Position: Safeguarding Officer

Academy: St Peter’s Collegiate Academy, Wolverhampton

Salary: TST Grade 6, SCP 9-15 (£18,989 starting salary)

Contract: 37hrs per week, term time only, permanent

Start date: 1^st September 2022

The working pattern for this position is Monday-Thursday 8.30am-4.30pm, Friday 8.30am-4pm.

St Peter’s are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, innovative, Safeguarding Officer to join our highly experienced team. This role is to support both the Deputy and Designated Safeguarding Leads in implementing the academy Safeguarding and Child Protection policy and procedures and would be ideal for an experienced officer who will work directly with students in need and their families in the community in order to promote, strengthen and develop the potential of parents/carers and their children in order to prevent children becoming looked after and/or suffering significant harm.

We would like to hear from you if you can or have: 

• Current or very recent experience/ high level knowledge, understanding and application of the Safeguarding agenda/child protection policy and practice 
• Current or very recent experience of working with vulnerable families and children 
• Excellent time management with ability to prioritise and with the attention to detail 
• Work constructively as part of the academy team and individually understanding safeguarding roles and responsibilities 
• Able to make complex decisions about child safety/parent safety and understanding of LA threshold for social service/police/medial involvement

Further details are available in the accompanying job description and person specification.

Completed applications should be returned electronically to Mr S Blews, Academy Business Manager: recruitment@stpetersacademy.org.uk

Closing date:Friday 8th July 2022 at 9am

Interview date:w/c 11th July 2022

Three Spires Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands.