Head of Safeguarding (0.6)
Thames Learning Trust
Reading
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- L14 - L17 (0.6)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024 or before
- Apply by:
- 15 April 2024
Job overview
The Thames Learning Trust is a thriving Multi Academy Trust (MAT) based in Reading consisting of two secondary schools, one infant school and three primary schools. Our schools are situated in Newbury, Reading, Slough and Thatcham.
If you have proven experience as a Designated Safeguard Lead or Deputy Safeguard Lead and are looking for your next challenge, this position may be for you.
We are looking for an experienced Head of Safeguarding to lead the Trust’s safeguarding team. This person will be the first point of contact for all leaders across the Trust, providing advice, training, support and direction on all safeguarding issues and child protection.
You will be responsible for the strategic leadership of safeguarding reporting directly into the Chief Executive Officer.
We also offer a forward-thinking Employee Assistance Programme, Medical Cash Plan, Eyecare Vouchers, Cycle to Work Scheme and Wider Wallet benefit hub.
If successful, you can look forward to exceptional professional development opportunities - within the MAT and beyond - that will be tailored to your particular interests and aspirations. What’s more, you’ll enjoy leading highly committed staff supporting well behaved students across the Trust with supportive families.
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To find out more about the Trust, please visit www.thameslearningtrust.co.uk
If you would like to discuss the position in detail please contact Allison Worley, Human Resources Manager on aworley@thameslearningtrust.co.uk or call 07841 921958.
The closing date for this position is noon Monday 15 April 2024.
Applications will be considered on receipt and no applications will be considered without a completed application form.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all the staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks.
Attached documents
About Thames Learning Trust
- Thames Learning Trust
- c/o Reading Girls' School, Northumberland Avenue, Reading
- Berkshire
- RG2 7PY
- United Kingdom
Welcome to The Thames Learning Trust
Message from Richard Kearsey (Chief Executive Officer of Thames Learning Trust)
Welcome to The Thames Learning Trust. Our Trust is a multi-academy family of primary, infant and secondary schools located in Berkshire and Hampshire. The Trust, formed in 2015, now includes six schools with over 2700 young people. The Trust was created in order to gain strength through working with each other, sharing expertise, resources and knowledge, and this desire for collaborative improvement is reflected in our motto ‘Growing Stronger Together’. Our Vision is to become a medium* sized Trust, recognised by its stakeholders and the communities in which we operate for its transformational and life-enhancing approach to the education of children. Through working in collaboration, we have been able to provide better resources and learning for the children in our schools.
Our schools share a determined commitment to ensure that communities are well served by their local school. As a family of schools:
- We are quality driven. As our family of Academies grows, we will ensure that high academic standards are at the core of our work.
- We value uniqueness. Our Academies will grow and develop whilst maintaining their own uniqueness.
- We put children first. We will ensure that children are at the centre of all of our work and that we strive to give them the best start in life.
- We work in partnership. We will work in close partnership with all of our stakeholders
- We encourage development. Putting teacher development and improving teaching and learning at the heart of what we do.
Our aim is to create a family of remarkable schools that work together to ensure that all our young people enjoy learning and expect to be successful. With sustained success, lives change, communities thrive and we all benefit.
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