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DEPUTY DESIGNATED SAFEGUARDING LEAD / PASTORAL LEAD

Woolmer Hill School

DEPUTY DESIGNATED SAFEGUARDING LEAD / PASTORAL LEAD

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Woolmer Hill School, Lexden, Colchester

Full time
Permanent
Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 19 Apr | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Woolmer Hill School

Full Job Description

St Benedict's Catholic College is an inclusive college with Christ at the Centre. We nurture spiritual,
emotional and academic growth. We develop our gifts and talents through prayer, work and respect.

Safeguarding Lead

To support the DSL deputising in the event of their unavailability to:

To support the leadership of facilitating the development of safeguarding and child protection policies,

To undertake appropriate Child Protection Training every 2 years in order to:

Understand the assessment process for providing Early Help and intervention, e.g. through locally

Have a firm understanding of how the LA conducts Child Protection Case Conferences and be able

Ensure each member of staff has access to and understands the school's or college's Child Protection

To support and coordinate referrals, arranging action and reviewing services for children and

To maintain accurate, confidential and up to date documentation on all cases of safeguarding and

To work directly with children in need and their families in the community in order to promote,

To support the care of children where their living arrangements are at risk of breakdown (including

To provide support and guidance to carers and provide planned interventions as part of agreed

To ensure that students who are victims of abuse are supported appropriately and sensitively and

To liaise with the Principal to inform him or her of issues especially ongoing enquiries under Section

To act as a source of support, advice and expertise to staff on matters of safety and safeguarding

To ensure that the setting is always presented positively within and beyond the setting and to

Work closely with commissioning Children and Families Social Workers along with developing links

Attend and participate in Child Protection Conferences and planning and Review meetings whilst

Plan and complete professional assessments of need and risk in respect of parents and carers using

To maintain confidentiality at all times., To contribute to the College's development, including responsibility of the delivery of induction to

To liaise and co-ordinate with colleagues within own setting and outside organisations regarding the

Identify vulnerable children within the setting and ensure that all staff are made aware of who these

To ensure that the Section 175 Audit published by Essex Safeguarding Children Board (ESCB) is

to promote the whole college pastoral ethos of entitlement and inclusion in line with the college

to liaise with the Director of Behaviour and Achievement to use appropriate data for their year

To track and monitor the behaviour and attendance of students in their year group, including

to liaise between college and home

to support students and liaise with external agencies

to support the form tutor team for their year group in implementing effective behaviour

to monitor rewards and sanctions across the year group, celebrating achievement individually and

to liaise with all staff and in particular curriculum leaders, SLT, SENDCo, Director of Behaviour

to monitor the trends regarding student attendance and punctuality and organise appropriate

to organise suitable agreed consequences for lateness, to help improve attendance for those students identified as persistent absentees

to work with the Attendance Officer and the Education Welfare Officer (EWO), Pastoral Manager

to liaise with the Student Services Officer regarding student absences, particularly those below

to provide practical and administrative assistance for the pastoral and SEND teams in promoting

to work with the Raising Standards Leader for their year group to support academic progress

to promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students and show awareness of policies and

to act as a Designated Safeguarding Lead within the safeguarding team and support the

to complete the Level 3 Safeguarding training at least every two years

to follow appropriate procedures in a timely manner when concerns are raised, including making

to complete risk assessments for vulnerable students and communicate the contents of these to

to promote positive wellbeing across the college

to coordinate and/or attend meetings with external agencies where necessary

to use CPOMS to track and monitor any patterns or trends in safeguarding concerns

to support the inclusive Catholic nature of the college and spiritual journey of the members of our

to promote positive wellbeing and sense of inclusivity and support for all students

to coordinate interventions and support offered for students by Brentwood Catholic Children's

to support children who are young carers

to act as an informal first point of support for staff members

to meet with the chaplaincy reps from each form and support them in their role

to support the Chaplain with masses and other liturgies

to lead the primary to secondary transition process

to support upcoming year six students and their parents through effective communication

to collaborate with the admissions officer, safeguarding lead and SENDCo to triangulate

to visit feeder primary schools regularly throughout the year as part of the transition support

to support year seven students and their parents by providing effective communication and

to lead a nurture/settling in group for students who struggle with the transition process, to coordinate and deliver interventions to support students overcome the barriers they face to

to coordinate academic interventions by liaising with teaching staff, raising standards leads and

to plan and deliver interventions to meet the pastoral needs of our students, for example

to conduct restorative meetings between all stakeholders where necessary

to mentor and coach individual students as required

to liaise with the SEND team to ensure all cohorts of students are supported

collaborate with external agencies, charities and local businesses to provide varied and engaging

committed to providing the very best learning opportunities for all our students

able to challenge all students to make exceptional progress

a strong team player who forms excellent relationships with staff, parents and students

willing to support the strong Catholic ethos of our college, Qualifications and experience Essential Desirable

Good pass in Maths GCSE (or equivalent)
Practical experience of managing school computer systems
Experience of working with students across the secondary age range
High quality ICT skills, including thorough working knowledge of Word,
Excel, or equivalent.

Personal Qualities
Good organisational skills
Ability to work accurately with attention to detail
Stamina, energy, resilience and sense of humour
Calm and patient
Team player
Flexible
Skills and abilities
Ability to complete complex returns, write complex letters and reports
Ability to exchange complex information clearly and sensitively
Understand and comply with procedures and legislation relating to
confidentiality
Ability to manage difficult or controversial exchanges
Good understanding of the learning experience provided by the college
Understand the importance of physical and emotional wellbeing
Establish effective relationships with those working in and with the college
Able to represent the college at LA and consortium meetings
Empathetic, assertive and a good role model
Able to work effectively in teams as member or leader
Able to develop and implement effective systems to share and safeguard
information
Able to self-manage, make decisions and work on own initiative
, Be well organised

Demonstrate a highly creative approach to work
Demonstrate a commitment to equality
Understanding of Health & Safety
Understand and comply with Safeguarding and Child Protection procedures
Ability to address Senior Leadership Team and Governing Body
Demonstrate a clear commitment to develop and learn in the role
Able to effectively evaluate own performance
Has competed designated safeguarding lead training (or be willing to
undertake as soon as practicable after appointment)
Evidence of successfully using strategies to support students, especially
vulnerable groups
Experience of working with multi agencies to support students and families
Ability to maintain the trust of and be highly respected by staff
Complete professional and personal integrity who shows attention to detail
Has high expectations and shows a passionate commitment to develop the
best in young people ensuring outstanding attainment irrespective of
background, ability or behaviour.
To maintain confidentiality at all times
St Benedict's Catholic College is a highly respected and oversubscribed Roman Catholic 11-16 college