Safeguarding & Child Protection Assistant

Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement

Success through Endeavour 

Ambition through Challenge 

Strength through Diversity 

As a Safeguarding and Child Protection Assistant, you will contribute to the development of safeguarding and child protection policies, training, procedures and guidance across the school. You will work with the Designated Safeguarding Leads to assist in the coordination of referrals, actions and the review of services for vulnerable children and families. You will ensure that policies, procedures, systems, structures, resources and personnel are in place to promote the welfare and protection of children, all colleagues at Ninestiles and to support vulnerable families.

We are looking for someone who:

·        can demonstrate experience of working effectively with vulnerable children/young people in either education, social work, youth work or another related area of work.

·        has experience of working effectively with a range of professionals to promote children’s/young people’s learning and/or welfare or has significant recent experience in work with children and families in a statutory childcare agency.

·        has experience of working effectively with the parents/carers of children/young people.

·        has demonstrable knowledge of the principles involved in giving advice and guidance to children/young people, including the place of confidentiality.

·        has knowledge of the responsibilities of agencies towards vulnerable children.

If you are looking for a new challenge we would love to hear from you.

About our school

The greatest strength of our academy is our learners who are often praised for their creativity, musical talents, artistic performances, and the respect they have for one another. Learners generally understand the importance of learning, value their school and are proud to be part of it.

Ninestiles has a very reflective teaching body, who welcome feedback from parents, carers and learners to secure the needs of all learners. The academy has a wide and varied curriculum, learners have access to an impressive range of sporting and extracurricular activities, with well over sixty enrichment opportunities offered after school. There is a strong culture of safeguarding and colleagues work positively with the leadership team to ensure learners are kept safe. The leadership team of Ninestiles is progressive and has the vision, drive and support to lead the academy on a journey of excellence, with colleagues that have a passion for teaching and learning.

For a full description of the role and person specification, please see the accompanying documents.

About the Trust

https://www.summitlearningtrust.org.uk/

Why work for us?

We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:

·        Employee assistance programme

·        High quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression 

·        Wellbeing advocates 

·        Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme 

·        Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare vouchers

·        Generous employer pension schemes 

·        Excellent holiday entitlement

Closing date is 4pm on Monday 20 May 2024. It is anticipated that interviews will be held very shortly after the closing date.

To Apply 

Please visit our website at https://summitlearningtrust.org.uk/careers-vacancies/  Please note we do not accept CV’s

We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s barred list check. Online searches of shortlisted candidates will also be conducted. Our Policy is available to view here https://summitlearningtrust.org.uk/