Director of Safeguarding

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Old Swinford Hospital, Old Swinford, Dudley

Full time
Permanent
Onsite working

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Old Swinford Hospital

Full Job Description

This post would suit an emotionally intelligent, resilient and experienced practitioner with significant safeguarding experience and a genuine enthusiasm for working with children and young people. The Director of Safeguarding (DoS) reports to the Deputy Headmaster who acts as line manager for the DoS, and the DoS then line manages the safeguarding work of three Deputy DSLs. The Director of Safeguarding also reports at two key committees - The Governors Curriculum and Pupil Welfare Committee and The Governors Safeguarding Committee. person Specification:

We are looking to appoint a capable individual who can work swiftly and thoroughly and keep the paramountcy principle at the heart of all safeguarding work.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced safeguarding practitioner who has worked at a senior level in an organisation which supports children and families and where that individual has worked with internal stakeholders as well as external agencies.
We are looking for a practitioner who is equally comfortable working on recording and reporting systems as he or she is working with and training up individuals or teams of individuals.
Finally, we are seeking to appoint an individual who is familiar with regulatory compliance, statutory guidance and inspectorates.
To act as DSL with lead responsibility, management oversight and accountability for safeguarding and child protection.
To lead on Prevent.
To lead on Online Safety and delivery of IT Standards.
To lead the support for all Springboard boarders at OSH.
Be responsible for the school's records relating to safeguarding, including low level concerns.
To work with others in the school as well as safeguarding partners and other external agencies.
To maintain child protection files.
Keeping safeguarding responsibilities high profile amongst OSH employees.
Ensuring a culture of safeguarding and listening to children is encouraged amongst all staff.
Ensuring that the OSH safeguarding policies and practices are known, understood and used appropriately.
Being known to pupils, parents and external stakeholders as the DSL
Being personally aware of which pupils are vulnerable and in what ways.
Maintaining links with all safeguarding partners
Sitting on the Safeguarding, Mental Health and Housemasters committees.
To review and agree the safeguarding arrangements of any external holiday lettings before the residential group comes on site.
Act as a source of support, advice and expertise for all staff.
To assume the lead role in referring cases of alleged or suspected abuse to the appropriate authority.
Be the School's liaison with LA children's social care and with outside agencies, acting as the point of contact for the safeguarding partners, taking part in strategy discussions and inter- agency meetings and/or supporting other staff to do so, and contributing to the assessment of children.
Act as the investigating officer in all child protection matters which involve another member of staff, other children or other individuals, reporting to the case manager.
To represent OSH, either individually or as part of a group, at SPA meetings, case review meetings and POT meetings.
Monitor and manage reports of low level concerns.
Make and manage referrals to the Channel programme.
Make other referrals as appropriate and where necessary including to the Police, the TRA and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Provide advice, support and training to other staff on child welfare, safeguarding and child protection matters and ensure staff are supported during any referrals process.
To be responsible for ensuring that child protection files are kept up to date and secure.
To maintain oversight of MyConcern as our primary recording tool, working with other systems as appropriate and when they come online.
To record safe acceptance and distribution of CP files when pupils join OSH, and to ensure that files from OSH are sent to pupils' new schools/destinations when they leave us as appropriate.
To work with admissions to clarify any references to vulnerability during the application process.
To be able to keep detailed, accurate, secure written records of concerns and referrals and understand the purpose of this record-keeping.
To report to the appropriate stakeholders on case files, patterns and trends in safeguarding, as well as the efficacy of our responses.
To monitor and report on safeguarding training needs and currency and to identify and drive new training opportunities for all colleagues involved in safeguarding work.
Understand relevant data protection legislation and regulations and the importance of information sharing, both within school and with safeguarding partners, other agencies, organisations and practitioners.
To ensure that his/her own training is up to date and valid.
To act as the main safeguarding trainer at OSH, delivering whole school as well as small group training and including online safety training.
To offer 1:1 training and enhanced briefings whenever required by the Headmaster.
To oversee all Prevent training, acting as the Prevent lead at OSH.
Maintain up to date training in online safety and act as online safety lead at OSH.
Use supervision and feedback to critically reflect on learning and support needs.
To act as lead for all Springboard boarders at OSH.
To liaise with the AHT QTL on the impact of any PP+ or pupil premium strategies in order to advocate for vulnerable pupils when working to close the gap.
To help promote educational outcomes by sharing the information about the welfare, safeguarding and child protection issues that children may have.
To lead on mental health support.
Participate in developing safeguarding aspects of individual welfare plans, working to support recovery and resilience building in individual children where appropriate.
To be responsible for the ongoing audit and assurance of safeguarding procedures.
To advice on the strategic development of safeguarding and on policy.
To ensure whole school compliance with safeguarding training.
Prepare and maintain safeguarding risk assessments relative to both individuals and the school as a whole.
To liaise with and support the work of the careers co-ordinator in ensuring adequate welfare and safeguarding arrangements for placements and visits