Safeguarding Liaison Officer
| Posting date: | 27 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2025 |
| Location: | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 5EF |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 07145c8e-0dc2-47f9-bbb2-14d815c128c1-1 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Due to promotion of the current post holder we are seeking a Safeguarding Liaison Officer, who will be a motivated,organised and flexible individual who is able to take responsibility forsafeguarding children on behalf of the school.
You will ensure that every student thrives in a safe, inclusive andsupportive environment, ensuring that every child receives the support,protection and guidance they need to thrive.
Key Responsibilities:
✔️ First point of contact for safeguarding concerns, providing timely andprofessional support.
✔️ Collaborate with external agencies, including social services, lawenforcement, and Family Intervention Service (FIS), to ensure studentwelfare.
✔️ Ensuring all staff in school are kept informed of safeguarding updatesto practice and procedures and induction is completed for new staff.
✔️ Attend Team Around the Child/ Family, Child in Need and ChildProtection meetings. Arrange and support FIS Advice Sessions.
✔️ Maintain accurate safeguarding records using CPOMS and trackconcerns effectively.
✔️ Advise and support staff with concerns.
✔️ Support vulnerable students and their families, including those facingpersonal challenges, mental health concerns, or difficult homecircumstances.
✔️ Deliver a regular lunchtime drop in for children that need support.
✔️ Contribute to school safeguarding policies, ensuring best practices areupheld across the academy.
✔️ Oversee school attendance across the school and report to theHeadteacher.
✔️ Ensure appropriate arrangements are in place to support parents andchildren in the smooth transition from primary to secondary school.
✔️ Contribute to Inclusion and staff meetings.
✔️ Utilise systems to support the role such as Arbor and CPOMS.
What the school offers its staff
The school is part of Sheffield South East Trust (SSET), which unitesseven local Primary Schools. Our school serves a diverse andestablished community in the South East of the city and is a large andfriendly school within the community of Darnall.
Our school was inspected in February 2023 and judged by OFSTED to bea Good school in all areas. Our pupils are well behaved, friendly andpositive about their learning and we have a team of hard-working andsupportive staff.The School can offer enthusiastic and motivated pupils who wantto learn and achieve, alongside hardworking, dedicated and supportivestaff and governors.
The school is committed to professional development and opportunitiesfor further training will be available. You will also receive free employeehealth cover (Westfield Health & Wellbeing).
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Due to promotion of the current post holder we are seeking a Safeguarding Liaison Officer, who will be a motivated,organised and flexible individual who is able to take responsibility forsafeguarding children on behalf of the school.
You will ensure that every student thrives in a safe, inclusive andsupportive environment, ensuring that every child receives the support,protection and guidance they need to thrive.
Key Responsibilities:
✔️ First point of contact for safeguarding concerns, providing timely andprofessional support.
✔️ Collaborate with external agencies, including social services, lawenforcement, and Family Intervention Service (FIS), to ensure studentwelfare.
✔️ Ensuring all staff in school are kept informed of safeguarding updatesto practice and procedures and induction is completed for new staff.
✔️ Attend Team Around the Child/ Family, Child in Need and ChildProtection meetings. Arrange and support FIS Advice Sessions.
✔️ Maintain accurate safeguarding records using CPOMS and trackconcerns effectively.
✔️ Advise and support staff with concerns.
✔️ Support vulnerable students and their families, including those facingpersonal challenges, mental health concerns, or difficult homecircumstances.
✔️ Deliver a regular lunchtime drop in for children that need support.
✔️ Contribute to school safeguarding policies, ensuring best practices areupheld across the academy.
✔️ Oversee school attendance across the school and report to theHeadteacher.
✔️ Ensure appropriate arrangements are in place to support parents andchildren in the smooth transition from primary to secondary school.
✔️ Contribute to Inclusion and staff meetings.
✔️ Utilise systems to support the role such as Arbor and CPOMS.
What the school offers its staff
The school is part of Sheffield South East Trust (SSET), which unitesseven local Primary Schools. Our school serves a diverse andestablished community in the South East of the city and is a large andfriendly school within the community of Darnall.
Our school was inspected in February 2023 and judged by OFSTED to bea Good school in all areas. Our pupils are well behaved, friendly andpositive about their learning and we have a team of hard-working andsupportive staff.The School can offer enthusiastic and motivated pupils who wantto learn and achieve, alongside hardworking, dedicated and supportivestaff and governors.
The school is committed to professional development and opportunitiesfor further training will be available. You will also receive free employeehealth cover (Westfield Health & Wellbeing).
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.