Designated Safeguarding Support Officer
- Employer
- The Telford Park School
- Location
- Telford, Shropshire
- Salary
- Scale 6 SCP 18-22- £17,500 -18,942 per annum (actual salary).
- Closing date
- 28 May 2021
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- Sector
- Education
- Job Type
- Schools / Academies - Support staff roles, All non-teaching - support staff jobs, Other - Support staff roles
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term Contract
- Working Pattern
- Part Time
- Hours
- Part-Time
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Job Description
POST: Designated Safeguarding Support Officer
RESPONSIBLE TO: Deputy Headteacher - Relationships
SALARY: NJC Scale 6 (18-22) £24,982 - £27,041 (Pro-rata £17,500.30 – £18,942.66)
LOCATION: The Telford Park School
WORKING PATTERN: 30 hours, (Term Time plus 1 week) Fixed term to 21st July 2022
DISCLOSURE LEVEL: Enhanced
KEY RELATIONSHIPS: Strategic Leadership Team, Heads of Year, Student Support Officers, Teachers, External Agencies, Parents and Pupils
RESPONSIBLE FOR: N/A
MAIN PURPOSE:
The post holder will support the development of safeguarding and child protection policies, training and procedures and guidance for the school and to assist in the coordination of referrals, arranging action and reviewing services for children and families. The post holder will enable Early Help and Support Intervention within the school, ensuring targeted support is in place for identified key families. Under the direction of the DSL, the post holder will assist with the creation and promotion of a culture of vigilance within the school, enable whole school CPD sessions on a range of safeguarding issues and how best to safeguard our students.
SPECIFIC RESPONSBILITIES
Main Duties and Specific responsibilities
- To safeguard and promote the welfare of our pupils
- To be a point of contact for all staff and volunteers to go to for advice if they have any concerns about a child
- To deal accordingly with any urgent child protection issues that may arise
- To enable the day to day running of safeguarding issues including attendance at all relevant meetings including external multi-agency
- To support the DSL with referrals to social services and the writing of reports
- To assist the DSL with the early help and support process, coordinating and leading on early help assessments and early help support plan meetings as required by the DSL
- To receive and coordinate referrals, arranging action and reviewing services for children and families
- To maintain accurate, confidential and up to date documentation on all cases of safeguarding and child protection. Ensuring that all records are forwarded to relevant agencies that may need these
- Work directly with children 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
- Support the care of children where their living arrangements are at risk of breakdown (including LA placements)
- Conduct ‘home visits’ where appropriate, keeping a record of these visits
- Provide support and guidance to parents and carers and provide planned interventions as part of agreed plans for children
- Ensure that students who are victims of abuse are supported appropriately and sensitively and that all actions assigned by setting from planning and intervention meetings are successfully carried out and monitored
- Liaise with the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher – Relationships, to inform them of any issues especially ongoing enquires under Section 47 of the Children Act 1989 and police investigations
- Act as a source of support, advice and expertise to staff on matters of safety and safeguarding and when deciding whether to make a referral by liaising with relevant agencies
- Encourage a culture of listening to children and taking into account their wishes and feelings on any measure the school might have taken to protect them
- Work closely with commissioning Children and Families Social Workers along with developing links with and utilising resources of the community as part of agreed plans for children
- Establish productive working relationships with students, acting as a positive role model
- Challenge and motivate students, promote and reinforce self-esteem
- To liaise and coordinate with colleagues within own setting and outside organisations regarding the Common Assessment Framework and to coordinate and monitor all referrals and recommendations within the setting
- Identify vulnerable children within school and ensure this is communicated properly with all staff
- Understand the local picture in terms of youth violence, child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation, FGM and PREVENT
General Responsibilities
- Comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
- Be aware of and support difference and equal opportunities for all
- Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school
- Establish constructive relationships and communicate with other
agencies / professionals
- Attend and participate in regular meetings
- Participate in training and other learning activities and performance
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
▪ 5 A-C GCSE’s including English and Maths ▪ ICT literate and able to use the internet, operate Microsoft or similar office packages, produce analyses, use email etc. ▪ Safeguarding Training ▪ Prevent Training ▪ Designated Safeguard Lead Training undertaken and up to dateExperience, Skills and knowledge
▪ Experience of working with children of relevant age ▪ Strong understanding of safeguarding and experience of working within a safeguarding role ▪ Experience of working with students with additional needs particularly social, emotional and behavioural difficulties ▪ Experience of working with teenagers and adults in difficult circumstances ▪ Ability to relate well to children and adults ▪ Able to encourage positive traits / behaviours ▪ Able to challenge negative behaviours and assumptions ▪ Understanding of principles of child development and learning processes and in particular, barriers to learning ▪ Full working knowledge of relevant polices/codes of practice /legislation ▪ Excellent Communication skills ▪ Experience of working/providing support in an educational setting ▪ Knowledge of Bromcom (MIS system) ▪ Several years’ experience working in a relevant discipline in a learning environmentPersonal Qualities
▪ Able to work to strict deadlines and under pressure ▪ Able to maintain confidentiality at all times ▪ Ability to develop good working relationships with others by behaving with integrity, treating people with respect and leading by example ▪ Can use own initiative, solve problems and prioritise workload in a busy environment, working to deadlines ▪ Hardworking and a positive attitude ▪ Reliable, trustworthy and punctual ▪ Commitment to own development with a willingness to attend training sessions, meetings and keep up to date with all professional developments
Other
▪ Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people ▪ Willingness to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks ▪ Motivation to work with young people ▪ Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with young people and colleagues
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