Safeguarding Lead

Holy Trinity Catholic School seeks to serve young people from both the Catholic and the local community, welcoming all those who em-brace its values and share its quest for excellence. In a Section 48 inspection January 2020, Holy Trinity was rated as an ‘Outstanding’ school. We are very proud of this achievement; our Catholic faith underpins everything we do as a school community.

Holy Trinity Catholic School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced and qualified Designated Safeguarding lead to support the social, emotional, mental health and well-being of our students This will include outreach work with families and collaboration with external agencies including Children’s Services and Family Connect.

Applicants will need to:

• Have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to communicate effectively with pupils, parents, staff and ex-ternal agencies

• Carry out the role of DSL and Lead on Early Help; supporting with home visits, parental engagement, pupil support & safeguarding

• Work closely with colleagues, families and outside agencies to attend child protection meetings & record keeping around safeguarding concerns

• Have the ability to complete detailed written professional reports/maintain robust, accurate and timely records on school system

• Have the ability to keep calm and work well under pressure

• Work independently on cases relating to safeguarding concerns

• Support the DSL and Pastoral teams, managing lower level concerns

• One to one mentoring and support to improve academic progress and learning

• Remain professional at all times & understand the need for complete confidentiality

• Support the Catholic ethos of the school

• Be prepared to undertake any necessary training/lead staff training

• Hybrid Working possible during holidays

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and therefore expects all staff to share the commitment. As part of our safer recruitment process, please be aware that all shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search and a social media check, in line with the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Any incidents or issues identified from the search will be explored with the applicant at interview. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. A copy of our school’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be found on the school’s website. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and it’s amendments. This post is also covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016), the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement to this role.

Please note we cannot accept CVs. We only accept complete application forms.

For further details and application form please visit our website or contact Mrs G McLeish (PA to the Head teacher) gmcleish@holytrc.bham.sch.uk or info@holytrc.bham.sch.uk