Safeguarding Support Officer
Reepham High School and College, Norwich, Norfolk, NR10 4JT5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
7 May 2024 at 10am
Date listed
15 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £18,296.00 Annually (Actual)
Safeguarding Support Officer job summary
Reepham High School & College is an 11-18 comprehensive school, only half an hour away from Norwich city centre. It has over 800 pupils in the main school and 240 students in the Sixth Form College. The school serves a very wide catchment area of nearly 400 square kilometres and 85% of our young people travel by bus.
We seek a dedicated person to work with the Head of Safeguarding and DSL team to support staff to safeguard the school community and promote students’ welfare. The role will be based in the Safeguarding Hub and will require the supervision of some of the school’s vulnerable students. In this capacity the successful applicant will help provide targeted intervention and mentoring support for a case load of vulnerable students through the STS (Safeguarding Targeted Support) system. The successful applicant will be able to support in the management of the hub, the pupils who access it and the recording and organisation of safeguarding information.
Duties and responsibilities
Safeguarding
Assist the Head of Safeguarding and Safeguarding Officer to support students in their learning and encourage positive attitudes and behaviour in and around school.
Champion safeguarding and student welfare across the school, sharing best practice and ensuring that school policy is enacted in practice.
Encourage a culture of listening to children and taking account of their wishes and feelings in any measures the School may put in place to protect them.
Ensure the School’s Safeguarding & Child Protection policies are known, understood and used appropriately.
Support teachers, tutors and support staff working directly with identified students with additional safeguarding and welfare needs. This includes providing accurate, up to date information about students.
Work with the DSL to ensure that support is always available for staff in the school to discuss any safeguarding concerns.
Maintain accurate, detailed and up to date student Child Protection records via CPOMS. This includes record keeping during DSL meetings and prompting discussion about vulnerable children and families. Ensure that the outcomes of these meetings are appropriately communicated, that actions are carried out.
Support the DSL in ensuring parents, Governors and other appropriate members of the school community have access to appropriate safeguarding documentation.
Support the DSL to ensure cases of suspected abuse are referred to the appropriate body, supporting staff and students through this process as required.
Co-ordinate the work of colleagues and external agencies so that visiting professionals’ time is spent effectively and efficiently.
Hold a case load of vulnerable students from across the school, working closely with the Hub Team.
Run a range of interventions as part of the STS system to remove barriers to learning for targeted pupils.
Work proactively with the Hub team, at times visiting homes of vulnerable students to improve parental engagement with a view to improving student attendance.
Supporting in the reintegration of students who are non-attenders via the safeguarding hub.
Undertake other duties and responsibilities as directed by the Head of Safeguarding, Safeguarding officer or senior leaders.
For further information please contact our Lead DSL, Dan Kennedy by email dkennedy@synergymat.co.uk
Reepham High School and College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. References will be sought and the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.
We encourage applications before the deadline and may interview on an individual basis if a suitable candidate applies.
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
Using the application form
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
About Reepham High School and College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1027 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
School location
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