We have an exciting opportunity within our Yeovil College Student Support Services team for a Safeguarding Officer, we are looking to recruit an experienced Safeguarding officer to join our busy expanding team. The ideal candidate will have Safeguarding Knowledge and experience having worked with young people and vulnerable adults previously. The successful candidate will be a key team member and be able to offer support to our students and colleagues across our busy campus. If you are student focused supportive and have the ability to work under pressure we would like to hear from you.
As part of the role you will be providing a day-to-day response to safeguarding and wellbeing concerns to ensure learners are safe and secure, proactively safeguarding learners on campus and providing resources and learning via workshops and online tools to keep them safe on and off campus. To include all strands of provision study programmes, apprenticeships, and HE. You will be raising awareness of current themes including Prevent, County lines, CSE and domestic violence.
Yeovil College has been on an exceptional journey over the years. Our College community is completely aligned, great people pulling in the same direction, who are making amazing things happen. Outcomes for learners that are some of the best in the Country, high financial performance which is enabling choices and the delivery of an exceptional student experience. Interconnected with our business community, we are focused on supplementing their prosperity for all of our benefit.
Yeovil as the principal town of South Somerset is set in beautiful countryside close to the wider South West and all of its benefits, making for a fulfilling work/life balance. Yeovil college is an incredible place to work, in our most recent Staff Satisfaction Survey over 97% of current staff stated that they were treated with respect by their colleagues and line managers and that they enjoy the work they do. We currently hold the Matrix Accreditation for the delivery of high-quality information, advice, and guidance and the Investors in Diversity Award for our approach towards improving Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement practices in the workplace.
For full details of Key Roles & Accountabilities please view the Job Description attached.
To be considered for this role it is essential that you can demonstrate the following:
- Current Safeguarding & Prevent training.
- Mental Health First Aid training.
- Level 2 English and Maths (or equivalent) or commitment to gaining within 24 months of commencement of employment.
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Understanding of current Safeguarding themes in a School KS3/4 or FE setting.
- How and when to take action to keep learners safe.
- Use of electronic systems to report and track safeguarding concerns such as MyConcern or CPoms.
- Working in a multidisciplinary way with experience of making referrals.
- Delivery of workshops to staff and students (or willingness to deliver).
- Excellent IT Skills.
- Organised and accurate recording of notes.
- Problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Level-headed and work under pressure.
Salary: £15,918 Actual Salary (FTE £24,144)
30 hours per week, term time only
Benefits include:
- Local government pension scheme, employer contribution 18.9%
- Continuous professional development
- Access to free staff car park
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts with high street and on-line retailers
- Access to free Gym on site
- Onsite subsidised catering facilities
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Yeovil College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Potential applicants should be aware that all successful applicants will need to agree to an enhanced DBS check. Yeovil College follows the DBS Code of Practice which is available from the DBS website.