Lead Designated Safeguarding Practitioner

Lead Designated Safeguarding Practitioner

Salary £35,497 - £40,996 per annum

Our College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.

About the role

This role is a sickness cover position with an expected end date of 3rd of June 2026, or until the post holder returns to work.

Reporting to the Head of Safeguarding & Student Wellbeing, this post will contribute to the college’s common goals.

To achieve this, specific duties include, but are not limited to:

Support individual students with a safeguarding disclosure, ensuring support is implemented effectively and reviewed regularly
Liaise with external services for any safeguarding concerns (child or adult), providing timely relevant support and information
Attend a range of external events including Child Protection Conferences, Child in Need Reviews
Make timely referrals to a range of agencies such as Children’s Social Care to appropriately safeguard and support students
Maintain oversight of Prevent related referrals across college, reporting to Head of Safeguarding regularly on number of referrals and outcome
Maintain oversight of disclosure rates, identifying patterns and trends and support the encouragement of reporting in priority groups
Keep up to date with current legislation, statutory and other guidance
Work with the Head of Safeguarding to input on the design of new services, systems and Policies/Procedures
Monitor the effectiveness of the implementation of all Policies/Procedures relating to Safeguarding:
Working with the Head of Safeguarding in a solutions-focussed way to improve existing strategies
Keep updated with and deliver high quality staff and student related Safeguarding training
Lead on the welfare and support of students with a safeguarding disclosure in allocated curriculum area
Ensure that all safeguarding concerns are logged and recorded in line with GDPR legislation
Take a lead on implementing and monitoring Online Safety for students
Support the Head of Safeguarding to design strategies for Online Safety in line with current legislation and guidance
Support the Designated Safeguarding Practitioner to manage caseload and offer advice, information and guidance on complex cases
Ensure that training is identified and implemented for the Designated Safeguarding Practitioner team in line with current trending concerns
Support the Head of Safeguarding on the Designated Persons model to ensure that it is fit for purpose and ensure the Designated Safeguarding Persons team is maintained and provided with up-to-date training and support, including supervision
Ensure that consent and confidentiality are paramount in all safeguarding practice
Work on an allocated caseload of CLA students, supporting relevant internal stakeholders to complete PEPs, ensuring they are done in a timely manner with a person-centred approach
Participate in the College’s induction, enrolment events and open evening events
Support on the delivery of high-quality student events including whole campus safeguarding awareness events, ensuring such events are embedded as part of the cross-college tutorial scheme and enrichment calendar
Deputise for the Head of Safeguarding when required, representing the College at events

What we can offer you

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of between £35,497 - £40,996 per annum based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role.

Our benefits

Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with SYPA - 17.1%
Annual leave - 30 Days (222 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period
Health and wellbeing, we offer

Employee assistance programme through Bupa
Occupational Health through PAM
Free eye tests for VDU users

Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses
Further information can be found on our Benefits and Career Development pages.

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