Safeguarding Support Assistant

Permanent
Full Time - Term Time Only
Arnold Hill Academy, Gedling Road, Arnold, Nottingham, NG5 6NZ
Point 8-14, £17,261 - £19,440 (actual salary)

Arnold Hill Academy are seeking to appoint a Safeguarding Support Assistant who will be part of a strong and successful Pastoral Team who also form the safeguarding team at the Academy. This is an exciting opportunity as it is a new post and will support the safety and welfare of our students and their families.

The Academy is looking for a driven and caring individual who understands that safeguarding is ‘everyone’ and that safeguarding is the Academy’s main responsibility. The position involves working with the DSL and Deputy DSLs and with the wider safeguarding team. You will be joining a forward looking and dynamic team which is warm and friendly, but which has high expectations of everyone. This post is a permanent, full time position.

SAT is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 16000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2200 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence.
We currently have 14 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.

Mission

Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision

Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

We Believe:

  • All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.
  • Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.
  • We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

If you would like to discuss the role, or have any queries, please contact Hannah Froch, HR Administrator in the first instance on 0115 9554804.

Applications for this post must be submitted on our online application form, which can be found at http://www.satrust.com/vacancies.

Closing date for applications 15/03/2021.

Interviews will take place on TBC (In line with safer recruitment policies references will be called for prior to interview). 

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students and all posts are subject to enhanced DBS with children’s barred list checks and completion of Level 2 safeguarding training.

This vacancy is closed to applications.