Designated Safeguarding Lead

Sketchley School; Hinckley and Bosworth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive educational institution in Hinckley and Bosworth is seeking a Designated Safeguarding Lead to join its senior leadership team. The ideal candidate must possess resilience and excellent communication skills to support vulnerable children and their families effectively. The position offers comprehensive training and career progression opportunities, together with a supportive work environment. Benefits include a rewards scheme, wellbeing support, and a commitment to safeguarding children and young people in an educational setting.

Benefits

Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme

Comprehensive induction

Blue Light Card

Commitment to ongoing training

Paid for enhanced DBS

SEN allowance

Teacher's Pension

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in safeguarding and supporting young people and their families.
• Ability to demonstrate care and compassion.
• Strong communication skills to engage with young people.

Responsibilities

• Support vulnerable children with emotional and behavioural difficulties.
• Organise and plan well-structured lessons tailored to student needs.
• Ensure effective communication amongst staff for student welfare.

Skills

Resilience

Communication

Organisation

Caring

Attentiveness

Job description

Job Description

There is no better time to start a career within our senior team than now!

Would you like secure employment where you can progress your careerियल?

If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment knowing that you can have a positive impact on the young people we support, then look no further and apply today!

Sketchely School are looking to recruit an Designated Safeguarding Lead to join our SLT team, working across our three sites:

Sketchley Hall, Burbage.

Progression House, Hinckley.

Forest House, Narborough..

As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress.

Responsibilities & Key Attributes

The successful candidate will ideally have experience of safeguarding and supporting young people and their families within SEN, along with the following characteristics:

• Resilience – We support some of the most vulnerable children in society who have varying degrees of emotional behavioural difficulties, autism, ADHD and associated difficulties so there will be times where your resilience is challenged.
• Communication – Communicating with our young people is vital to understand their needs. Good teamwork and communication plays a key part in ensuring important information is relayed to other staff.
• Organisation – You will have experience of organising, planning and teaching well-structured lessons tailored to the needs of the pupils as well as monitoring each students learning needs, adapting teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of each pupil.
• Caring – Our young people require the best care we can offer. If you are a naturally caring and compassionate person, this is the role for you.
• Attentive – No two tasks will be the same so being attentive to understand the needs of the atk you support is vital.

Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.

Please note we may close the advert early if a suitable candidate is appointed.

Benefits

• Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme
• Comprehensive induction
• Blue Light Card
• Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
• Paid for enhanced DBS
• SEN allowance
• Teacher's Pension
• Wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme and more

If you want to progress your career in Education, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get there.

Safeguarding Statement

Safeguarding Statement

Sketchley School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be وأنا advised that payload references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.