Education Safeguarding Lead - Gloucester, United Kingdom - Gloucestershire County Council

Gloucestershire County Council

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Education Safeguarding Lead:

Date: 11 Mar 2024
Job Location: GloucesterThis is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
Job Title: Education Safeguarding Lead

Job Location: 92-96 Westgate Street

Salary: £45,441 £48,474 per annum
Hours per Week: 37.00
Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 12/04/2024

Job Requisition Number: 8618

This post is not open to job share

About the Team and Role:

Are you passionate about working to support children and young people live happy and successful lives and dedicated to making a difference?

This is a new role which will work across the wide range of service areas in the Education Directorate focusing on how council Education services and education settings in Gloucestershire can keep children safe in line with 'Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023'.

About you:

In collaboration and close working with the Gloucestershire Children's Safeguarding Partnership (GSCP), the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) Education team, the Local Area Designated Officers (LADO), Education Safeguarding Service Area responsibility holders, the safeguarding traded service and the GSCP Business Unit and senior leaders in schools you will be responsible for giving support and advice to the rest of the Education Directorate and settings in the county education system on safeguarding matters.

You will investigate and respond to concerns or complaints affecting the safety and welfare of our children and young people in Gloucestershire's schools.

You will ensure appropriate action is taken to promote their welfare and protect them from harm, being accountable for decisions and action taken to have the best possible outcomes through advice and guidance.

Be an expert in safeguarding children and young people
Responsibility to promote safeguarding of children and young people
Support and develop school leader and officer safeguarding understanding, maintaining high standards of care, values, ethics, equality and diversity and policies and procedures
Ensure that all officers in the Education Directorate are appropriately trained and aware of their safeguarding responsibilities
Provide support and guidance to officers across Education directorate to enable them to undertake their safeguarding responsibilities with confidence
Ensure legislation requirements are met
Champion a culture of safeguarding and wellbeing excellence always
Undertake appropriate organisation and administration to undertake the role
To work seamlessly across directorate or team boundaries in a collaborative and constructive manner to implement the directorate's strategic direction
To demonstrate a commitment to customer service excellence
To work within Council's policies and procedures.

Experience:

Experience of the education system and legislative framework relevant to safeguarding in education settings
Undertaken the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead in an appropriate setting and/or extensive experience of working in or with education settigs, including work on attendance and related issues. Working with children, young people and families.
Management experience in relevant sectors which have led to positive outcomes for children, young people and families
Experience of effective multiagency work and working across organisational boundaries and use of influence within multiagency settings which has led to improved outcomes for children, young people and families
Experience of implementing strategies for service development which has led to quality improvement
Experience or developing/leading changes in services and/or policies that have led to service improvements
Experience of effective partnership work with parents, children, young people and families and institutions /settings to develop and improve service provision

About us:

The Education Directorate sits within the wider Children's Services directorate alongside Children's Social Care and Early Help.

The Education directorate comprises of the following service areas:

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The Special Educational Needs Service

EHCP statutory caseworker service; the Advisory Teacher Service; the Education Psychology Service; the Specialist Commissioning Team

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The Inclusion Service - focused on Attendance and access to education
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The School Improvement Service - focused on support direct to schools around school development and quality of education both for maintained schools and as a traded service off to the whole education system
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Education, Planning and Infrastructure - focused on school building projects, transport, place planning and Admissions
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Early Years Service - focused on supporting the quality and ensuring the sufficiency of early years childcare settings
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The Virtual School