Education Safeguarding Lead

Overview

In this role you will provide strategic leadership for the Education Safeguarding Team, ensuring safeguarding across schools and education settings is robust and improvements are sustained. You will collaborate with education leaders, Children’s Social Care and safeguarding partners to drive multi-agency safeguarding work and respond to high-risk concerns. You will use audits and performance data to strengthen practice and support continuous improvement. This role offers a meaningful chance to shape safeguarding across Gloucestershire and work with senior partners on critical reviews and inspections.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible and agile working
• Annual leave entitlement
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive working environment with supervision
• Employee Assistance Programme (24/7)

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and professional oversight of the Education Safeguarding Team across schools, academies, early years, and alternative provision.
• Lead the response to complex and high-risk safeguarding concerns within education settings with robust investigations and improvement activity.
• Utilize audit, performance information and learning from reviews to strengthen safeguarding practices across the education system.
• Collaborate with education leaders, Children’s Social Care, and safeguarding partners on multi-agency safeguarding arrangements, statutory reviews and inspections.
• Manage and develop the Education Safeguarding Team and oversee safeguarding arrangements for children in entertainment and employment.

Key requirements

• Substantial experience in education safeguarding
• Comprehensive understanding of safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance
• Experience as a Designated Safeguarding Lead role or extensive relevant experience with schools and vulnerable children/families
• Accomplished managerial skills to lead teams, services and change
• Ability to influence senior partners and build cross-organisational relationships
• Excellent communication, analytical and organisational skills; ability to produce reports, deliver training and represent the council at strategic forums
• Degree level education and a relevant qualification in education, safeguarding, social care, youth work or teaching

• influencing and stakeholder management
• analytical thinking
• clear communication
• audit and performance information
• training delivery
• report writing and presentation

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