Job Description
Our opportunity for you
We have a job vacancy for Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (non-teaching post).
Reporting directly to the Designated Safeguarding Lead, this is a full time, non-teaching role. The key role of the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) is to deputise for the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and Senior Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (SDDSL) in taking responsibility for safeguarding across the College. The roll will be lined managed by the Senior Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Key information
- Contract: Permanent, 52 weeks a year
- Start date: ASAP
- Salary: £28,000
- Closing Date: 26 February 2023
Person specification
The person we are looking for should:
- Be creative and hardworking.
- Have excellent personal organisational skills.
- Be adaptable with a good sense of humour and able to take the initiative.
- Be a very good team worker with the capacity to build relationships at all levels across the organisation.
- Be proactive.
- Be able to work successfully as part of a highly effective team.
Qualifications and experience:
- Relevant qualifications (both formal and through appropriate experience) to meet the challenge of the appointment.
- Excellent in-depth knowledge of the development of young people
Job description
Duties of role will include:
Management of referrals
The DDSL is expected to, under the direction of the DSL/ SDDSL, or in their absence:
- Refer cases of suspected abuse to the local authority children’s social care as required and support staff who make referrals to the local authority children’s social care.
- Refer cases to the Channel programme where there is a radicalisation concern as required and support staff who make referrals to the Channel programme.
- Refer cases where a crime may have been committed to the Police as required.
- Manage and track a systematic overview of concerns about students in the College, determining jointly with the DSL when to escalate or de-escalate thresholds of support.
Working with others
- To support the DSL/ SDDSL to provide regular updates and information to the Executive Team and Extended Pastoral Team (Heads of Year, SENCO, Thrive Team, Personal Tutors).
- To attend the scheduled College safeguarding meetings, including the DSL/DDSL meeting and Pastoral team meeting.
- As required, liaise with relevant Social Workers, Multi Agency Team members and other relevant outside agencies who are working with the College’s students and their families.
- Liaise with staff on matters of safety and safeguarding and when deciding whether to make a referral by liaising with relevant agencies.
- Act as a source of support, advice, and expertise for staff, including coordinating relevant training for the staff body.
- Coordinate and attend relevant professional meetings within and outside the College, including Team Around the Child and Team Around the Family meetings where appropriate.
Undertaking training
- The DDSL should undergo training to provide them with the knowledge and skills required to carry out the role. This training is at the equivalent level and standard as the DSL and should be updated at least every two years.
- The DDSL should undertake Prevent awareness training.
- In addition to the formal training set out above, their knowledge and skills should be refreshed (this might be via e-bulletins, meeting other DSL/SDDSL, or simply taking time to read and digest safeguarding developments) at regular intervals, as required, but at least annually, to allow them to understand and keep up with any developments relevant to their role so they are able to, alongside or under instruction from the DSL:
- Understand the assessment process for providing early help and intervention, for example through locally agreed common and shared assessment processes such as early help assessments.
- Have a working knowledge of how local authorities conduct a child protection case conference and a child protection review conference and can attend and contribute to these effectively when required to do so.
- Ensure each member of staff has access to and understands the College’s Safeguarding Policy and procedures, especially new and part time staff.
- Be alert to the specific needs of groups of students, including but not exclusively, children in need, those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), those Looked After and those recently adopted from Local Authority care and young carers.
- Be able to keep detailed, accurate, secure written records of concerns and referrals.
- Understand and support the school with regards to the requirements of the Prevent duty and be able to provide advice and support to staff on protecting young people from the risk of radicalisation.
- Obtain access to resources and attend any relevant or refresher training courses
- Encourage a culture of listening to young people and taking account of their wishes and feelings, among all staff, in any measures the college may put in place to protect them.
Raise Awareness
- Support the delivery of annual training to all staff and provide relevant and timely updates within each academic year.
- Support the DSL/ SDDSL in ensuring that the College’s Safeguarding Policy is known, understood and used appropriately.
- Work jointly to review the College’s Safeguarding Policy annually (as a minimum) and the procedures and implementation are updated and reviewed regularly.
- Ensure the College’s Safeguarding Policy is available publicly and parents are aware of the fact that referrals about suspected abuse or neglect may be made and the role of the school in this.
- Link with the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board to make sure staff are aware of training opportunities and the latest local policies on safeguarding.
- Deliver gatherings to students on relevant safeguarding matters.
- To coordinate outside agencies in the delivery of relevant safeguarding, raising awareness programmes within the College.
Record Keeping and Child Protection File
- The DDSL will ensure records are kept with good principles;
- Clear, comprehensive summary of the concern or action in relation to a concern
- Timely action in relation to safeguarding concerns
- Clarity over actions taken and decisions reached, including rationale and reference to any joint decision making/discussion
- Secure and discreet holding of this information, sharing only where necessary to safeguard the student
- Where students leave the College, ensure their child protection file is transferred to the new school as soon as possible, within 5 days. This should be transferred separately from the main pupil file, ensuring secure transit and confirmation of receipt should be obtained. Support the DSL/ SDDSL in sharing information verbally in advance where required
Availability
During term time, DDSL should be available during their working hours and if asked to act in place of the DSL/ SDDSL. If agreed in advance and approved by the DSL, the Senior DDSL can be available remotely in exceptional circumstances. The DDSL will be expected to provide adequate cover arrangements for the out of hours and out of term time safeguarding cover.
All staff have a responsibility to ensure that the College’s Safeguarding Policy is adhered to and concerns are raised in accordance with the policy.
Any other appropriate duties and responsibilities relevant to the post as directed by the Chief Executive Officer, Principal, Vice Principals, or Assistant Principals.
What we can offer you
- A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment
- The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students
- Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust
- A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health
Landau Forte College Derby
Landau Forte College Derby is a highly successful and heavily oversubscribed 11 – 19 school with a strong record of success across all aspects of its work. We are an inclusive and diverse school and we hold outstanding teaching and learning at the centre of everything we do. We aim to inspire, engage and challenge all our young people, regardless of background, to be the best that they can be. We have the highest expectations of all in a supportive, happy and welcoming environment. Our students are active, responsible citizens, ready to make a difference in the local, national and global community.
The local area
Derby is a vibrant and exciting city, located right in the heart of the UK. The city has a developed arts and culture scene and the area has a great history. The College is located just a few minutes’ walk away from Derby city centre.
Derby provides great range of sports and leisure facilities and is the gateway to the Peak District. Within a 10 minutes’ drive of the city you will find yourself in the beautiful open Derbyshire countryside with unspoilt villages, historic houses and adventurous attractions.
· Derby is 10 minutes away from M1 junction 25
· London is 90 minutes away by train
· East Midlands Airport is 20 minutes away
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Complete the application form online
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All appointments made are subject to satisfactory references and a criminal background check. Landau Forte Charitable Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for this post.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Self-declaration is subject to Ministry of Justice guidance on the disclosure of criminal records, further information can be found on GOV.UK.
The Trust will conduct all necessary searches and checks as relevant and in line with Government Safer Recruitment guidelines, our Safer Recruitment policy can be found on our website at www.lfct.org.uk
Job Type: Permanent
Schedule:
Work Location: One location
Application deadline: 26/02/2023