Safeguarding Officer - Maternity Cover - Term Time

Wrotham School, Sevenoaks

• Ref:KCC886-5409-188S
• Posted:17/11/2021
• Pay:KR6
• Start Date:TBC
• App Close Date:01/01/2022 at 15:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Safeguarding Officer – Maternity Cover

Hours – 22 hours per week – Hours could be negotiable

Term Time only – plus two inset days  

Kent Range 6 – Salary range £20,997 - £22,918 (FTE)

Start date – ASAP     

We have a vacancy for a Safeguarding Officer to cover maternity leave at Wrotham School.

We are looking for an emotionally intelligent and resilient individual who wishes to support the positive development of student welfare.   

The main responsibilities of the role are as follows:  

The Safeguarding Officer has the main responsibility for managing child protection issues within Wrotham School and ensuring the policies, procedures, systems, structures, resources and personnel are in place to promote the welfare and protection of children.  Actively working jointly with parents/carers and other agencies through joint planning, training and monitoring of their arrangements for the protection of children.  Ensure there are quality assurance mechanisms in place to monitor, review and evaluate arrangements for the protection of children.  

The candidate would be required to have good communication skills, be organised and it would be desirable if the candidate already has relevant experience or qualifications in a safeguarding role.

The role is paid on Kent Range 6, £20,997 to £ 22,918 for a full time position, and a pro rata salary of £10,364 to £11,312.  The hours and times could be flexible for the right person.

Wrotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and check against the ISA Barred List for children.

Please apply by completing the application form, available on our website, and by writing a letter of no more than one side explaining what skills and attributes you have that would make you the best person for this job. Please email your applications to Jan Wheeler, jwheeler@wrotham.kent.sch.uk

We reserve the right to change or withdraw the advert once a suitable applicant can be appointed

Information about the school

Wrotham School forms part of the Character Education Trust, a 2 Academy Trust that aims to provide students with high quality academic and ‘Character Education’.

Our vision is to support and encourage the students within our Trust to develop good character; to be confident and kind; to have integrity; to respect difference and to make a positive contribution to the community around them. A link to our website for more information can be found here https://www.charactereducationtrust.org/

The school has been recognised for its excellent work on Character Education by being awarded the prestigious School of Character Kitemark - a formal acknowledgement of the work the school has done to promote and develop good character in the school community.

We are a progressive and innovative school that provides a positive and productive place to work for teachers of all experience levels.

Why Work at Wrotham School?

-A trusting and caring workplace that looks after its staff. -A school that respects and values its staff team. -A high performing school that rewards good teaching. -Great students and families that give back in support and appreciation for good teaching.

An incredible provision of staff benefits from day one including:

• Flexible working arrangements that ensure every member of staff has an “offsite” flexible working period of 75 minutes+ at the start or end of at least 1 day per week. • Strict and well established out of hours communication restrictions that protect evenings, weekends and holiday periods. • Free lunch for all staff – every day. • No directed or preferred teaching style or method other than sharing and learning from good practice. • Access to short term/ emergency staff counselling by qualified psychotherapists – on site. • Free breakfast cereal for all staff and students – everyday. • Excellent transport links via motorway/ nearby train station. • Regular staff welfare surveys with clear outcomes and actions. • Bespoke and personalised CPD programme • An innovative “target free” teacher appraisal system that is exclusively based on continuous development of teaching and learning. • An excellent ECT and trainee programme of support and development. • Aspirant leadership courses (in house) and access to NPQ qualification at all levels. • A supportive behaviour and sanction system that relieves burden on teaching staff.
• A culture of trust of staff to manage working hours with no expectation to work on site when not required. • A regular and supportive check in and on boarding system.
• Access to excellent Teacher and LA pension schemes. • 3 days paid leave per rolling year for care of dependents. • Clear and transparent directed time

Wrotham is a small village in the heart of Kent, surrounded by a scenic rural landscape and beautiful countryside with excellent (5 minute) access from the A20/M20 and close proximity to the A2/M2/M25/M26. Journey by road from nearby Bromley/ Dartford/ Bexley/ Orpington varies from 15-30 minutes. The local mainline station is a 10 minute walk from the school and is on the direct commuter line to Victoria Station in central London; this line includes stops at Bromley South.

For further information visit our website www.wrothamschool.com

Job Contact Information

• Name:Ben Sanchez
• Address:Borough Green Road, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7RD
• Telephone: 01732 905860
• Email: recruitment@wrotham.kent.sch.uk