Safeguarding Officer

Job title: Safeguarding Officer

Salary: £28,428.77 - £29,867.98 per annum, depending on experience

Hours: 37 per week

Contract type: Fixed Term 13 Months (Maternity Cover)

Site: Nelson & Colne College

Closing date: Midnight, Monday 11th March

Interview date: TBC

‘Would you like to be part of a team that aims to create the extraordinary?’

Our Organisation
This role is advertised by NCC Professional Services. Part of Nelson and Colne College Group, NCC Professional Services provides expert business support services to the wider College Group.

Nelson and Colne College Group is a beacon for educational excellence, made up of a family of colleges – Nelson & Colne College, Accrington & Rossendale College and Lancashire Adult Learning. The College Group is the only Further Education college in Lancashire to be graded as ‘Outstanding’ under the new Ofsted inspection framework.

Together the Group forms a Sixth Form, Skills and Technology Centre, University Centre, employer training and adult learning provider delivering exceptional teaching and learning to all ages and at all levels.

The Exciting Role

Do you enjoy working with young people and adults?

Are you professional, compassionate, empathetic and driven to making a difference by

helping students to reach their full potential? Are you passionate and committed to championing safeguarding? If so, Nelson and Colne College Group is the right place for you!

We are currently seeking to appoint a Safeguarding Officer on a fixed term basis who will join an experienced and supportive team providing highly effective safeguarding and pastoral support which is central to our whole college safeguarding culture. You will be motivated and confident in providing holistic support to ensure students are safe and their wellbeing is paramount, working collaboratively with wider curriculum, support teams and external agencies to deliver successful interventions.

As a practitioner you will be skilled at establishing and maintaining relationships, driven by our college values and will focus primarily on supporting our most vulnerable students. In this role you will make a significant difference by enabling students to make informed choices to keep themselves safe and excel in their learning and next steps.

Please be aware that any successful applicants may be required to travel across sites.

What You Will Be Doing:

The successful candidate will act as a point of contact and college representative in matters related to safeguarding and pastoral support. This includes:

• Working directly with students in a supportive and holistic way, with communication being the key
• Representing the College at external multi-agency safeguarding meetings.
• Creating new collaborative links with support agencies to refer students to as appropriate.
• Acting as one of the points of contacts for external agencies relating to safeguarding issues.
• Playing a key role in working closely with college managers and staff to ensure student safeguarding needs are paramount, promoted throughout the organisation and maintain our whole college safeguarding culture.
• Making referrals to external agencies including Police, Children’s Social Care, Adult Care Services, Housing and Mental Health Services as appropriate.

What We Are Looking For:

· A passion to support/keep learners safe and promote safeguarding culture.

· A Level or equivalent

· 4 GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English at Grade C or above

· Successful experience of working with young people and vulnerable adults

· Experience of working in partnership with external agencies

What We Offer in Return:

· Generous annual leave entitlement increasing to a maximum of 28 days (with service), plus Bank Holidays and closure days – totalling 41 days per year

· Access to a workplace pension scheme – with employer contributions of 5%

· Enhanced occupational sick pay scheme and access to family friendly policies and benefits

· A range of health and wellbeing benefits and support

· Staff recognition scheme, including long service awards

· Free on-site parking on all College sites

Please visit our ‘working for us’ section of our website for a full list of our benefits https://careers.nelson.ac.uk/working-for-us/benefits/

How to Apply:

Still Interested?

If you're interested in this post and would like to know more, then please visit our website and complete an application form.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 13 months

Salary: Up to £29,867.98 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 11/03/2024