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Designated Safeguarding and Behaviour Lead

Designated Safeguarding and Behaviour Lead

Edison PACE School

Staffordshire

  • £35,250 - £43,000 per year
  • Expiring soon
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Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
24 February 2025

Job overview

Edison Pace School are seeking to appoint a Designated Safeguarding Lead to take responsibility for safeguarding and child protection across the school (including behaviour, online safety and medication). They will ensure implementation of the schools Child Protection Policy and other Safeguarding processes and procedures in addition to the school fulfilling its statutory duties in relation but not limited to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) and s157 of the Education Act 2002.

They will advise and support other members of staff on child welfare, safeguarding and child protection matters, and liaise with relevant agencies such as the local authority and police.

The DSL will retain ultimate lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection under the direction of the Heads of Schools and SENCO. 

Edison Pace School is a rapidly growing independent secondary special school, catering for children with a range of needs. Our calm and quiet environment is suitable for those children who have high anxiety, have previously been school phobic and are socially reserved. Students at Edison Pace School engage in a broad, balanced, and enriched curriculum, including outdoor education and a high emphasis on personal development and social skills. We teach in small groups of up to six in a class, enabling appropriate support and highly effective personalised teaching. Through our curriculum we offer accreditation opportunities from Entry Level Certificates and the Duke of Edinburgh Award, through to GCSE/Level 2 qualifications, dependant on each child’s learning pathway and progress. This creates a culture where everyone can succeed with pride on their journey into adulthood. 

Our pastoral emphasis is based on building high-quality, authentic relationships with our students. We achieve this through providing small group learning and by matching our students by their developmental stage as opposed to their chronological age. Our curriculum offer is differentiated to ensure all students progress.

 In support of this all staff receive training in ACE’s, attachment, ASD, ADHD, zones of regulation, restorative practices, Makaton and other appropriate and tailored training, dependent upon the cohort and individuals. We also emphasise the importance of therapeutic approaches, including speech and language specialist support. 

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About Edison PACE School

  • Edison PACE School
  • Black Horse House, 3 Porthill Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Staffordshire
  • ST5 0LS
  • United Kingdom
+44 1782 616660

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