Safeguarding Officer

About the Opportunity

We at Whitelands Academy are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, innovative, Safeguarding Officer to join our highly successful team of mutually supportive colleagues, whose shared purpose is to inspire and challenge all students at Whitelands Academy.

This role is to support the Designated Safeguarding Lead in implementing the School’s Child Protection and Safeguarding policy and it would be ideal for an experienced officer who will work directly with students in need and their families in the community in order to promote, strengthen and develop the potential of parents/carers and their children in order to prevent children becoming looked after and/or suffering significant harm.

About You

We would like to hear from you if you can or have:- 

• Current or very recent experience/ high level knowledge, understanding and application of CAF/TAC processes 
• Current or very recent experience/ high level knowledge, understanding and application of the Safeguarding agenda/child protection policy and practice 
• Current or very recent experience of working with vulnerable families and children 
• Excellent time management with ability to prioritise and with the attention to detail 
• Work constructively as part of the school team and individually understanding federation roles and responsibilities 
• Able to make complex decisions about child safety/parent safety and understanding of LA threshold for social service/police/medial involvement

For full details on this exciting opportunity, please see the attached job description. 

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged, please call 01869 716996 to book an appointment and visit our website to learn more about us at https://www.whitelandsacademy.org/