Safeguarding Officer

Outwood Academy Riverside, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, TS1 2AD

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  13 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  3 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week - Term Time +15 days. Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £27,438 to £28,350

What skills and experience we're looking for

Your primary function is to manage and coordinate the academy’s response to safeguarding concerns, ensuring appropriate action is taken following disclosures and maintaining accurate, confidential documentation via CPOMS. You will be key in coordinating multi-agency approaches to child protection issues, initiating referrals to outside agencies, and serving as the lead professional for Team Around the Child meetings when appropriate.

This vital role involves direct work with children and their families to promote their potential and prevent significant harm. You will also collate and produce statistical information related to safeguarding and manage in-year admissions.

Candidates must have significant experience in safeguarding and child protection, including recent experience working with children and families in the public, private, or voluntary sectors. Essential qualifications include an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in social care/child protection/safeguarding, or the demonstrable willingness and ability to obtain it.

Required skills include the ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences, manage competing deadlines under pressure, and maintain strict confidentiality. Experience working with other agencies, such as Social Care and the NHS, is also essential. A satisfactory DBS check is mandatory.

What the school offers its staff

Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) places staff development at the heart of its strategy to deliver excellence, aiming to recruit, develop, and retain the best staff through the Outwood Institute of Education (OIE).

What will we do for you?

We offer a supportive package focusing on professional advancement, secure benefits, and work-life balance:

• Secure Pay & Pension:Competitive salary, automatic pay progression, and enrolment in the Local Government Pension Scheme.

• Training & Progression:Access to diverse CPD opportunities, including apprenticeships and vocational qualifications.

• Flexibility & Leave:Flexible family policies, enhanced occupational benefits (with no qualifying period), and 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays for non-term time staff.(Holiday for part-time staff is calculated on a pro-rata basis)

• Wellbeing & Perks:Dedicated mental well-being strategy, free on-site parking, employee discounts, and access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme.

If you are looking for a rewarding, supportive role where you can truly make an impact, we encourage you to apply now.

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

Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Outwood Academy Riverside

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 745 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: s.aslam@riverside.outwood.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/outwood-academy-riverside

Outwood Academy Riverside, founded in September 2020 through the Free Schools Programme, implements the Riverside values program for all students at the start of every academic year.

The academy is dedicated to the wide variety of students who enrol, ensuring strong routines and top-notch pastoral care for all pupils.

Located at Russell Street, Middlesbrough, Outwood Academy Riverside is set to have a new school built on Pioneering Way close to Middlesbrough College. Additionally,we have a satellite site in Eston which opened in September 2024 as the school continues to grow.

Arranging a visit to Outwood Academy Riverside

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email s.aslam@riverside.outwood.com.

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