Safe and Sound Manager

Knovia; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading training provider is seeking a Safe and Sound Manager to oversee the safety and well-being of learners, acting as Designated Safeguarding Lead. This remote role combines leadership in safeguarding with health and safety responsibilities. Candidates must have professional safeguarding and health and safety qualifications, along with experience in education settings. The position promotes a culture of inclusion and safety, ensuring support for vulnerable learners and proactive risk management.

Benefits

20 days annual leave

Recognition and long service awards

Perkbox benefits

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualifications in safeguarding, e.g., Level 3 DSL training, Prevent certification.
• Relevant qualifications in health and safety, e.g., IOSH.
• Experience as a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) in education.

Responsibilities

• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), Prevent Lead, and E-Safety Lead.
• Triage safeguarding cases and provide expert advice.
• Coach colleagues on reporting safeguarding concerns.

Skills

Communication skills

Data analysis

Experience in multi-agency working

Education

Level 3 DSL training

IOSH qualification

Job description

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Company Description

We are Ofsted Grade 2 "Good" a top 5 training provider and one of the top 100 best places to work, with a true dedication to the Care and Education Sector, and a commitment to delivering meaning learning interactions to thousands of learners and employers nationally.

We're a team of passionate, values-driven, and dedicated people who live by our pledge to deliver an outstanding teaching and learning experience to every learner, every time. All our colleagues share the same energy, passion, drive, and enthusiasm in order to create a unique culture where we not only deliver award-winning service, but we view each other as friends as well as colleagues.

If you share the same attitude and values and want to be part of something special, we would love to hear from you.

Position

Location: Remote (with in-person meetings)

Salary: £35,000 - £45,000

Safe and Sound brings together Health and Safety and includED (safeguarding, Prevent, Equality and e-safety) to ensure that colleagues, learners, and stakeholders are kept and empowered to be safe across all aspects of their journey with us.

Safe and Sound is supported across the business by our shared services Safe and Sound Team.

As a part of a shared services team the Safe and Sound Manager plays a critical role in ensuring the safety, wellbeing, inclusion and protection of vulnerable learners and the health and safety of colleagues. This role combines Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) responsibilities with leadership in health and safety, promoting a culture of inclusion, safety, and proactive risk management.

The role holder will work collaboratively with all departments across the operating businesses to embed safe and inclusive practices across all aspects of the organisation that ensure the availability and provision of safe spaces for learners and colleagues.

What we need from you:

• Act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), Prevent Lead, and E‑Safety Lead for defined businesses, fulfilling statutory responsibilities as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education and the Prevent Duty
• Triage safeguarding cases and provide expert advice, guidance, and support to colleagues and stakeholders across all operating businesses
• Coach and support colleagues from across the operating businesses to report and record safeguarding concerns accurately and confidently
• Liaise with the learning support team to ensure that those learners identified with SEND are supported from a welfare perspective
• Ensure the Safe and Sound People Standard is understood and implemented across the operating businesses
• Collaborate on the development and delivery of training solutions and resources that meet the statutory requirements for mandatory training in all includED and health and safety topics
• Promote digital safety through guidance and training to protect learners in virtual environments
• Support with the implementation of health and safety initiatives which drive the safe and sound delivery framework across the group

Requirements

• Relevant professional qualifications in safeguarding (e.g. Level 3 DSL training, Prevent certification)
• Relevant professional qualifications in health and safety, (e.g. IOSH)
• Proven experience as a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) in a post-16 education or training setting
• Demonstrable experience in health and safety management, including risk assessments and incident response
• Experience in multi-agency working, particularly with local authorities and support services
• Strong working knowledge of Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent Duty, and Health and Safety at Work Act
• Experience designing and delivering mandatory training and CPD programmes and activities
• Ability to analyse data and produce insight reports to inform strategy
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with learners, colleagues, and external stakeholders
• Ability to design and deliver age-appropriate workshops for vulnerable learners

Other information

We are proud to offer a suite of Paragon Choices which are optional benefits including life assurance and income protection and core benefits below;

• 20 days annual leave - increasing with length of service and a holiday purchase scheme
• 3 Paragon Days for our Operational December Closure and 8 Public Bank Holidays
• Additional day off for your birthday
• Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives
• Perkbox - a suite of lifestyle benefits and wellness tools
• Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues'

We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.

To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.

Paragon Skills is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependant on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.