Safeguarding Lead (Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)

Leominster

Primary School is seeking to appoint a professional Safeguarding Lead (Deputy Designated

Safeguarding Lead) to join our warm and friendly staff. This is a maternity

leave contract starting in the Autumn term.

The role:

The

Safeguarding Lead will be responsible for the leadership and day-to-day

management of safeguarding, child protection, attendance and behaviour support

across the school.

The

successful candidate will work alongside our Student and Family Support Worker

and Home-School Liaison Officer. The

person will also work with the SEN team, staff, pupils and families to promote

their welfare and develop pupils’ potential.

The Safeguarding Lead will take the main responsibility for and

management of all safeguarding and child protection matters arising at the

school and to support all other staff in dealing with any child protection

concerns that arise. The successful

candidate will also take the lead with managing behaviour and attendance across

the school, and also provide formal supervision for line managed staff.

About you:

The successful candidate must have NVQ Level 4 (or

equivalent) in a relevant subject eg safeguarding children and be able to

demonstrate:

good literacy and numeracy skills in

order to communicate professionally to others and produce reports as

necessary;

an ability to lead on all child

protection issues within school;

a secure knowledge of complex

safeguarding, child protection issues and of child development;

an ability to work collaboratively with

families to provide positive outcomes for pupils;

an ability to lead staff training

effectively;

an ability to motivate, develop and lead

a team;

an ability to lead and promote strategies

to encourage positive attitudes and behaviour across the school;

an

enthusiasm to work with children and help all pupils succeed;

first

class communication skills, at all levels; a professional and positive

behaviour;