Safeguarding Officer

Swinton Academy, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, S64 8JW

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  10 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,004.00 - £29,003.00 Annually (Actual) 37 hours, Term Time Only. Band G Point 19-23 (Based of Full Time Salary £31,067 - £33,366) (plus an additional 1 week of pay if the appointee has 5 years or more continuous service with the Local Authority)

Safeguarding Officer job summary

Aston Community Education Trust are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and effective Safeguarding Officer, who will provide pastoral support specifically fulfilling the duties associated to safeguarding and child protection. The Safeguarding Officer will play a leading role, alongside the Designated Safeguarding Lead, the Pastoral Team and in liaison with external agencies, in keeping all students safe and protected from harm or neglect.

The successful candidate will:

To keep up to date with changes to legislation and initiatives in relation to safeguarding of young people, supporting the DSL in maintaining up to date policy and guidance docs. To manage and identify caseloads of students who are subject to Child Protection, Child In Need plans or open to external agencies.

To ensure students flourish within the school environment and achieve their potential.

To communicate effectively and attend key meetings in relation to students, parents, staff and outside agencies.

To support all staff in meeting the highest standards in relation to safeguarding practice.

You will be based at Swinton Academy, however the role may, on occasion, involve working at other academies within the trust.

Safeguarding

ACET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants should read our safeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the ‘policy’ section of our academy websites.

It is an offence to seek employment in regulated activity if you are barred from working with children. This post will involve regular contact with children, and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information about convictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is “protected” under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will not appear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or any information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Additional checks in relation to the Childcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successful candidates to junior academies. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be required from you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.

Equality

ACET is committed to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitment process. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will be assessed purely on your ability to do the job.

We undertake to make any ‘reasonable adjustments’ to a job or workplace to counteract any disadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will make reasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.

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.

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About Swinton Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 995 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Swinton Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/swinton-academy (opens in new tab)

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