Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
| Posting date: | 22 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 December 2025 |
| Location: | Bromley, Kent, BR2 7DB |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | cd44e589-3335-4176-8f0f-2768bd2e96d5 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Knowledge, Skills and Competencies
• Knowledge of safeguarding & child protection legislation and processes
• Knowledge of internal policies and local safeguarding partnership arrangements
• Ability to assess safeguarding concerns quickly and accurately
• Skilled in making sound, timely decisions under pressure
• Ability to escalate concerns appropriately to social care or emergency services
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to deliver safeguarding training or briefings to staff
• Skilled at providing advice, guidance, and reassurance to colleagues
• Ability to manage multiple cases and deadlines
• Ability to remain calm, focused, and professional when dealing with distressing situations
• Maintains strict confidentiality and understands when information must be shared
• High personal integrity and commitment to safeguarding
• Demonstrates empathy, respect, and a non-judgmental attitude
• Confident taking ownership in the DSL’s absence
• Consistently puts the needs and safety of the child first.
Qualifications:
• Advanced level safeguarding and child protection training
• Prevent duty training
• QTS, Social work qualification, pastoral qualification or other safeguarding/ child protection certificate
Experience:
Working with children and young people
• Work in a secondary school setting (teacher, pastoral role, SEN, behaviour support, etc.).
• Strong understanding of adolescent development and the risks affecting teenagers (e.g., online harm, exploitation, mental health).
Dealing with safeguarding concerns
• Handling disclosures from students.
• Recording and reporting concerns in line with statutory guidance.
• Liaising with pastoral staff, teachers, and external agencies.
Multi-agency working
• Collaborating with: Children’s Social Care, Early Help services, Police, CAMHS and Other safeguarding partners
• Understanding thresholds of intervention.
Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance
• Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)
• School safeguarding policies and local procedures.
Managing sensitive information
• Maintaining secure, accurate safeguarding records.
• Understanding confidentiality and GDPR in a safeguarding context.
Supporting staff
• Advising colleagues on safeguarding referrals.
• Delivering or contributing to staff safeguarding training.
• Promoting a safeguarding culture across the school.
• Working with vulnerable groups
What the school offers its staff
• Motivated students with outstanding attitudes to learning.
• Outstanding student behaviour.
• Excellent facilities for staff, including an on-site fitness suite.
• An excellent induction and support programme for new staff.
• An employee Assistance Programme and flu vaccination.
• Innovative approaches to Teacher Professional Development
• Opportunities to work with other schools through established partnerships.
• A friendly working environment
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, the successful applicant will be subject to Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check
Knowledge, Skills and Competencies
• Knowledge of safeguarding & child protection legislation and processes
• Knowledge of internal policies and local safeguarding partnership arrangements
• Ability to assess safeguarding concerns quickly and accurately
• Skilled in making sound, timely decisions under pressure
• Ability to escalate concerns appropriately to social care or emergency services
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Ability to deliver safeguarding training or briefings to staff
• Skilled at providing advice, guidance, and reassurance to colleagues
• Ability to manage multiple cases and deadlines
• Ability to remain calm, focused, and professional when dealing with distressing situations
• Maintains strict confidentiality and understands when information must be shared
• High personal integrity and commitment to safeguarding
• Demonstrates empathy, respect, and a non-judgmental attitude
• Confident taking ownership in the DSL’s absence
• Consistently puts the needs and safety of the child first.
Qualifications:
• Advanced level safeguarding and child protection training
• Prevent duty training
• QTS, Social work qualification, pastoral qualification or other safeguarding/ child protection certificate
Experience:
Working with children and young people
• Work in a secondary school setting (teacher, pastoral role, SEN, behaviour support, etc.).
• Strong understanding of adolescent development and the risks affecting teenagers (e.g., online harm, exploitation, mental health).
Dealing with safeguarding concerns
• Handling disclosures from students.
• Recording and reporting concerns in line with statutory guidance.
• Liaising with pastoral staff, teachers, and external agencies.
Multi-agency working
• Collaborating with: Children’s Social Care, Early Help services, Police, CAMHS and Other safeguarding partners
• Understanding thresholds of intervention.
Knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance
• Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)
• School safeguarding policies and local procedures.
Managing sensitive information
• Maintaining secure, accurate safeguarding records.
• Understanding confidentiality and GDPR in a safeguarding context.
Supporting staff
• Advising colleagues on safeguarding referrals.
• Delivering or contributing to staff safeguarding training.
• Promoting a safeguarding culture across the school.
• Working with vulnerable groups
What the school offers its staff
• Motivated students with outstanding attitudes to learning.
• Outstanding student behaviour.
• Excellent facilities for staff, including an on-site fitness suite.
• An excellent induction and support programme for new staff.
• An employee Assistance Programme and flu vaccination.
• Innovative approaches to Teacher Professional Development
• Opportunities to work with other schools through established partnerships.
• A friendly working environment
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, the successful applicant will be subject to Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check