Safeguarding Assistant
Abbot's Lea School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L25 6EEThis job expired on 25 May 2022 – see similar jobs
Closing date
25 May 2022 at 10am
Date listed
9 May 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
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- 8:30am-4.00pm (1 x 5pm finish 6 times a year) 35 hours per week term time (39 weeks) plus 10 days during school holidays
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 5 (from £22,926 to £26,840 actual salary)
Safeguarding Assistant job summary
Due to the expansion of the existing team we are recruiting for a Safeguarding Assistant. Reporting to the Safeguarding Officer and as a member of the wider safeguarding team you will support the delivery of statutory safeguarding duties and carry out multi-agency working. This may include supporting with the management of EHAT’s, making referrals into statutory services and supporting the promotion of the local Early Help Offer.
You will carry out welfare checks and home visits to students, providing relevant support, where poor or non-attendance is a concern. You will work with other professionals to improve student attendance at school.
The successful candidate will have safeguarding experience with children and young people. You will have excellent knowledge of safeguarding and the local Early Help offer. You will have an excellent standard of report writing and ability to communicate effectively with external stakeholders.
For the posts advertised, you must:
• Be able to meet key accountabilities set out in Job Description and Person Specification
• Have exceptional communication
• Have excellent organisational skills
• Relevant experience from a similar sector
• Have a child centred and empathetic approach
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.
About Abbot's Lea School
- School type
- Special school, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 271 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Abbot's Lea School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@abbotsleaschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01514281161
Abbot’s Lea School is a large and highly successful special school educating over 270 students aged 3-19, who, due to their Autism and associated learning differences, require significant specialist support to succeed academically and achieve their full potential.
The school’s mission statement is to be the International Centre of Excellence for Autism.
We ensure outstanding outcomes for all of our students through our unique Philosophy of Education – The ASD Model © which underpins our promotion of:
A – academic progress
S – specialist support
D – development of life skills
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