Safeguarding Officer
St Richard's VC Academy, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU9 5TE17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
1 December 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,655.00 - £34,083.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 8 (SCP 25 - 28) £36,363 - £39,152 FTE
Safeguarding Officer job summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a committed and experienced Safeguarding Officer to join our vibrant and diverse Catholic primary school as the Operational Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL).
37 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Term time only + 5 additional days (to be confirmed) - some days to be disaggregated to attend meetings
Start Date: as soon as possible, pending all satisfactory safer recruitment checks.
Join Our Team as Operational Designated Safeguarding Lead
Are you passionate about making a real difference in children's lives? A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a committed and experienced Safeguarding Officer to join our vibrant and diverse Catholic primary school as the Operational Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL).
This is a key role, responsible for the day-to-day safeguarding operations across the school—from Early Years through to Year 6. You’ll be at the heart of ensuring our children are safe, supported, and empowered to encounter new experiences, learn confidently, grow with resilience, and flourish in a nurturing environment.
What you will do - as the Operational DSL, you will:
Lead the implementation and monitoring of safeguarding policies and procedures.
Act as the first point of contact for safeguarding concerns, ensuring timely and appropriate responses. Work closely with the Headteacher (Strategic DSL), school staff, families, and external agencies to maintain a robust safeguarding culture. Promote ongoing vigilance and professional curiosity throughout the school community. Support staff training and development in safeguarding practices.
What we're looking for - we’re seeking someone who is:
Highly organised, emotionally resilient, and confident in managing a complex and varied workload. A strong communicator who can build trusted relationships across the school and with external partners. Passionate about safeguarding and committed to creating a safe, inclusive environment where children can learn, grow, and flourish. You’ll ideally hold a degree in a relevant field, or have equivalent experience and be able to demonstrate substantial professional experience in an area such as social work, youth work, education welfare, child psychology, criminology, or policing.
Why St Richard's?
St Richard's is a vibrant and welcoming Catholic, multicultural, and transient school community where diversity is celebrated and every child is valued. We are proud of our inclusive ethos and committed to nurturing a safe and supportive learning environment where children are encouraged to encounter the world with curiosity, learn with purpose, grow in character, and flourish in faith and achievement.
While it is not essential for the postholder to be a practising Catholic, it is important that they are supportive of the Catholic ethos and values of the Trust, and willing to reflect these in their professional conduct. As Operational Designated Safeguarding Lead, they will help ensure every child is protected and nurtured—creating a safe environment where all pupils can encounter, learn, grow, and flourish in line with our mission.
Before making your application please note: In line with the "Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025" as part of the safer recruiting requirements, an online search will be conducted as part of our safer recruitment processes.
If you have any queries or questions, please contact the school directly.
The School is an equal opportunities employer.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
Disclaimer
By submitting this application form, you declare that all information provided is accurate and truthful. You further confirm that you have not used any artificial intelligence (AI) tools or software to generate, edit, or enhance any part of this application. Any application found to have utilized AI will be subject to disqualification.
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 St Richard's VC Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 302 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Richard's VC Academy website
School location
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