Designated Safeguarding Officer
Wembley High Technology College
Brent
- Expired
- Salary:
- £36817-£39355 inclusive LW Pro-Rata, term time, Fixed term
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- March 2023
- Apply by:
- 3 February 2023
Job overview
The Governors wish to appoint an experienced enthusiastic and inspirational person who will lead our efficient and highly motivated safeguarding administrative team. Managing the team, you will help us to continue to deliver an excellent experience for our staff, pupils parents and visitors.
Essential Requirements
Education and experience
Person Specification
- Relevant training and qualifications for working with and supporting young people e.g. social work, youth work, teaching, careers work, counselling
- Evidence of continuing and relevant professional development
- Be up to date with current practice relevant to the role e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, latest Ofsted framework recommendations
- To have previous successful experience in working with young people on an individual and group basis in supporting their learning and development
- Proven evidence of impact of management skills or the potential to lead and manage others
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Ability to engage constructively with and relate to a wide range of young people and families/carers with different cultural and social backgrounds
- Ability to work effectively with and command the confidence of teaching and senior management within the school
- Ability to engage constructively with external agencies to ensure that students and families are supported
- Ability to assess and review young people and family circumstances and plan appropriate responses
- Ability to identify potential barriers to learning and jointly engage in strategies to overcome these barriers
- Ability to engage in joint goal setting with the individual child as part of the learning action process
- Ability to work effectively with a wide range of support services
- Demonstrate competence in networking, counselling, facilitating, and developing others
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrate proficiency in use of ICT packages including Microsoft Office
- Ability to monitor and evaluate own and others’ performance and achievements both quantitative and qualitative
- Demonstrate commitment to quality education through promotion of equality and diversity.
- To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school
This is a fixed term position from 1st March 2023-31st December 2023.
To apply please complete and submit the application form below.
Wembley Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applicants.
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About Wembley High Technology College
Wembley High Technology College is a co-educational secondary academy based in North Wembley (Brent), for students aged 11 - 18. It is a part of the Wembley Multi Academy Trust and has an established reputation for a strong focus on academic excellence. Over the last five years we have been the highest-achieving non-denominational school in Brent.
Our mission is clear and simple: we provide a structured, disciplined working environment in which every student receives high-quality teaching and achieves his or her full potential. The School is first and foremost a learning community, which is reflected in its strong work ethic. There is a high standard of teaching across the curriculum with a particular focus on English, Mathematics and the Sciences. All students benefit from the use of state-of-the-art facilities across the science and technology disciplines, major investment in new facilities and resources, the best trained and qualified staff, and a culture of mutual respect.
Spiritual, moral, social and cultural provision sits alongside academic excellence at the heart of the School’s ethos. We offer a broad and stimulating range of extra-curricular activities to support wider learning, and provide an education that enables our students to gain places at universities of their choice.
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