Safeguarding Officer

Outwood Grange Acadamies Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Outwood Academy Riverside in Middlesbrough is seeking a dedicated Safeguarding Officer to coordinate safeguarding referrals, maintain records, and liaise with external agencies to protect students and families.

This full-time, term-time-plus-15-days role (37 hours per week) offers a fixed actual salary of £27,438 and the chance to contribute to a trusted Free School within the Outwood Grange Academies Trust, with strong values and development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate safeguarding referrals and documentation
• Lead multi-agency interventions to protect students and families
• Work directly with external agencies and the academy to respond to complex child-protection issues

Job description

Role: Safeguarding Officer

Academy: Outwood Academy Riverside

Start Date: ASAP

Salary (Actual Salary): £27,438

Working Pattern: 37 Hours Per Week, Monday to Friday, Term Time plus 15 days.

Do you have significant expertise in child protection and a dedication to ensuring the health and welfare of young people? As a Safeguarding Officer, you will be pivotal in coordinating safeguarding referrals, managing documentation, and initiating multi-agency interventions to protect vulnerable students and their families. This strategic and hands-on role requires working directly with external agencies and leading the academy’s response to complex child protection issues.

Welcome from the Principal:

We are a free school in the centre of Middlesbrough, and we do things differently! Do you?

As Principal, I am proud to introduce Outwood Academy Riverside, an innovative free school within a nationally renowned Trust that nurtures talent and provided high-quality professional development.

Opened in 2020, Riverside is a special place to work with genuine care for every family member. Our community is built on core values, including kindness, compassion, respect, and integrity. We maintain academic rigour and high expectations, resulting in very good behaviour and attendance that is above the national average. Students face no 'glass ceiling' and benefit from exceptional personal development opportunities (including Cadets, MiSST, and LAMDA).

This is a unique opportunity to join an inspirational team making history. We are currently on Russell Street (with a satellite site in Eston) and are planning a move to a new, state-of-the-art facility by 2027.

If you genuinely love working with children and will go above and beyond for our young people, we would love to hear from you. Would you like to be a part of this journey?

If you have any questions or would like to visit the school, please contact Shazia Aslam (Vice Principal) at [e-mail]