Safeguarding Officer
Harris Lowe Academy Willesden, London, NW10 3STThis job expired on 14 January 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
14 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Term time only; actual salary £27,195.51-£28,828.59 (39 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,524-£33,417
Pay scale
- Grade 5 (Outer London)
Additional allowances
Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an Safeguarding Officer to join our dedicated academy team at Harris Lowe Academy Willesden.
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- Qualifications to degree standard or equivalent
- A clear and good understanding of safeguarding issues, theory and practice
- Sound knowledge of Microsoft software with knowledge of using a management Information system for input and export of student data Knowledge of the range of agencies that work with students and their families.
- Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
- Knowledge of many of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
- Demonstrated experience in improving attendance or managing welfare cases in an educational setting
- Experience of coordinating alternative provision or working with external providers.
- Proven track record of working with families and external agencies to address barriers to learning
- Knowledge and understanding of attendance legislation and alternative provision standards
- Awareness of barriers to attendance and engagement, particularly in disadvantaged communities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage students, families, and professionals
- Ability to manage complex caseloads and meet deadlines effectively
- Competence in data analysis and using management information systems to track attendance and provision outcomes
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
What the school offers its staff
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Further details about the role
As safeguarding officer, you will be expected to:
- Refer cases of suspected abuse to the local authority children's social care
- Support staff who make referrals to local authority children's social care
- Refer cases to the Channel programme where there is a radicalisation concern
- Support staff who make referrals to the Channel programme
- Refer cases where a crime may have been committed to the Police as required
- Prepare information to present to the Principal, Academy Governors, ALG and Ofsted
- Manage CPOMS
- Update and maintain student safeguarding files
- Attend safeguarding meetings
- Help co-ordinate the collection of information for children's services and other agencies
- Be a point of contact for issues of child protection
- Where students leave the school, ensure their child protection file is transferred securely to the new school as soon as possible and for new admissions, request files
- Ensure the staff physical intervention and pupil search log is maintained and accurate
- Help to monitor safeguarding training for all staff and specifically for Designated Persons and status of training including refresher course
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
About Harris Lowe Academy Willesden
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1121 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Harris Lowe Academy Willesden website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- info@harrislowewillesden.org.uk
- Phone number
- 020 8838 8700
Harris Lowe Academy Willesden provides an exceptional environment for academic and sporting excellence. We foster artistic creativity, wellbeing and leadership potential within a rich and diverse community.
Our core values of determination, integrity, curiosity and empathy inspire and nurture a passion for learning and success with a strong sense of inclusivity, individuality and responsibility. We use our voices purposefully as global citizens.
From its origins as the first city academy, the exceptional education we provide takes advantage of the opportunities offered by our privileged location and facilities in the most vibrant, multi-cultural city in the world. The enthusiasm, discipline and ambition of our students combined with the high expectations, outstanding teaching and creative dedication of our staff makes our vision a reality.
The foundations of achieving our vision are:
Capital Curriculum: outstanding quality and breadth of education
Capital Classroom: exceptional teachers who support students’ passion for learning with the tools for success for every individual
Capital Community: relationships, routines and recognition that lead to a sense of belonging, wellbeing, mutual respect and exemplary behaviour both within Capital and in our local community
Capital 6: post-16 excellence with a broad range of pathways, sporting academies and inspiring student leaders
Capital Arts & Sports: specialisms that embed essential skills and enable exceptional performance
Our moral purpose is to ensure our students and staff have access to the best possible futures and contribute positively to society through an outstanding careers/development programme, excellent leadership, and coaching.
Our Values
Determination
Empathy
Curiosity
Integrity
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Pastoral Support Officer - (Pupil Premium)
Rickmansworth School
Scots Hill, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 3AQ
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in London