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Safeguarding Support Officer
Lift Four Dwellings Secondary, Birmingham, B32 1RJ14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
9 October 2026 at 12:14pm
Date listed
25 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £15330 - £16464 per annum
Safeguarding Support Officer job summary
Are you passionate about safeguarding children and young people and supporting families to overcome barriers to education?
We are seeking a compassionate, resilient, and proactive Safeguarding Support Officer to join Lift Four Dwellings Secondary. This is an important opportunity to play a key role in supporting the safety, welfare and wellbeing of our students and their families.
As Safeguarding Support Officer, you will work closely with our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and act as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), supporting safeguarding and child protection across the school.
You will work directly with students and families, build positive relationships, coordinate support and work closely with colleagues and external agencies to ensure children receive the right help at the right time.
This role suits someone with experience working directly with children and families, a strong understanding of safeguarding, and confidence working sensitively with students, parents, professionals, and external agencies.
Your new school
Four Dwellings Academy is part of Lift Schools, a national trust of 58 schools across the country, including 10 schools in the Midlands.
Led by Principal Claire Stoneman, the school has undergone significant transformation and improvement. We are proud to be known as a "small school with a big heart", where students are supported in a nurturing and ambitious environment.
Recent highlights include:
- Most improved school in South Birmingham for progress in 2024
- Among the most improved schools nationally
- A recent Good Ofsted judgment
- The best GCSE results in the school's history
- Our school values are built around the Three R's:
- Respect - treating others with kindness and dignity
- Resilience - persevering through challenges
- Responsibility - taking ownership of our actions and our futures
These values underpin our culture and guide the way we support our students every day.
Your new role
As Safeguarding Support Officer, you will support the Designated Safeguarding Lead with the welfare and safeguarding of students across the school, acting as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.
You will provide practical support and guidance to students and families, helping them overcome barriers to learning and promoting positive engagement with education. You will also support safeguarding referrals, coordinate Early Help cases and work closely with external agencies and other professionals.
Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead, working closely with the DSL to respond to safeguarding and child protection concerns
- Supporting safeguarding referrals and liaising with children's social care, police and other external agencies
- Coordinating Early Help cases and providing practical support to students and families to overcome barriers to learning
- Maintaining accurate and secure safeguarding records and contributing to multi-agency meetings where required
- Supporting the school's responsibilities around Prevent, FGM and the safe transfer of child protection files
- Acting as lead first aider, including maintaining relevant records, care plans and medication checks
- Supporting and mentoring Looked After Children and signposting students and families to appropriate services
You will work closely with safeguarding, pastoral and wider school teams, as well as external professionals, to ensure students and families receive effective and timely support.
What you'll need to succeed
We are looking for someone who:
- Holds GCSE Maths and English (Grade 4/C or above) or equivalent
- Has at least two years' experience working directly with children and families
- Has a good understanding of safeguarding, child protection and relevant legislation
- Holds a DSL Level 3 and first aid qualification, or is willing to undertake the required training
- Can build positive relationships with students, families and professionals
- Communicates sensitively and confidently, including in challenging situations
- Is calm, organised and able to use initiative while managing competing priorities
- Has a patient, empathetic and non-judgmental approach
- Is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Experience within an educational setting, working with external agencies and using Google Workspace would be advantageous.
Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 35,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
How we support you
We want you to feel supported, valued and able to grow throughout your career with Lift Schools. From high-quality professional development and career progression to wellbeing support and opportunities to connect and collaborate across our network, we invest in you so you can do your best work.
This is a part-time position working 20 hours per week, term time only. This is a fixed-term contract until 31 August 2027.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
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 Lift Four Dwellings Secondary
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 534 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Welcome to the exciting opportunities offered by working at Lift Four Dwellings Secondary. We serve the communities around Quinton in Birmingham as an 11-16 community school.
Four Dwellings is a very special learning community filled with talented and creative staff, all of whom share my vision for excellence in teaching and learning. The last four years have seen a positive transformation of almost every aspect of our work. With rapidly rising results and a collective drive for improvement, this is exactly the right time to join the team!
Opportunities at Four Dwellings offer the right ambitious candidates the chance to work with all staff at all levels to directly impact on school improvement. A passion for improving learning and outcomes for students through high quality teaching and innovation are key requirements.
We have high ambitions for our children’s success and for our staff and their practice. Our staff are be committed to rapidly deliver an ‘Outstanding’ provision and have recent experience of achieving outstanding results. As a member of our team you will be nurtured and developed.
It is a privilege to lead this school. I am passionate about my students and my staff. The school has a shared sense of purpose and a vision for success which inspires me on a daily basis. If you are appointed, you will belong to a truly aspirational body of professionals who really care about our young people.
Our Curriculum
Key Stage 3 Curriculum
Students are taught a balanced and broad curriculum based on the National Curriculum (modified in line with Government guidelines from September 2014). Subjects taught are: English, Maths, Science, Art, Computer Science, Drama, Design and Technology, French, Geography, History, Music, Physical Education, Religious Studies.
Key Stage 4 Curriculum
All students follow a core curriculum in Key Stage 4 including English Language and Literature (GCSE), Mathematics (GCSE), Science (GCSE), Physical Education, Philosophy and Ethics (GCSE) and ICT.
The pathway model at Key Stage 4 guides students towards three option choices. For example, some students will be guided towards a range of academic subjects within the English Baccalaureate whereas other students may select BTEC subjects.
GCSE options are offered in: Art, Catering, Drama, French, Geography, History, Media Studies, Music, Resistant Materials and Textiles. BTECs are offered in Health and Social Care and Travel and Tourism.
Detailed information about the topics and skills covered within each department can be seen on the various subject pages of the website at www.fourdwellingsacademy.org
Key features of our curriculum
Subject specialist staff.
Smaller than average class sizes support the progress of all students in all subjects.
Students are taught in sets according to the grade they are working towards in different subjects.
A balanced curriculum promotes a range of personal, learning and thinking skills.
Citizenship and PSHE (Personal, Social and Health education) are taught throughout the curriculum with additional enrichment days to improve the context of learning. Learning promotes spiritual, moral, social and cultural awareness wherever possible.
Home learning is an expectation with all subjects setting home learning tasks (project based home learning is a key feature of foundation subjects in KS3)
Religious Education is offered to all our students through the curriculum (with Philosophy and Ethics at KS4). A parent may request the withdrawal of their child from Religious Education with the student then following a course of supported self-study in moral issues.
Extra-curricular activities are offered throughout the curriculum with opportunities to participate in events such as debate mate (very successful debating skills) and sporting teams (such as football and basketball). Facilities such the school library, the ICT suite and homework club are also available to support learning
British Values is promoted in all our work but we specifically promote these values through our assemblies, PHSE calendar, tutor time and across our taught curriculum
Gateway to a fantastic career!
With our pupils firmly at the heart of everything we do, we’re on a journey to excellence and we are always looking for dynamic individuals to join our growing team of staff.
Whether you’re an NQT embarking on your teaching career or an experienced practitioner, we invite you to visit Lift Four Dwellings Secondary and take a closer look at what the school has to offer.
We are an inclusive school, offering superb facilities, purposeful learning environments and support colleagues through a large network of school to school support, internal support and enrichment as well as career opportunities that are second to none.
Visit us on Twitter @FourDwellings to find out more and take a closer look at the daily goings-on!
Who is Lift Schools?
Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.
Our mission:
We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.
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