Senior Safeguarding & Raising Standards Lead (DSL/RSL)

Beauchamps High School; Shotgate; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Beauchamps High School invites applications for an SLT Non-Teaching Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Raising Standards Lead (RSL). The role carries Scale 11 Points 38 to 42, £45,775 to £49,599 actual including Fringe allowance, with 40 weeks – term time including INSET days, twilights, Parent/Open evenings and SLT holiday duties as required.

The DSL will lead safeguarding and child protection across the school, working with senior leaders and external agencies, supported by Deputy DSLs.

Responsibilities

• Promoting the welfare of children across our school
• Managing referrals relating to suspected abuse, neglect, radicalisation, criminal activity or concerns about staff conduct
• Acting as a source of advice, expertise and support for all staff on safeguarding matters, including leading whole staff training
• Supporting and guiding staff through referral processes and safeguarding decision-making
• Maintaining accurate, confidential safeguarding records
• Supporting positive educational outcomes for vulnerable pupils
• Ensuring safeguarding policies, procedures and training are up-to-date
• As a non-teaching Raising Standards Lead, you will be the figurehead to a year group and will support the non-teaching Year Leader for that year group in all aspects of pastoral and welfare care
• As a full member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will be a key part of all strategic and operational elements of leading a school and you will have other key areas of responsibility in line with the seniority of this post.
• We are looking for someone who is committed, resilient and child-centred, with strong safeguarding knowledge and the confidence to work collaboratively with staff, external professionals and most importantly the families and wider community that we serve.
• Therefore, experience in a school in a leadership capacity is essential, as is a comprehensive understanding of safeguarding policy and practice in a school setting.

Job description

Beauchamps High School invites applications for an SLT Non-Teaching Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Raising Standards Lead (RSL). The role carries Scale 11 Points 38 to 42, £45,775 to £49,599 actual including Fringe allowance, with 40 weeks – term time including INSET days, twilights, Parent/Open evenings and SLT holiday duties as required.

The DSL will lead safeguarding and child protection across the school, working with senior leaders and external agencies, supported by Deputy DSLs.