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Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Hours per week: 37 hours per week. 38 weeks plus INSET days (Term time only)
Working hours: 08.00 - 16.00.
Pay Range: Essex Local Government Scale 7, Points 19-24
Actual Annual Salary: £25,528 - £28,312
We are looking for a skilled and experienced person with a background in working with young people and safeguarding to join the Safeguarding team at The Deanes.Applicants should be flexible, able to work on their own initiative, under pressure and have the ability to prioritise to meet the need and demands of the role.
Your responsibilities will include taking part in strategy discussions and inter-agency meetings (Child Protection, Team around the family, and Child in Need), and contribute to the assessment of students (S17/S47).You will advise and support other members of staff on student welfare and child protection matters and liaise with relevant agencies such as the local authority, CAMHS and the police. This will involvereferrals to appropriate external agencies including counselling services, CAMHS, and Youth Services.
You will need experience of supporting children and families through challenging issues, ideally within an education orchildren's services background to support the students and families of our school community.However, we would also welcome applications from experienced youth/key workers who would be happy to undergo all relevant training.
A full, clean driving licence is desirable as this role will entail external visits to other schools and agencies.
To view a full Job Description and an Applications Form, please visit the My New Term recruitment website(copy and paste this link in to your browserhttps://mynewterm.com/jobs/143639/EDV-2024-D-40751)
Information about the School
The Deanes is a small secondary school where each and every one of our students can feel happy, respected and known as an individual within our safe and accepting community. We aim to create a positive and respectful environment for all members of The Deanes, with consistently high expectations and standards. Our curriculum caters for individual strengths and needs, enabling every student to make outstanding progress and provide them with extensive opportunities for personal development.
The well-being of our staff is a high priority. All staff at The Deanes have access to high quality training to further develop their teaching practice. Staff can take advantage of free gym membership and we are fortunate to have an onsite children’s nursery which may be able to accommodate your childcare needs.
In September 2021 the school joined the South East Essex Academy Trust, which comprises 7 local primary and secondary schools, who form a collaborative multi academy trust.
The Deanes is well situated in South East Essex, with good links to public transport. We are situated within ten minutes of Benfleet and Rayleigh Rail Stations, where a 45 minute train journey will take you into London. There is also ample car parking onsite.
The Deanes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects its entire staff to share this commitment. All postholders working in our schools will be considered to work in Regulated Activity and will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance all shortlisted candidates may be subject to online searches that may include social media. For further information please contact HR@seeat.org.