alongside the DSL, and other identified professionals, on our base in Banbury. You will provide the appropriate interventions to support students according to their needs and with regards to safeguarding and child protection.
This is a unique opportunity to make a substantial contribution to further improving outcomes for a significant group of vulnerable and challenging learners and to shape and develop provision across the school. You may be expected to work across all four of the academy’s sites, which are located across Oxfordshire, in order to support students you have in your caseload. You must be able to drive and have your own vehicle.
What we can offer/about our school
Meadowbrook College staff are both professional and resilient. There is a “can do” attitude that makes a real difference to the lives of our students; many of whom have become disengaged with education and lost the confidence to achieve their full potential
We offer a variety of opportunities for ongoing professional development for all staff - We are working in an ever-changing and expanding educational climate where the need for alternative provision solutions is increasing.
You will be supporting children across the age groups and working closely with other colleagues on base. Working alongside the DSL and Deputy DSLs and wider leadership team, the successful applicant will be able to have a direct impact on realising the values of the academy and supporting our most vulnerable youngsters. You will be committed to creating opportunities for our young people to feel able to access, and engage with, their learning in order to secure the best outcomes for themselves whilst at Meadowbrook College. You will be a resourceful, creative, dedicated and enthusiastic member of our team.
If you have a passion for finding solutions in the most challenging of circumstances and a clear commitment to supporting and developing the vision for Meadowbrook and the Trust, then I would love to hear from you.
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.
Please Note: The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.
If you would like to have a confidential conversation with the PA to the Headteacher about the role, prior to application, then please email lhook@meadowbrookcollege.org.uk or telephone 01865 253198.
The River Learning Trust and Meadowbrook College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Meadowbrook College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff and volunteers are also expected to promote fundamental British values. This post involves the type of work with children and young people that require applicants to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post. All cases are considered confidentially and according to the nature of the role and information disclosed. On-line searches are carried out on those shortlisted
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Meadowbrook College
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 16
- School size
- 14 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Meadowbrook College website
Located across four sites in Oxfordshire: Oxford, Banbury, Kidlington and Abingdon, we are an Alternative Provision (AP) Academy that provides full and part-time education and support to over 150 aged 5-16 students who are excluded from, or are finding it difficult to fully access, their mainstream schools.
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