Safeguarding Lead and Student Support

Safeguarding Lead and Student Support
Academy 360
Sunderland
SR4 9BA

£30,000 Full time equivalent, £27,461.54 actual
Permanent
37 hours per week, Term Time only plus 2 weeks

Academy 360 holds the prestigious Inclusion Quality Mark (IQM) and is recognised as a Centre of Excellence. The Trustees seek to appoint a Safeguarding Lead and Student Support as soon as possible. The successful candidate will relish working in a fast-paced environment and have experience of leading Safeguarding and providing student support to student with social, emotional, mental health needs. Candidates must have the ability to prioritise workload effectively to meet deadlines, manage multiple tasks, use your own initiative and work autonomously is essential.

The Academy is a member of the Laidlaw School Trust (LST). The Laidlaw Schools Trust is a growing family of seven schools helping transform thousands of young lives in North East England. LST invests significantly in the training and development of all staff and is able to offer all staff a wide range of opportunities and benefits.

Academy 360 is an all-through Academy providing education for students aged 4-16. As a member of Laidlaw Schools Trust it benefits from the support of being a partner in a small local Multi Academy Trust which also includes one of the main feeder Primary schools for Academy 360’s Secondary school.

The successful candidate will join a successful MAT where all Academies support each other to the benefit of our pupils and their families. Our Academies also enjoy strong support from an experienced LST Central team, based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Further details and an application pack can be downloaded from the Careers section on the Laidlaw Schools Trust website https://careers.laidlawschoolstrust.co.uk/vacancies/. Interested candidates are welcome to tour the school, please contact the Academy office on 0191 300 6506 to arrange a visit. If you wish to have an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Laura Smith, Assistant Principal, Inclusion and Support; laura.smith@academy360.co.uk

Closing Date: 12 noon on Wednesday 1st December 2021
Interviews will take place: Week commencing 6th December 2021
Applications should be returned to: hradmin@academy360.co.uk

We are an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the DBS and a range of other recruitment checks. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their commitment to children’s safeguarding.

Please note that we will not accept CVs.