Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Eden Park High School
Bromley
- £34,491 - £36,567 pro rata
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 22 April 2024
Job overview
Based at Eden Park High School
Education for the 21st Century is a values-led organisation, driven by a determination to create welcoming and open schools for the local community, where every person thrives, makes excellent progress, and succeeds. We are committed to improving outcomes and transforming lives, realising social mobility, and the transformative power of education. We value the difference in all of our schools while seeking to bring them together around a framework that delivers an enriching experience and a great education for the young people within our care.
We want the very best for all of our young people. Our plan to ensure that we deliver great schools is underpinned by our shared values of trust, kindness, and endeavour. Our schools and our staff are collaborative and we seek to create consistency and quality throughout.
Our leaders create improvement in schools that is robust and sustainable. We are as enthusiastic about developing and nurturing our staff, as we are about developing our young people. Our professional development programs and our approach to school improvement provide quality and rigor while creating a depth of experience and learning for our staff.
Main Purpose:
Support the DSL to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, and follow school policies and the staff code of conduct
Support the DSL to ensure the school follows the updated guidance stated in Keeping Children Safe in Education
Support the DSL in leading safeguarding and child protection across the school (including online safety)
Support the DSL by acting as a source of support, advice and expertise within the school
Support the DSL to work with the safeguarding officers and counsellors in liaising closely with children’s social care and other services i.e.
Managing referrals
Working with others
Sharing the child protection file
Raising awareness with social care, police etc.
Support the DSL to work with the safeguarding officers and counsellors to support all staff to carry out their safeguarding duties, i.e.
Provide training
Providing advice
Understanding the views of children
Holding and sharing information
Support the DSL by taking part in strategy discussions and inter-agency meetings, and contribute to the assessment of children.
Support the DSL to ensure that all safeguarding files are kept up-to-date and shared when necessary.
*We reserve the right to this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Education for the 21st Century is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Education for the 21st Century is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.
About Eden Park High School
Welcome to Eden Park High School. Our ethos “To be the best you can be” underpins all that we do and it reflects the high aspirations that we hold for every child. We expect the best from everyone and at Eden Park High. The well-being of every student is central to all that we do and our experienced and caring pastoral staff are committed to developing the whole child.
Our students are taught to aim high and they are supported by our highly qualified staff who deliver a first class education through a bespoke and broad curriculum. Using our state-of-the-art facilities, students are prepared for the 21st Century world of work and their skills are further developed through our personally tailored extended school day from 8:15am-4:45pm.
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