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Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead - Term Time

Cliftonville Primary School, Margate

  • Ref:KCC886-2028-180S
  • Posted:28/04/2025
  • Pay:Coastal Academies Trust Grade 8 (bands 24-28)
  • Start Date:31ST AUGUST 2025
  • App Close Date:13/05/2025 at 12:00
  • Interviews:FRIDAY 16TH MAY 2025

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Are you passionate about supporting young people, enabling them to thrive?

Are looking for a fulfilling career and are ready for your talents to be nurtured?

Are you someone who has: 

-  The ability to oversee the school's safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring they are up to date and compliant with relevant legislation; 
-  Able to act as the first point of contact for safeguarding concerns and liaise with external agencies, as needed;
-  Confidence to organise and provide safeguarding training and support to all colleagues, ensuring they are well-informed and equipped to protect our children and community; 
-  The ability to maintain detailed records of safeguarding concerns and actions taken.
 
We are looking to appoint an inspirational, organised and ambitious Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead to join our dedicated and enthusiastic team to maintain an effective safeguarding culture across the school. The successful candidate will be taking responsibility for all safeguarding and child protection matters arising at the school and will support all other staff in dealing with any child protection concerns that arise.
 
You will have experience in a safeguarding, pastoral or youth support role—be empathetic, professional, and committed to supporting young people.
You should be confident handling sensitive situations, have strong communication skills, and be able to work well both independently and as part of a wider pastoral team.
 
Why Join Cliftonville School?

You’ll be part of a friendly and dedicated staff team where your work truly makes a difference. We offer a supportive working environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to help shape the futures of the young people in our care.

 
 

Information about the school

We are one of the largest primary schools in Kent with over 840 children on roll, including a Pre-School that offers 30 hour provision. When joining us, you will be supported to be the best that you can be. As an academy within the Coastal Academies Trust (CAT) we are passionate and driven in delivering outstanding opportunities for our whole community- staff, children and parents.

We are a family. Our school is warm and welcoming to children, their families and staff. The school is immensely proud of the diverse community it serves and is committed to maintaining outstanding outcomes for every child, no matter what their starting point in an environment that promotes intellectual, physical, emotional, social and spiritual development. As with any school, there are challenges...but the rewards of working at Cliftonville are huge.

Our school values of Independence, safe and settled, respect, resilience, aspiration, learning and community are integral to all that we are and do at Cliftonville Primary and Pre-school. As part of our commitment to community we make it our mission to promote positive wellbeing for all our pupils, staff and the wider community including parents and carers. We recognise that without positive wellbeing we cannot reach our full potential. Therefore, we aim to educate and support our whole school community on the importance of wellbeing and mental health, ensuring it is everyone’s responsibility to care for one another. Through our innovative ‘Wellbeing Hub’ we will provide mental health support, understanding and intervention for pupils and parents ensuring a holistic approach.

Our staff are our greatest resource and so we ensure that all staff have a supportive network and feel they are listened to and valued at all times.

We work together with a whole range of partners including parents, external agencies, local groups to foster warm, friendly and purposeful relationships. Through these partnerships we support and develop the children's social, and emotional foundations upon which learning is achieved through a bespoke, exciting, ambitious and engaging curriculum.

The school holds a number of important accreditations including most recently the Well being Award, the Inclusion Quality Mark and the Continuous Professional Learning and Development Quality Mark.

Cliftonville Primary and Pre-School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 other relevant employment checks, online recruitment checks and overseas criminal background checks, where applicable.

All new trustees, employees and volunteers will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Cliftonville Primary and Pre-School is an inclusive and accessible employer, we are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process. We embrace and cultivate an inclusive, equitable and respectful workplace. We welcome colleagues with different backgrounds, perspectives and capabilities.

Job Contact Information

Fax: (01843) 230614

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.