Safeguarding Officer

Applications for this role must be made on the Pendle Education Trust application form found at https://www.pendleeducationtrust.co.uk/page/?title=Staff+Vacancies&pid=39

Purpose of job

1. To provide and coordinate services for students’ social, emotional, academic and mental health needs, overcoming challenges and barriers that affect students’ learning and wellbeing. The focus is on more complex needs and cases of vulnerable students, so that those students may thrive personally and academically.

2. To lead on complex case analysis, attendance, planning, recording and report writing.

3. To support the Pastoral, Attendance and SEND teams in their work with vulnerable students.

4. To safeguard children and young people as part of our Designated Safeguarding Lead team.

Role Specific

1. To take responsibility for complex cases and work with students and families – work with the family, school staff, and external agencies to improve the student’s outcomes. To liaise with the other agencies involved in the care of the families, including representing the school at CP, CIN, LAC and TAF meetings

2. Support other staff, including pastoral, attendance and SEND teams who may be the lead professional or school representative for a student’s case, in early intervention as well as crisis situations.

3. Securing external support from agencies to improve outcomes for targeted students. Coordinate and streamline some or all of these services, as appropriate to each case.

4. Building trusting professional relationships with targeted student’s families in order to break down barriers to engagement, attendance and to empower parents to support students at home. Lead on providing families with advice and support, including regarding external agencies, which will include disseminating information through the pastoral, attendance and SEND teams.

5. Promote a strengths-based, relationship-focused model of approach, and lead on training for this internally with key staff.

6. Making home visits as appropriate to develop positive home-school relationships.

7. Maintaining regular contact with families, ensuring that they are updated and consulted in connection with their children.

8. Establishing a rapport and building a professional relationship with young people to ascertain their views, wishes and feelings and understand their lived experience.

9. To be an active member of our Designated Safeguarding Lead Team reporting to the Designated Safeguarding Lead (full training provided). To be alert and updated to safeguarding issues, log and deal with or pass on concerns as appropriate.

10. Lead on the development of strategies to support students who have persistent absenteeism or

Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA). Plan and, in conjunction with others, deliver creative solutions and/or interventions in order to ensure targeted students attend school,

behave well, and have successful outcomes.

11. To prepare and present reports to panels and other support meetings (with social services, local agencies, other schools, education authorities and other home-school support workers) in accordance with statutory procedures and practices to promote and safeguard the well-being and interests of the child/young people.

12. To collect, accurately record, using the school information management systems and pastoral and safeguarding record system (CPOMS), and critically analyse all relevant information and take appropriate actions to fulfil statutory responsibilities to promote and safeguard the well-being and interests of the child/young people.

13. Assess the outcome and impact of interventions on a students’ attainment, attendance and wellbeing. Identify what is making a difference to student & their family. If needed, re-plan.

Pay: £28,740.00-£32,596.00 per year

Benefits:

• Free parking
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person