Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead

Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead

Salary: Grade 5 (£41,511 - £52,805)

Hours of Work: Full Time

Location: St Edmund Campion Catholic School

Required for: April 2025

The St John Paul II Multi Academy is a highly successful Catholic Multi Academy encompassing seven primary schools and two secondary schools. Our schools are based in Sutton Coldfield, Erdington and Aston.

The ethos of St John Paul II Multi Academy is Catholic and was founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for children of Catholic families. 

As a Catholic multi academy, we aim to provide a Catholic education for all our pupils. As a Catholic multi academy, Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect of every one of our school’s activities. It is essential that the Catholic character of the school’s education be fully supported by all staff within the multi academy. We therefore hope that all staff will give their full, unreserved and positive support for the aims and ethos of the St John Paul II Multi Academy.

St Edmund Campion is a hugely successful and popular school with excellent pupil outcomes. Pupil behaviour is excellent and staff wellbeing and workload is considered a priority. The school is well recognised for the support and care provided for pupils and for the excellent safeguarding practices.

The Governors of St Edmund Campion Catholic School wish to appoint a Senior Designated Safeguarding Lead to be part of the school leadership team. This is a non-teaching role and arises due to the forthcoming retirement of the current postholder. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has a deep interest in the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be:

• Very well organised and meticulous in their record keeping
• Understanding of the position of senior leader as role model for staff and pupils, holding staff to account as necessary
• Knowledgeable of all matters around safeguarding and Keeping Children Safe in Education
• Able to disseminate key information to all stakeholders including regular training of staff
• Knowledgeable of agencies around safeguarding

St. Edmund Campion Catholic School is an over-subscribed 11-18 school serving the community of North Birmingham. Interested candidates are welcome to visit the school by arrangement. Please contact Julie Turner, PA to Principal, on turnerj@stedcamp.bham.sch.uk

We are committed to the development of all staff to be of their very best and our most recent Ofsted report graded the school good, with an outstanding Post-16 provision.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.  St John Paul II Multi Academy is an Equal Opportunities employer.

Deadline for Applications: 12.00 Friday 24th January 2025

With interviews taking place soon after this date

Please note we do not accept CVs and applications will only be considered if received on a Catholic Education application form.

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, or you would like further information, please email: hr@sjp2.net. Please follow the links on our website to apply http://johnpaulii.co.uk/vacancies