Safeguarding Officer
Full time (37hrs per week, 37 weeks per year)
Permanent
£24,249 per annum (pro rata £17,254) + benefits
Rotherham College, Rotherham
About the Role
In this rewarding role, as Safeguarding Officer, you will provide a high quality, responsive service to students faced with welfare and safeguarding issues, in accordance with statutory responsibilities.
You will work closely with the College Safeguarding Leads when making referrals to appropriate agencies. You will also be a first point of contact to provide an advisory service for staff when dealing with student welfare and safeguarding issues and act as a first point of contact providing a confidential information and advice for all students on safeguarding related concerns including child protection disclosures.
An important part of the Safeguarding Officer role is to monitor and manage safeguarding referrals through internal information systems (ProMonitor) ensuring interventions are timely and responsive, in line with child protection legislation and statutory guidance; Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE). You will therefore ensure child protection records relating to student safeguarding information are accurately recorded and stored in line with statutory guidance.
Critically you will establish, maintain and develop effective relationships which engage students, especially those identified as being at risk of leaving their course or failing to achieve, to remove potential barriers, so that assistance and support can be offered within a professional relationship on an ongoing basis if appropriate.
You will...
You should have recent experience of working in safeguarding in an education or community setting. Experience of youth engagement, advice and guidance or education with young people. Ideally, your experience will be within post-16 education (FE) and involve managing a range of safeguarding cases.
You will have a good working knowledge of confidentiality, child protection, data protection/consent and anti-discriminatory and trauma informed practice.
You will possess Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy (or equivalent), Level 3 Safeguarding qualification and have achieved a further Level 3 qualification in a general vocation (but this is not essential).
Department Info
You will work closely with the Student Support colleagues including Campus Safeguarding Leads, Attendance and Pastoral Officers, Mentors, Personal Development Coordinators and Curriculum staff, along with wider college teams.
You will be line managed by the Group Safeguarding Lead, who will give you operational direction.
Our excellent benefits and rewards package:
- Access to local government pensions scheme
- Up to 41 days annual leave per year (2226) including closure during Christmas period
- Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons
- Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including inhouse Occupational Health service
- Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles
- Parking available at all of our sites
- Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications
- New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the levelling up premium payments initiative
- Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth by to £200 per referral made
What is the RNN Group?
RNN Group's main goal is to be an ‘outstanding' education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too;
- We are Inclusive,
- We have Integrity,
- We Deliver,
- We are One Team.
We are OFSTED ‘Good' (November 2022)
We celebrate diversity and are proud to have been recognised as Investors in Diversity for our commitment to the FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement) Model. This means that you'd be working in a supportive environment that encourages, recognises and celebrates effort, achievement and cooperative attitudes. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, faith or disability. We are also proud to be part of the Disability Confidence Scheme.
The RNN Group is proud to be part of the South Yorkshire Institute of Technology (SYIoT).
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. All new employees will be required undertake a DBS check and other associated checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance.
All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.
Closing date: Monday 19 August 2023 at 12:00 Noon – if you are shortlisted for this post you will be contacted within a week of the closing date.
If you require further information about this vacancy please contact the HR department on or [email protected]