Safeguarding & Child Protection Assistant
Ninestiles, an Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B27 7QG17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
22 September 2025 at 5pm
Date listed
5 September 2025
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
- £34,434.00 - £41,771.00 Annually (FTE) £30,444 - £36,931 (actual salary)
Safeguarding & Child Protection Assistant job summary
Safeguarding & Child Protection Assistant
Required as soon as possible
Hours: 36.5 hours per week, term time plus one week
Salary: Grade 4 (£34,434 - £41,771). Actual pro rata salary is £30,444 - £36,93. The point on the scale will be assessed depending on experience and qualifications
Status: Permanent
Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement
Success through Endeavour
Ambition through Challenge
Strength through Diversity
As a Safeguarding and Child Protection Assistant, you will contribute to the development of safeguarding and child protection policies, training, procedures and guidance across the school. You will work with the Designated Safeguarding Leads to assist in the coordination of referrals, actions and the review of services for vulnerable children and families. You will ensure that policies, procedures, systems, structures, resources and personnel are in place to promote the welfare and protection of children, all colleagues at Ninestiles and to support vulnerable families.
We are looking for someone who:
- can demonstrate experience of working effectively with vulnerable children/young people in either education, social work, youth work or another related area of work
- has experience of working effectively with a range of professionals to promote children’s/young people’s learning and/or welfare or has significant recent experience in work with children and families in a statutory childcare agency.
- has experience of working effectively with the parents/carers of children/young people.
- has demonstrable knowledge of the principles involved in giving advice and guidance to children/young people, including the place of confidentiality.
- has knowledge of the responsibilities of agencies towards vulnerable children.
If you are looking for a new challenge we would love to hear from you.
About our Academy
The recent Ofsted report following an inspection in November 2024 concluded that Ninestiles, an Academy has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection and when we were confirmed to be an ‘Good’. Some highlights from the report confirm that our learners do well socially and academically and respect others’ differences. Our pastoral care and the support given to learners is highly effective and all staff have high expectations of what our learners can achieve. The focus of the Academy is to work with our learners to secure good qualifications as well as preparing them to be good active citizens. Our Leadership team have thought carefully about the subjects our learner’s study and are offered a wide range of subjects at Key Stage 3. This prepares them well for the choices they make at Key Stage 4. A full range of subjects are offered at Key Stage 4, matched to pupils’ interests and ability. A strength of the school is the number of trips and activities offered to pupils. There are more than 70 clubs, including sport, music, art, drama and debating.
For a full description of the role and person specification, please see the accompanying documents.
About the Trust
https://www.summitlearningtrust.org.uk/
Why work for us?
We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:
Employee assistance programme
High quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
Wellbeing advocates
Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare vouchers
Generous employer pension schemes
Excellent holiday entitlement
Closing date is 4pm on Monday 22 September 2025. It is anticipated that interviews will be held shortly after the closing date.
To Apply
Please note we do not accept CV’s.
We warmly welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and communities. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to thrive.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s Barred List check., and online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates. Our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy is available to view here. If you require the application form in a different format, please contact hr.enquiries@summitlearningtrust.org.uk.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Ninestiles, an Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1488 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ninestiles, an Academy website
The greatest strength of our school is our students who are often praised for their
creativity, musical talents, artistic performances and the respect they have for one another. Students generally understand the importance of learning, value their school and are proud to be part of it.
Ninestiles has a very reflective teaching staff body who welcome feedback from parents and students to secure the needs of all learners. The school has a wide and varied curriculum, students have access to an impressive range of sporting and extracurricular activities with well over sixty enrichment opportunities offered after school. There is a strong culture of safeguarding and staff work positively with the leadership team to ensure students are kept safe. The leadership team of Ninestiles is progressive and has the vision, drive and support to lead the school on a journey of excellence, with staff that have a passion for teaching and learning.
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