Education Safeguarding Assistant

Role Responsibility

Do you have experience of working in a safeguarding role as part of integrated children’s services or within an education setting?

Are you committed to safeguarding children and young people?

If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the specialist and well-regarded Education Safeguarding Service as an Education Safeguarding Assistant on a six-month secondment if you are internal to KCC or a six-month fixed term contract if you are applying externally.

You will act as an assistant to the area safeguarding advisors in the Education Safeguarding Service, working closely with schools, colleges, educations colleagues, senior leaders, and early years’ providers to offer support and advice on all matters relating to safeguarding children.  

Working with colleagues in the team, this job involves creating and updating education safeguarding resources to support effective safeguarding practice in education settings, so you will have opportunities to share and develop your skills and knowledge. The post will involve developing and delivering training for designated safeguarding leads, managers, and staff working in schools and early years provision, via a variety of approaches including virtual and face to face delivery. You will be a confident trainer with excellent communication skills and be able to deal sensitively with a wide range of safeguarding issues.

The post involves liaising with staff within the service and other agencies to triage Ofsted complaints about schools. The role will also involve undertaking safeguarding reviews in early years settings, and developing training and other resources to support effective safeguarding practice in education settings as part of our commissioned services offer, so you will have opportunities to share and develop your skills and knowledge.

The team is currently working via a hybrid model involving occasional office-based work, working remotely from home, and visiting settings/venues when delivering face to face training. Although the post is based in East and South Kent and will predominantly involve delivering training in those areas, work across Kent and beyond will be expected to meet business needs.

This is a demanding role and requires someone who is self-motivated, enthusiastic, adaptable, and able to work under pressure. You will be well supported in developing new areas of expertise and developing a range of transferable skills.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

If internal to KCC, you will need to obtain your Managers approval before applying if you wish to be considered for a secondment role.

Interviews will take place in the weeks starting 14^th or 21^st August.

Contact Details

To share an expression of interest for the secondment or to discuss this role further, please contact Rebecca Avery, Training and Development Manager, Education Safeguarding Service: educationsafeguardingtd@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.