Student Safeguarding and Welfare Officer

St Nicholas Catholic High School Student Welfare and Safeguarding Officer - AAAE:7132 Our Mission Statement We aspire to embrace the Gospel and its values, Celebrating uniqueness and diversity. Our learning, within an enterprise culture, is based upon trust and respect. Which define our relationship within the world family. Everyone Matters. The governors of St Nicholas Catholic High School are looking to appoint an experienced and committed professional to join our Safeguarding Team. Under the direction of the Designated Safeguarding Lead this post will work closely with parents, carers and school staff to enhance the support available to our most vulnerable students to ensure that they overcome barriers to learning and achieve their full potential. The successful candidate will possess resilience, excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a range of colleagues and multi agencies to safeguard our student’s welfare. The role will include acting as the deputy safeguarding lead (DSL) when the DSL is offsite and representing the school at Child Protection and safeguarding meetings. You will also need to plan and deliver programmes of support to further student confidence, progress and attainment. Previous experience of working with children and young people is essential, ideally in a similar role within an education setting. This is a permanent contract, based on 35 hours per week over 41 weeks per year (Term-time plus INSET Days and 2 weeks in August) , and includes 26 days holidays (plus bank holidays) increasing to 31 after 5 years’ service. Grade 8 - (SCP23 to SCP28) £29,543 to £33,591 (Actual Salary) Requests to arrange a visit to school prior to application are welcomed and can be arranged by contacting either Mrs Dawn Poole on 01606 706020 / d.poole@st-nicholas.cheshire.sch.uk. or Mrs Fleur MacCready at f.maccready@st-nicholas.cheshire.sch.uk Closing date 9am on Thursday 14 May 2026 PLEASE REFER TO SAFER RECRUITMENT NOTES AND GUIDELINES IN ATTACHED DOCUMENT ALONG WITH FULL JOB DESCRIPTION / PERSON SPECIFICATION.