
Safeguarding Officer
University Technical College Norfolk, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 6FFThis job expired on 12 December 2025 – see similar jobs
Closing date
12 December 2025 at 12am (midnight)
Date listed
3 December 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
- £29,621.65 - £31,273.84 actual pa
Safeguarding Officer job summary
Part of the Community Schools Trust
Tel: 01603 580280
Email: office@utcncst.org
Website: www.utcn.org.uk
- Salary – SO1, Point 29-31, £29,621.65 - £31,273.84 actual pa
- Permanent
- Full Time
- Term Time plus 2 weeks
UTCN is seeking a dedicated and proactive Safeguarding Officer to join our pastoral and safeguarding team. This is a vital role within the school, supporting some of our most vulnerable students to ensure their safety, wellbeing, and engagement with school life. If you are passionate about making a positive difference and have strong safeguarding expertise, we would love to hear from you.
How to apply
A job description is available from ‘Attachments’.
For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our website and then to our recruitment website to apply via the online application form.
Closing date: 12 December 2025, 9am
Interview date: 15 December 2025
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you may be required to undergo pre-employment checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
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.
About University Technical College Norfolk
- School type
- Free School, ages 14 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 421 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 14 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- University Technical College Norfolk website
University Technical College Norfolk (UTCN) is an exciting school created to developing tomorrow’s engineering and technology specialists. UTCN provides a comprehensive educational foundation for any student who has an interest in engineering, science, technology, maths or computing.
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