Wellbeing and Safeguarding Officer

Job title:                    Wellbeing and Safeguarding Officer

Location:                   Sheffield Springs Academy, Hurlfield Road, Sheffield, S12 2SF

Starting salary:         FTE £26,000 - £29,500 gross per annum pro rata (actual of £22,335 - £25,341.63 gross per annum pro rata)

Contract:                   Permanent

Hours of work:          Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, 39 working weeks

Start date:                 As soon as possible.

We are seeking to appoint a diligent and proactive individual for the position of Wellbeing and Safeguarding Officer at Sheffield Springs Academy.

The role is primarily to assist the Safeguarding Manager in providing and coordinating support for pupils with complex social, emotional, or behavioural needs and to liaise with the appropriate service providers/agencies to meet their needs. Act as first point of contact providing confidential information and advice for all students on safeguarding related concerns including child protection disclosures.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ academy. The academy is part of United Learning, a national group of schools and academies. Sheffield Springs Academy is an 11-16 school. As part of United Learning our aim is to bring out ‘the Best in Everyone’ and we continuously strive to ensure that students and staff have every opportunity to succeed, with their potential developed to the utmost. Our school has motivated, ambitious students with a high percentage of our students going on to attend Russell group universities.

The city of Sheffield itself is a vibrant place to live and work with two universities and a range of entertainment opportunities alongside the access to the beautiful Peak District within a 20 minute commute. Quality of life is routinely ranked highly and it is one of the greenest cities in Europe: Welcome to Sheffield

Main duties will include:

• To promote a caring and supportive environment where such concerns may be explored, thereby promoting the mental and emotional health at Sheffield Springs Academy.
• To make referrals, where appropriate and with the student’s consent, to other agencies.
• To work with a diverse range of issues including bereavement and loss, transition, eating disorders and self-harm, depression, anger management and erratic behaviour, abuse of any kind, anxiety and fears.
• To provide consultation to staff whose role it is to support students in distress.
• To report back on a regular basis on numbers using the service and give a general overview of the types of problems with which the users of the service are presenting.

What we would like from you:

• Someone who is compassionate about the welfare of our students.
• Skilled at developing children’s self-esteem and motivation so that they become resilient, independent learners.
• An understanding of the developmental, emotional, social and educational issues of children and young people.

We will offer you:

• Highly competitive salary.
• Excellent facilities and resources.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• Polite, respectful and dedicated students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
• A respectful working environment.
• Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in other schools within the Yorkshire cluster and across United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
• Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
• Perkbox benefits platform as well as access to an Employee Assistance Programe.
• We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; and we encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.

If you possess these qualities and share the academy’s vision then we will be delighted to hear from you. Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details.

To apply, please click the ‘Apply’ button at the top of the advert on our website using the following link to our vacancies page: Sheffield Springs Academy Vacancies and complete our online application form. Please note that CVs are not accepted. The closing date for this post is 23:59pm Sunday 07 April 2024. Interviews will take place soon after.

If you would like to discuss this exciting opportunity, please contact hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

About United Learning:

Sheffield Springs Academy is part of United Learning which is a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our Subject Specialists, Group-wide Intranet, our own curriculum and online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, which supports simplifying work processes and managing workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group we can reward our staff better, we provide good career opportunities, better pay, employee benefits and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET/training days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning) and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It is an ethos we call ‘the Best in Everyone’.

We are working hard to become a more diverse organisation, which is key to our commitment to bringing out ‘the Best in Everyone’. We welcome applications from everyone committed to this ethos and would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates who are currently under-represented in the Group as a whole. We always appoint on merit. We are open to discussing flexible working options.