Designated Safeguarding & Pastoral Lead
Location: Near Royston,Hertfordshire
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Hours: 40 Hours per week.
Salary: £35,00 - £40,000 per annum
Our residents and students face complex learning difficulties, many of which are accompanied by profound physical disabilities and/or medical needs. In our School and Children’s Home, we care for individuals aged 6 to 19, while our Adult Care Home supports those aged 18 to 30.
We are currently seeking a dedicated Designated Safeguarding & Pastoral Lead to join our leadership team across our services in Royston. This key role involves overseeing and managing safeguarding issues across all our services, both on and off-site, ensuring the safety and well-being of those in our care.
The Role:
As our Designated Safeguarding & Pastoral Lead you will receive safeguarding referrals via the services safeguarding system, My Concern, and follow the school’s safeguarding processes and policies to ensure the safety and wellbeing of residents and students.
Key Duties:
- To develop the improvement of individual and site practice around behaviour and safeguarding and be responsible for policy implementation of these elements, ensuring all practice is in line with all statutory guidelines, CQC & Ofsted regulations
- To coordinate the effective implementation of the Attendance Policy.
- To provide relevant behaviour and safeguarding training to staff through CPD.
- To ensure that all relevant compliance has been completed with the support of the school business manager in the completion of reports and audits
- Communicate with parents/carers, employees, other agencies, and local authorities on the progress of children and young people and the effectiveness of intervention and support strategies
- Exercise a key role in advising and assisting the Service Leads with the strategic development of behaviour, pastoral, wellbeing, and preparing for adulthood offers, including reviewing, and formulating policies.
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.
Designated Safeguarding & Pastoral Lead Requirements:
Qualifications:
- GCSE (or equivalent) in English & Maths
- Designated Safeguarding Lead training level 3 or above and experience working as a Designated Safeguarding Lead.
- Level 3 in Health and Social Care, or working with children and young people (Desirable)
Experience:
- Proven track record of excellent creative and structured pastoral interventions within relevant special needs environment.
- Experience of holding responsibility for and turning policy into effective and successful practice.
- Leadership in a residential setting such as a Children’s Home or Adult Care Home
- Communicating effectively to a wide range of different audiences though a range of different mediums and managing relationships with various external agencies.
- Successful management of complex scenarios and conflict resolution as well as experience of using effective behaviour and teaching strategies.
Professional Knowledge and Skills:
- Understanding of the implementation of ASD intervention and support strategies (TEACCH, attention Autism or other similar).
- Experience of OFSTED & CQC inspections and following action planning.
- The role will require significant resilience and a degree of physical fitness commensurate with being involved in the full range of service activities and the ability on occasions to be involved in physical intervention.
Safeguarding Notice: Inspire EHC Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All applicants are subject to a satisfactory enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and Overseas Police Clearances (If applicable), compulsory online training including Safeguarding, Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent and at least two independent references.
If you believe this Designated Safeguarding & Pastoral Lead role near Royston, Hertfordshire, is the perfect match for you, we look forward to receiving your application soon!