Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead

The Holgate Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG15 6PX

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 January 2025 or before

• Closing date

  16 September 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other leadership roles
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £58,959 - £65,010 (Teaching) £58,959 - £63,430 (Support)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Safeguarding or Child Protection Qualification
• Formal DSL training
• Safeguarding leadership experience in a relevant setting
• Deep knowledge of what constitutes effective safeguarding
• Direct experience in successfully improving outcomes and life chances of disadvantaged pupil
• Knowledge and understanding of strategic planning for Academy development and improvement
• A clear and coherent vision which is consistent with the vision of The Holgate Academy and Diverse Academies

• Ability to take a strategic view in order to determine a clear pathway to achieve future goals

What the school offers its staff

Our employee benefits

At Diverse Academies, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.

In return you will benefit from:

• Teacher Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 23.68%.
• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with an employer contribution of at least 14%.
• ExcellentContinuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunitiescovering technical, leadership and coaching skills via the trust’s Diverse Association for Professional Learning.
• Full support and induction.
• A strong and caring ethos among staff and students.
• Networking opportunities across Diverse Academies.
• Salary sacrifice opportunities such as car, cycle and technology schemes.
• Staff discounts and offers on gym membership, holidays, days out, cinema tickets, restaurants and top online shopping sites including instant voucher codes.
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals.
• Health and Wellbeing delivered through our occupational health provider, eye care vouchers. for a free eye test and contribution towards glasses for display screen equipment users.

Further details about the role

We are seeking a Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead to join our ambitious and highly collaborative Senior Leadership Team, working alongside the Principal in articulating and implementing the vision, values and strategy of The Holgate Academy and the Diverse Academies Trust.

As a member of the SLT, you will contribute to the overall leadership and management of the academy and ensure all staff work according to our shared values to secure the highest possible standards and outcomes for all students.

You will be able to lead staff confidently through coaching, mentoring and development at all levels, build good relationships with families and the local community and develop a collaborative model of practice across the school.

Commitment to safeguarding

Diverse Academies and its Governors are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Holgate Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1237 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: The Holgate Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: lbaum@holgate-ac.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-holgate-academy (opens in new tab)

We are a large secondary academy for students aged 11-16 years based in Hucknall and, together with our partner academies, offer post 16 study at the Hucknall Sixth Form Centre.

We support our young people, so they enjoy their time at the academy and play a key part in all that academy life has to offer. We are immensely proud of the successes achieved by our students and we constantly strive to do more and be even better. Our ultimate purpose is very simple – to do everything that we can to ensure that our students leave ready to take their place in an increasingly complicated and competitive world.

Outstanding teaching and learning is our priority. Our highly qualified and motivated staff work hard to ensure our students achieve at the highest level, whatever their starting point.

Arranging a visit to The Holgate Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lbaum@holgate-ac.org.uk.

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