Appointment of Safeguarding & Wellbeing Team Leader

Runshaw College has long been recognised as one of the most successful colleges in the country, renowned locally and nationally for our exceptional results, friendly and supportive culture and focus on putting the learner at the heart of all that we do.

Our shared vision provides the focus for our work: to be a Great Place to Study, a Great Place to Work, and a Great Place for Partnerships and the Community. Please see the Strategic Plan on the college website, for full details of our vision and objectives. 

We now have a vacancy in our Safeguarding and Wellbeing team for a Safeguarding Coordinator and Safeguarding & Wellbeing Team Leader on a full time basis.  This is an ideal role for someone who is looking to lead an exceptional team and to utilise their skills in supporting young people to thrive and to progress. To be successful in this role, you will need to be passionate about working with young people to enable them to progress, be organised, empathetic, resilient and proactive in providing highly effective support to any student where a safeguarding or wellbeing concern has been identified, ensuring that they receive the correct level of support at the earliest opportunity. This will involve the triage of a digitised referral system, case supervision, signposting to both internal and external sources of support utilising your knowledge of safeguarding principles and the local context, providing both early help and crisis support interventions. Operating to a high level of confidentiality and ensuring effective cross college communications whilst leading a team by example.

Up to £33,963 p.a.

In addition, Runshaw College will contribute up to £6,657 p.a. in employer pension contributions

Closing date for this post is 12 noon, Friday 12th July 2024

For further information and to apply, please visit www.runshaw.ac.uk/work-at-runshaw/current-vacancies and click on Vacancies. Alternatively, email HR@runshaw.ac.uk or call 01772 642004, quoting the vacancy reference number.

Runshaw College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the health, safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly people with protected characteristics.