Safeguarding Manager

Star Academies; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Star Academies in Blackpool, Lancashire, is seeking a proactive Safeguarding Manager to lead welfare and protective work across our academy. You’ll coordinate responses with pupils, families and external agencies to safeguard vulnerable learners and promote a safe school environment.

The role requires strong organisational skills, effective communication and the ability to write clear reports; you''ll work within a values-driven multi-academy trust committed to improving life chances.

Qualifications

• Valid Named Person Child Protection Training.
• Experience managing relationships with pupils, parents and Children’s Social Care and other key agencies.
• Experience of completing referrals to Children’s Social Care, Early Help, CSE Risk Assessments, Drug & Alcohol Team or similar agencies.
• Experience monitoring and creating interventions for at-risk pupils.
• Ability to write effective and detailed safeguarding reports.

Skills

Named Person Training

Agency liaison

Referral handling

Intervention planning

Report writing

Job description

Safeguarding Manager – Blackpool, Lancashire

Do you have the drive, passion and commitment to deliver outstanding support to help young people in a disadvantaged community? If so, joining the Star support team might just be the best career move you ever make. This is your opportunity to join a dedicated team of support staff who are committed to providing the best possible education for our pupils.

About Highfield Leadership Academy

is a state-of-the-art secondary school for 11 to 16 year olds in Blackpool. We joined Star Academies in 2016 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

We are a rapidly improving school with high ambitions and expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a talented individual to help foster a caring and supportive learning environment for our young people. Your experience of pastoral care will place our learners’ welfare at the heart of the school.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to problem solve and provide excellent customer service to our community.

You will have

• A Valid Named Person Child Protection Training.
• Experience of managing relationships with pupils, parents and Children’s Social Care, Early Help and CSE Risk Assessments, Drug & Alcohol Team (or any other key agencies).
• Experience of completing referrals to Children’s Social Care, Early Help and CSE Risk Assessments, Drug & Alcohol Team (and any other key agencies).
• Monitoring and creating relevant intervention for key pupils.
• The ability to write effective and detailed reports.

is a high-performing multi-academy trust that runs more than 30 primary and secondary schools. We are a values-based organisation that works to improve the life chances of young people in areas of social and economic deprivation to help them succeed at the highest levels of education, employment and the professions. Every single day you’ll be rewarded with the opportunity to shape a young person’s future - our embody what we believe is needed to succeed.

Professional development is key to our ongoing success, so we continually invest in our employees through our professional development hub. With a wealth of training, mentoring and progression opportunities across a large, growing group of academies, joining our team of leading education experts could propel your career to the next level.