Student Welfare Officer and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Melior Community Academy, Scunthorpe, DN17 1HA13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
1 September 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 August 2026
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
- £32,597.00 - £35,412.00 Annually (FTE) Grade G Points 20 to 24 (£32,597.00 to £35,412.00 Full Time Equivalent) subject to pro rata. The minimum actual pro rata salary per annum for this job starts at £28,413.44.
Student Welfare Officer and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead job summary
Melior Community Academy are looking to appoint a Student Welfare Officer and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead to join our academy in September 2026 on a permanent, full-time basis.
Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? If so, this could be the role for you.
Your new role
As a Student Welfare Officer, you will assist in tackling underachievement by working in partnership with families, parents/carers, students and external agencies in a school context to enable students, particularly the most disadvantaged to have full access to educational opportunities and overcome barriers to learning and participation. You will work directly with families in a non-judgemental way empowering them and their family to get the most out of the educational opportunities available. You will also support the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) in the academy in your role as Deputy DSL.
Please see the job description on our website for the essential criteria and more information.
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.
Your new school
Melior Community Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. The Academy opened in January 2013 for students aged 11 to 16. We are a fully inclusive Academy with a distinctively warm ethos and continue to have the highest aspirations for, and expectations of, our students. The school has recently been rebuilt and facilities are excellent, located within easy commuting distance of the main urban areas this is a great place to work.
We are looking to recruit well qualified and talented staff who will complement and add to a dynamic team and who have all the right attributes to make a valid contribution to the wider life of the school and ensure that students are making the right progress.
Why join us?
Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust’s success story.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high-performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.
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The Trust reserves the right to close adverts early
In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.
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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.
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 Melior Community Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 747 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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Melior Community Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. The Academy opened in January 2013 for students aged 11-16. The majority of pupils live in areas containing significant pockets of deprivation characterised by high unemployment, an inadequate employment base, low average income levels and a degraded urban environment. We are a fully inclusive Academy with a distinctively warm ethos and continue to have the highest aspirations for, and expectations of, our students. Melior Community Academy has an exceptionally well-qualified, talented, experienced and enthusiastic team of staff. Our staff have the highest expectations of themselves as professionals as well as of the students they will be teaching. Learning is at the heart of everything that we do. High achievement is expected and success celebrated. At Melior you can expect a culture of ‘child centeredness’, challenge and high expectations in order to help students reach their full potential.
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