Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

‘CAT employs rolling recruitment methodologies, with shortlisting and interviews for some roles taking place as and when applications are received. This may mean that some roles are recruited to before the closing date, and therefore advise that applications are made without undue delay’.

Carlton Keighley is a small community secondary school, set in an attractive semi-rural location. The school has made rapid progress since joining the Carlton Academy Trust in 2018, gaining its’ first ever ‘Good’ rating from Ofsted in January 2020. Since then, standards in the school have continued to improve due to our culture of high expectations, resulting in some of our best exam results ever and a rapidly expanding school roll. Although a remarkable journey, this is not the limit of the school’s ambitions as it aspires to the Trust motto of ‘Excellence for All’ and become an outstanding school over the next few years. As such, aspirations of all students are high and don’t allow the significant disadvantages that they face to be an excuse for poor outcomes. Teaching and learning is the focus of everything we do, investing in staff through regular, high-quality research-led professional development.

Carlton Keighley is a great place to work with helpful, friendly, and supportive staff and excellent standards of student behaviour and conduct which promote a calm, purposeful atmosphere within lessons and around school. Staff welfare is a priority, and we strive to preserve a proper work-life balance through small class sizes, early Friday finishes, with meetings and paperwork kept to an absolute minimum.

We hope you are excited by the schools’ improvement journey and look forward to welcoming applications from colleagues who share our values and ambition to deliver excellence for the young people of Keighley.

We are seeking to appoint a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead to support the Designated Safeguarding Lead by providing a high quality, responsive service to students faced with welfare and safeguarding issues, in accordance with statutory responsibilities and making referrals to appropriate agencies when required under the direction of the Designated Safeguarding Lead. The successful candidate will be responsible for responding to and prioritising matters of safeguarding, child protection and wellbeing concerns as they arise and are reported in a timely manner. As well as, working to engage students, families and carers of our students and working as part of multi-agency teams with external agencies to improve outcomes for students.

 If you are hard-working, demonstrate pride in your work, are ambitious to be the best, and genuinely have the interests of students at heart, we would welcome your application.

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please complete the Equalities Monitoring Form and the Application Form. No additional supporting statements or CVs will be considered. You can also apply for this position by visiting the vacancies page on the Carlton Academy Trust website

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Employee welfare is important to us and see them as the Trust’s prime asset. Therefore, we look after our staff and offer a comprehensive range of employee benefits through our Carlton Cares programme.

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Once you have completed the two documents, please forward to

E:  hr@catrust.uk

W: www.carltonacademytrust.co.uk

Closing date for applications: 4th November 2024, 10am

The School has adopted the principles of Safer Recruitment and will safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and subscribe to the DBS update service. Carlton Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer.