Safeguarding, Early Help and Outreach Officer

The Stephen Longfellow Academy; Churwell; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in Churwell is searching for a Safeguarding, Early Help and Outreach Worker to support students and families through tailored early intervention strategies. This role aims to enhance student engagement and resilience, ensuring children develop positive mental health. Applicants must have strong safeguarding experience and relevant qualifications, as well as a commitment to fostering a supportive environment for vulnerable young people. The position offers a fixed-term contract until March 2027, with a focus on collaborative solutions.

Benefits

Membership of pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

£2k Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• 5+ GCSEs C/4 or above, including English and Mathematics.
• Completed 3-day Designated Safeguarding Officer training.
• Experience working in a safeguarding role.
• Understanding factors affecting children's mental health.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of students and families.
• Provide early help and outreach intervention.
• Support parents/carers in understanding and addressing difficulties.
• Encourage protective factors in the home environment.

Skills

Knowledge of Social Emotional and Mental Health factors

Experience in safeguarding roles

Communication skills

Education

5+ GCSE C/4 and above, including English and Mathematics

3-day Designated Safeguarding Officer training

Job description

Fixed Term Contract until 31.03.2027

The Stephen Longfellow Academy is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Safeguarding, Early Help and Outreach Worker. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy. The Safeguarding, Early Help and Outreach Worker will be responsible for working with a caseload of students/families and will provide early help and outreach intervention, which includes formulisation meetings, instigating Early Help Plans and proactively supporting parents/carers to understand and remove difficulties that impact upon the family or lead to critical family situations. The role will entail providing personalised and individual intervention for parents/carers to support engagement with education and to ensure that children and young people are able to build resilience, adaptability and develop the positive mental health needed to face change and challenge. The early help and outreach work with families will be solution focused and provide parents/carers with the tools and skills to affect change, encouraging protective factors within the home environment and remove barriers to student attendance, engagement and progress.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ GCSE C/4 and above (or equivalent) including English and Mathematics.
• 3-day Designated Safeguarding Officer training.
• Knowledge and understanding of factors that affect the Social Emotional and Mental Health of children and young people.
• Experience of working in a safeguarding role and providing early help for children and families.

What we offer you

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

About us

Working as part of The GORSE Academies Trust, The Stephen Longfellow Academy offers both exceptional education and therapy. Students are taught national curriculum subjects and have access to a range of therapeutic services such as counselling. Therapy is delivered as both an integrated part of our timetable but also within discrete groups or on a 1:1 basis. We believe a therapeutic and nurturing approach allows our students to grow in confidence and increase their self-esteem so that they can successfully integrate into their learning environment and the wider community. By developing personalised learning programmes to meet the needs of vulnerable young people, we want all of our students to have the opportunities similar to those found in large mainstream schools, so that they can leave as confident young adults, ready to seize the opportunities of further education, training or work.

Equality & Diversity

We will consider any reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act (2010), to enable an applicant with a disability (as defined under the Act) to meet the requirements of the post. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. Please note that, as a sponsor licence holder, we only provide sponsorship for teacher vacancies.

Application details

CVs are not accepted. Closing date for application: 31 October 2025. Interviews will take place: TBC

Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy.