Designated Safeguarding Lead

Teach. Champion. Empower. Safeguard.

Salary: £38,000 - £46,000 per annum

Location: Newham, E15 (TCES East London Independent School)

Hours: Permanent; Full time.

We are seeking an experienced and committed Designated Safeguarding Lead to manage a highly complex caseload, hold responsibility for coordinating multiagency liaison and assessments, and lead on whole school safeguarding. This role will support our pupils and their families to achieve success through our Families and Schools Together (FaST) programme, providing positive and collaborative working relationships through family liaison, direct family work and partnerships.

The Complete Education Solution (TCES)

TCES is an independent social enterprise providing specialist education based in London, supporting exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges. On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education.

TCES pupils learn at one of our two schools, at our Create Learning Primary site in Barking, through our Create in the Community service or within our Home Learning service. Our Create in the Community and Create Learning Primary services support our most complex and vulnerable pupils, with our schools: TCES East London and TCES North West London supporting those who are able to access learning within a school environment. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main schools, our Sixth Form, or into a mainstream provision.

TCES East London Independent School is an Ofsted Good rated day school specialising in Leadership and the Arts, with all pupils encouraged to find and express their creativity and supported to achieve awards alongside traditional subjects. We believe they will become successful members of society through the knowledge, values and thinking skills learnt in the classroom and school environment.

Essential requirements to be successful in the role are: 

• Safeguarding DSL trained above Level 3 (or relevant qualification) and/or extensive experience in preventing, detecting, and responding to abuse and exploitation, and managing related teams.
• Experience working in a relevant multidisciplinary team across the disciplines of education, health and social care.
• Experience as a Safeguarding Lead within an educational setting, with knowledge and understanding of safeguarding in relation to the education sector (including Keeping Children Safe in Education).
• Experience of supporting neurodiverse children with ASC and/or SEMH and an understanding of potential implications for communication, learning and behaviour patterns.
• Resilient, committed and a hard worker - able to keep going in the face of adversity and never giving up.
• Hold high expectations of yourself and others (behaviours etc), with the ability to reflect on own practice and to always seek self-improvement.

In return we offer: 

• Competitive salary and terms and conditions, including 30 days annual leave.
• An opportunity to make a real difference and join a leading provider of specialist education, directly contributing towards positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC. 
• Excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development, including education qualifications at all levels (QTS / QTLS / NPQs) and options to take progressive Ofqual registered Level 3 – 5 qualifications in Therapeutic Education. 
• Comprehensive induction process, including all pupil-facing staff supported in receiving the Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process. 
• Regular half termly staff wellbeing days. 
• A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling and contributions towards medical costs and an  exclusive rewards platform.

Closing Date: 14 July 2022

To apply:

Please find more information attached to this advert below. Please complete our application form and visit www.tces.org.uk/jobvacancies to upload.  

If you have any questions please contact recruitment@tces.org.uk   

TCES is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting     the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to all relevant checks such as references, medical clearance and a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.