SAFEGUARDING PRACTITIONER
Salary: £14,386.18 per annum (FTE - £20,903)
Hours of Work: 30 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Required for September 2021. This is an exciting opportunity to join as a Safeguarding Practitioner and be part of a vibrant and supportive Safeguarding Team. This vacancy is being offered as a permanent role.
You will be expected to organise, attend and contribute to meetings with external agencies concerning individual students, ensuring all reports, recording systems and referrals are correct and up to date and to support students and their families. You should relate well to students, their families and staff, and be resilient in order to cope with difficult students/families, emotional situations, rejection and hostility. A positive attitude and robust personality is essential as well as being a team-player, but also able to work with minimum supervision, knowing when to seek support and advice. You will need have a flexible approach to all aspects of the job role and be able to organise your working day effectively, as some meetings may fall outside of your normal working day.
You will be required to have knowledge of multi-agency procedures in relation to safeguarding, including knowledge of Suffolk Safeguarding Procedures and how to submit a multi-agency referral form or Common Assessment Framework as well as knowledge of specific safeguarding issues as mentioned in the most up to date version of Keeping Children Safe in Education. You will also need to have a good working knowledge of Microsoft products and have English and Maths GCSE Grade C or above.
Farlingaye High School is a popular and successful, 11-18 school with 1918 students of which 431 are in Sixth Form. Located in Woodbridge, a pleasant market town situated on the River Deben in Suffolk and just 7 miles from Ipswich. It is a dynamic and creative school with excellent resources, lovely students and great results.
We are part of East Anglian Schools Trust (EAST) alongside Kesgrave High School and Bungay High School. We have been graded outstanding in our last two Ofsted reports and have “Teaching School” status which allows us to improve teaching and learning. We are committed to providing excellent staff opportunities through developing and promoting our staff and offering an excellent CPD and support programme for new staff.
Should you wish to discuss the job role in further detail, please contact Claire Hankers, Safeguarding Manager or Linda Marsh, HR Manager
Please note: only applications submitted via the school’s on-line recruitment process will be considered.
Closing Date: 12 Noon on Monday, 24th May 2021
Interview Date: Friday, 11th June 2021
Farlingaye High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and adhere to this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.