Safeguarding Officer

Willowfield School; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Willowfield School is seeking a highly organised Safeguarding Officer to support our Designated Safeguarding Lead in ensuring safeguarding arrangements across the school are effective and consistently implemented. The successful candidate will play a key operational role in responding to safeguarding concerns and maintaining safeguarding records.

The role requires excellent communication, strong attention to detail and the ability to work with professional curiosity, escalating concerns when

Qualifications

• Experience of safeguarding and child protection in a school setting.
• Experience of multi-agency working.
• Strong organisational and communication skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Respond to safeguarding concerns in a timely manner.
• Maintain high-quality safeguarding records and case notes.
• Escalate concerns appropriately and follow through on actions.
• Collaborate with pupils, families and external agencies.

Skills

Safeguarding

Multi-agency liaison

Record-keeping

Administrative skills

Job description

Willowfield School is seeking to appoint a highly organised, confident and committed Safeguarding Officer to support our Designated Safeguarding Lead in ensuring that safeguarding and child protection arrangements across the school are effective, robust and consistently implemented. The successful candidate will play a key operational role in responding to safeguarding concerns, maintaining high-quality safeguarding records, managing multiple cases and actions, and working closely with pupils, families and external agencies. We are looking for someone with excellent communication and administrative skills, strong attention to detail and the confidence to work with professional curiosity, recognise when concerns need to be escalated and ensure that agreed actions are followed through. Experience of multi-agency working and managing sensitive information would be particularly valuable.