Safeguarding Officer
Grampian Primary Academy, Derby, DE24 9LU37 days remaining to apply
Start date details
October 2024
Closing date
2 September 2024 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,119.00 - £27,803.00 Annually (FTE)
Safeguarding Officer job summary
The Safeguarding Officer will work closely with the schools designated safeguarding leads and safeguarding team, as well as all Grampian Primary Academy staff, to ensure the effective implementation of safeguarding policies and procedures across the academy.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate significant and recent experience in a safeguarding related role, including in dealing with Child Protection concerns and the safeguarding of vulnerable children. They will have a good working knowledge of relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance, including the Prevent Duty. The role will be diverse so you will need to be able to “juggle” multiple priorities.
You will provide advice, guidance and support for pupils and staff to plan and implement interventions and support where appropriate. You will also need to keep up to date with your own personal development with the safeguarding sphere so that you are confident and able to deliver safeguarding training to academy staff.
To be successful for this role you will need to have significant experience and training in managing safeguarding ideally with some educational experience. Safeguarding training and experience within social care, and wider inclusion would also be desirable.
You will need to be adaptable, hardworking and committed to safeguarding children. You will be a good communicator and able to build and sustain appropriate relationships and manage personal and professional boundaries with children and families.
Grampian Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS check.
Visits to look around the school are warmly welcomed. Appointments should be booked by telephoning the school office on (01332) 765546 or emailing: Mrs. M. Webber, School Business Manager @ mwebber@grampian.anthemtrust.uk
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.
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About Grampian Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 222 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Grampian Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
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