Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Barking Abbey School
Barking and Dagenham
- £37,725 - £40,614 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- P02
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April / September 2023
- Apply by:
- 3 March 2023
Job overview
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Commencing: April / September 2023
Salary Scale: P02 Pt 29-32 (£37,725 - £40,614)
We are seeking to appoint a professional, well-educated and experienced colleague as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead. Applicants should be flexible, able to work on their own initiative, under pressure and have the ability to prioritise to meet the need and demands of the role.
This is a varied role giving day to day professional support to the school’s two Designated Safeguarding Leads and the development of safeguarding and child protection procedures within the school. This will include training and implementing systems; working with young people and their families to champion the safeguarding policy; responding appropriately to disclosures or concerns and raising awareness of safeguarding and child protection at Barking Abbey school.
We are looking for a skilled and experienced person with a background in education and safeguarding to join the team at Barking Abbey School. You will need experience of supporting children and families through challenging issues, sometimes under very difficult circumstances and liaising with external services. Applicants must have experience of working with young people, preferably with a strong background of child protection work.
Barking Abbey is a heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment.
The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station.
Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background or history please apply.
In return we offer:
• A supportive and encouraging staff team
• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school
• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management
• A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems
“Pupils learn and achieve very well... Pupils across both sites are happy and safe at Barking Abbey School… Pupils are motivated to work hard and enjoy positive working relationships with staff... Students new to the Sixth Form commented on how welcoming, inclusive and diverse the community is… Leaders prioritise aspiration and ambition.” (Ofsted, December 2022)
Please click here to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey:
https://www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk/home/join-us/staff-vacancies/
To find out more about how teachers can secure rented accommodation at a discounted rate of 20% please contact: info@bdsip.co.uk
Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process.
including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants
Attached documents
About Barking Abbey School
Barking Abbey is a heavily over-subscribed split site secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, and has a well-deserved reputation for its friendly and supportive atmosphere and its excellent academic achievements. With a large KS5 provision and Additional Resourced Provisions (ARP) on each of our campuses, the school provides a varied role for the right individual.
Headteacher
Tony Roe
Values and vision
Our school motto is 'Give and Expect the Best' and we do this by living our values each and every day. Bravery, Excellence, Self-Discipline and teamwork.
Barking Abbey School aims to provide world-class teaching and learning to all its students. Staff strive to offer outstanding pastoral care, and to deliver an inclusive and challenging curriculum while offering regular and robust assessment. The secondary school also has a programme of high-quality enrichment classes.
Recruitment process
We serve a diverse community and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. We also welcome candidates with a non traditional background. The most important thing for us is your desire and ability to make a difference in young peoples lives.
Our recruitment process is fair and transparent and designed to get the best candidate for the role. A sample of our recruitment process is listed below
- Advert placed on TES, internally and in LBBD boards
- Blind shortlisting by a panel against the Job description. Potential applicants are scored. Shortlisting by at least 3 people including one SLT.
- Shortlist for interview based on scores from shortlisting.
- Interview process will depend on role and may include; lesson observations, data or admin tasks, panel interviews, student panels and a final interview
- All assessed tasks are scored according to set criteria and scores are moderated to ensure consistency.
- All panel interviews and final interviews are scored. Each interview has a moderation process to ensure consistency of scores where appropriate. Questions are common to all applicants.
- Feedback is provided by a member of the panel.
Ofsted report
A clear theme running through the school is the positive behaviour of pupils and their excellent attitudes to their work. Pupils are keen to do well and seize the opportunities given by teachers to work hard. They conduct themselves well around the school and are polite and respectful towards others. These attitudes have a strong impact on pupils' achievements because they enable learning to take place without undue interruption.
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