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School safeguarding officer
Location: Birmingham
Monday to Friday - 8am till 4pm
This is a temp to perm role for the right candidate
Duties to include:
• Respond in a timely manner to safeguarding concerns to ensure pupils are kept safe from harm.
• Pro-actively work with parents / carers and other agencies through joint planning and monitoring of their arrangements for the safeguarding of children.
• Work with class teachers, the Local Authority and other agencies to secure good outcomes for children and families especially those pupils who are deemed vulnerable including those with formal plans – including Children Looked After and Children in Care.
• Provide a range of administrative support including word processing, sorting and distributing mail, photocopying and filing.
• Report to the Safeguarding Lead on all safeguarding concerns to ensure they retain oversight of Safeguarding within the school.
• Any other reasonable duties
Essential Professional Experience, Knowledge & Understanding:
• Experience of working with young people and a good understanding of safeguarding.
• Willingness to participate in further training and development opportunities.
• Experience of using software to produce a range of professional documents.
Essential Abilities and skills:
• Significant organisational and administrative skills, supported by a proficiency with ICT.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone manner, tact, diplomacy and confidentiality.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and solution focused approach to professional relationships.
• Ability to consult and negotiate with external agencies to reach the best outcomes for children and young people.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines whilst still being polite and reasonable.
• The ability to build and maintain relationships with the whole school community.
• The ability to work in a demanding environment, meeting tight deadlines by prioritising and delegating as necessary.
• Strong listening skills and the ability to deal with sensitive situations with integrity.
• Ability to work as part of a team and demonstrate initiative.
Requirements:
• Hold Right to Work in the UK
• Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service OR be willing to process a new application
• Provide two professional references
