Designated Safeguarding Officer (Inclusion Leader)
Honley High School
Kirklees
- New
- Salary:
- Band H NJC points 25-28. Full Time: £35,235 - £37,938. Actual Salary: £30,475 - £32,813. Term Time plus 5 days. Hours: 37 hours Monday to Thursday 8.00am – 4.00pm Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as your notice period allows
- Apply by:
- 18 September 2024
Job overview
Salary: Band H NJC points 25-28. Full Time: £35,235 - £37,938. Actual Salary: £30,475 - £32,813
Contract: Permanent, Term Time plus 5 days
Hours: 37 hours Monday to Thursday 8.00am – 4.00pm Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm
Closing Date: Wednesday 18th September 2024 at 9.00am
Interview: likely w/c 23rd September 2024
Start Date: As soon as your notice period allows
We are seeking to recruit a Designated Safeguarding Officer, who will operate under the job title of Inclusion Leader. We are looking for a dynamic and inspirational individual; someone who is hardworking and a strong team player who possesses great interpersonal skills. Someone who is passionate about the safeguarding of young people. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wishes to play a significant role in helping students to succeed by improving the outcomes for our most vulnerable and at risk students.
What the role involves in a nutshell:
- Collaborating with the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead you will safeguard and protect the young people and staff of Honley High School
- Be a Safeguarding Lead and take responsibility for day to day safeguarding matters within the school.
- Line Management of Student Welfare Officer (Attendance) and Healthcare Assistant
- Model the vision and values of the school
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people
We’re looking for someone with:
- A natural ability to communicate with all stakeholders in particular students and parents
- The ability to exercise discretion
- The ability to be a strong advocate for our students
What you’ll get in return?
This is a fantastic opportunity to work as part of a passionate and friendly team under the direction and with the support of the Head of School and wider Senior Leadership team at Honley High School.
You’ll be joining a school and Trust which is all about putting staff first – with numerous wellbeing initiatives and social events to enjoy each term!
Benefits
- Automatic enrolment to the West Yorkshire Pension Fund
- Staff development through appraisal and CPD
- Access to a canteen
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Great transport links – Honley Train Station is across the road
- Free onsite car parking
- Working as part of a creative and supportive team who want the best for all of our students
If our school sounds like a place in which you could really make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.
HOW TO APPLY
Could we be a good fit for each other? If you’d like a chat about the role or have questions ahead of making a formal application, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact our Personal Assistant to the Senior Leadership team Nicola Pogmore via n.pogmore@honley.tlt.school
If you’re ready for a new challenge, please apply by completing our application form and returning it to recruitment@tlt.school by the closing date.
SAFER RECRUITMENT
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to behave in a way that supports this commitment and are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. If you are shortlisted for interview, we will undertake an online public search in line with guidance from the Department for Education and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.
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About Honley High School
Honley High School is a large secondary comprehensive school in Honley, West Yorkshire with approximately 1,280 students aged 11-16 on the school roll.
Honley High School first opened in 1932 and occupies a delightful rural setting in the heart of the Holme Valley. The village of Honley has a population of approximately 6,500 and has rail links to Huddersfield and Sheffield and has regular bus services.
Headteacher
Liz Lord
Vision and Values
Central to everything we are working to achieve is the school vision. We are striving to create an exceptional school where all members of the school community:
- Are proud of the school, respectful of each other, socially responsible, and believe in and promote our values
- Work within an atmosphere of mutual support, respect and collaboration
- Are committed to individual and collective success and place no ceiling on aspiration
- Celebrate effort as well as achievement, take risks and learn from mistakes, recognising the intrinsic value of learning
- Place the needs of the child at the centre of learning, nurture their creativity in overcoming the challenges of today and develop their resilience to address the uncertainties of tomorrow
The exceptional school that we will create will be founded upon the following beliefs:
- We believe in fairness, equity and inclusion: we value every child for who they are and show compassion and understanding in our dealings with one another
- We strive for excellence in everything we do: we have high aspirations for everyone and believe that children and adults thrive in a climate of praise, celebration and recognition. We always measure ourselves against the highest standards
- We believe in working together to protect the interests and well-being of all members of our community
We value working in partnership with others and in September 2019 we joined with four other schools in Kirklees and Calderdale to form the Together Learning Trust. This multi-academy trust, which replaces our previous Co-operative Trust status, has been founded on the principles of Integrity, Creativity and Excellence. Our expectation is that by working together as a family of schools we will be able to provide even greater opportunities for our learners and greater access to professional development for our staff. We are pleased that many of our previous Co-operative Trust partners agreed to transfer across to support this new venture and are continuing to work with us to develop our children into well-rounded and socially responsible young adults.
Ofsted report
“The systems to check the performance of teachers are thorough and clearly identify the skills that teachers need to strengthen. The school’s substantial programme for teachers’ professional development has assisted well in ensuring teaching is good. Support and training for subject leaders have helped them to contribute strongly to improving teaching and pupils’ outcomes.”
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