Safeguarding Officer

Northfleet Technology College, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Immediately

• Closing date

  6 October 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  22 September 2025

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: £22,575.00 - £26,566.00 Annually (Actual) £25,252-£29,717 FTE

Safeguarding Officer job summary

Safeguarding Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an inspirational candidate to join our Safeguarding Team.

If you are passionate about promoting a safe environment for children and young people, experienced in or have a keen interest in working with statutory agencies and are committed to making a difference to a child’s education - we want to hear from you!

We are seeking a Safeguarding Officer to work within our well-established Inclusion Team, who will be responsible for day to day student safeguarding, overseeing stakeholder safeguarding training and liaising with multiple organisations on individual safeguarding cases. You will be responsible for providing administrative support to the team in meeting the safeguarding needs of students.

If you are passionate about delivering a high-quality experience to children and interested in joining a strong team of specialist staff at a successful school, please apply now!

Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure and you will be working in a school where we maintain a strong safeguarding culture, where students are listened to, respected and involved in as many decisions as possible.

You will need to demonstrate a commitment to the belief that all students can achieve and learn to their full potential, whatever their challenges are.

All positions that involve working with children are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants must therefore declare all previous convictions and cautions, including those which would normally be considered ‘spent’ except those received for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules.

Candidates applying for a vacancy will be asked to complete a Self-Disclosure form on which they will be asked to disclose any relevant convictions, court orders, reprimands, warnings, or other matters which may affect an applicant’s suitability to work with children.

In order to apply for this position, please complete and submit the NTC Application Form, CVs will not be accepted.

Appointment will be subject to satisfactory recruitment & vetting checks including 2 references. Our school and all its personnel are strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. The post is subject to safeguarding checks including an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure & Barring Service and in accordance with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education (2022), NTC will undertake an online search via engines and social media platforms of publicly available information concerning all short listed candidates.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About Northfleet Technology College

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 963 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northfleet Technology College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northfleet-technology-college

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