Regional Safeguarding Lead
Malcolm Arnold Academy
Northamptonshire
- £29,000 - £35,000 pro rata
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2021
Job overview
The David Ross Education Trust are looking to appoint two Regional Safeguarding Leads to provide strategic support to the Head of Safeguarding and to lead on sharing and modelling best practice in relation to safeguarding within our Secondary and Primary academies in either our North or South regions.
If you are a passionate, enthusiastic and energetic individual, committed to delivering the best safeguarding outcomes for children, young people and families, we are looking for you. You will lead on expert support for academies and their communities in the provision for one or more of the following areas: domestic abuse, emotional abuse and neglect, alcohol, drug and substance abuse, and mental health.
You will work alongside the Head of Safeguarding (and other identified professionals) to provide the appropriate interventions to support students according to their needs, in relation to safeguarding and child protection. The ideal candidate will understand the needs of children and young people, particularly those with complex emotional, social or medical needs and behavioural difficulties. You will ideally be a competent and experienced individual with good communications skills in liaising with families, internal staff and external partners.
Working hours will be 37 per week, 43 weeks out of 52 a year; these will fall mainly during term time with agreed weeks to be worked during school holidays.
The North Region role is based in Grimsby and the South Region role in Northampton. You will be required to undertake extensive travel across our academies in each Region as part of the role.
Salary & Benefits
£29,000 - £35,000pa FTE (£27,959.58-£33,744.32 pro rata)
Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing, including dedicated Employee Assistance Programme
Rewards and Recognition Scheme
About you
Honours Degree or Diploma in Social Work
Detailed knowledge of current legislation policy, guidance and good safeguarding practice.
Experience of managing distressing, stressful and emotional situations in an education/ social care setting.
Ability to work sympathetically and sensitively with all those affected by issues of safeguarding.
A collaborative worker and able to forge working relationships quickly.
Ability to manage workload and time effectively.
About The David Ross Education Trust
The David Ross Education Trust (DRET) mission is to give every child attending one of our schools a world-class education.
Broadening the horizons of young people by inspiring students to become their confident, academic best via an education that creates academically gifted, confident, well-rounded young people in the classroom, in the workplace and in their communities.
Whatever your role you will contribute towards creating a rich and exciting learning environment that also offers our students an unrivalled package of sporting and cultural enrichment.
Our aim is to be the country’s top-performing multi-academy trust in the country. Recognised as a nationwide system leader, the Trust runs 34 schools across the country, ranging from small rural primaries to much larger secondary schools in urban areas, our first All Through school and a special school which caters for pupils aged 2-19 who have a diverse range of special educational needs.
Apply now
To complete our on-line application form, please click here and attach a covering letter clearly stating how you meet the essential criteria for this role. Please note we do not accept CVs without a completed application form.
Closing Date for all applications – Thursday 20th May 2021 (If shortlisted and selected for interview you will be notified on Friday 21st May, please ensure you are available to attend interview on one of the dates below)
Interview Dates- Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th, Thursday 27th May 2021
The David Ross Education Trust is committed to equality, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
About Malcolm Arnold Academy
- Malcolm Arnold Academy
- Trinity Avenue, Northampton
- Northamptonshire
- NN2 6JW
- United Kingdom
About the Academy
Malcolm Arnold Academy is one of the David Ross Education Trust (DRET) schools. It is a popular and oversubscribed co-educational secondary school based in Northampton, Northamptonshire, for students aged 11-18. It has approximately 1300 pupils on roll, with around 130 of these pupils comprising our sixth form.
Malcolm Arnold Academy is a Good school, with our most recent OFSTED report being in May 2018, citing us as Good in all inspection judgement categories.
Executive Principal
Megan Morris
The DRET vision for education:
Crafting an unbeatable learning climate through our Warm:Strict philosophy, we hold unapologetically high expectations for and of the students in our care. We have clear boundaries, rules and routines because students deserve to feel safe and calm in school.
We value the acquisition of powerful knowledge as a goal in itself, as an entitlement for all children. We invest significant time and resource into ensuring that students gain a wide, broad knowledge base to enable them to become active members of their community in the future. Alongside a rigorous and challenging academic curriculum, students also experience a broad range of sport, art and musical opportunities ensuring that they have the richest experience a secondary education can give.
Our teachers are subject experts and make use of evidence-based research to ensure they pass on their knowledge to students in the most direct and effective ways, ensuring that it is learnt, remembered and that it supports every child to achieve their fullest potential.
We know that the way we do things is as important as what we do; that is why the DRETWay is the True North of our mission’s compass.
Ofsted report
The trust, governors and senior leaders know the school well. They are determined that all pupils will make at least good progress. The school’s values of ‘friendship, truth, peace’ underpin the ethos of the school. There is a strong culture of openness, honesty and respect. Pupils make good progress across a range of subjects and all current year groups. The leadership of the school’s work with pupils who have special educational needs (SEN) and/or disabilities is strong. Pupils make good progress from their starting points, including pupils in the school’s specialist provision. The school’s work to promote pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding is a strength of the school and contributes well to pupils’ personal development and good behaviour. The curriculum is regularly reviewed and adapted to meet the needs of pupils. The extra-curricular opportunities offered to pupils are outstanding and make a significant contribution to pupils’ personal development. Procedures to safeguard pupils are robust. Pupils feel safe and are taught well how to keep themselves safe. The school provides good support to vulnerable pupils.
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.