Student Services Safeguarding Officer

Basis Full Year Part Time

Job profile for Student Services Safeguarding Officer

Student Services Safeguarding Officer

Middlesbrough 30/08/2026 Student Services Safeguarding Officer

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Job details

Salary SP18 - £25,462 - SP21 - £27,580 per annum, pro rata Contractual hours 29.6 Basis Full Year Part Time Package 35 Days Annual Leave Plus Bank Holidays pro-rata / Generous Pension Scheme / Various Staff Benefits Job category/type Support Date posted 26/08/2026 Job reference NR00332 Attachments ABC - SS Safeguarding Officer JD.pdf

Job description

Job Title: Student Services Safeguarding Officer

Location: Stewart Park

Contract Type: Part-Time - 29.6hrs, Permanent

Salary: SP18 - £25,462 - SP21 - £27,580 per annum, pro rata

About the role:

We are looking for aStudent Services & Safeguarding Officerto join our team at Stewart Park. This is a rewarding role providing vital support, advice and guidance to students, while taking a lead role in safeguarding and student wellbeing.

You will be the first point of contact for students and staff, providing a professional, supportive and confidential service. You will work closely with colleagues, parents, social care, police, mental health services and other external agencies to ensure students receive the right support at the right time.

About you

We are looking for someone who isapproachable, organised and compassionate, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will have experience of supporting young people, safeguarding or student services and be confident working with a range of internal and external partners.

If you are passionate aboutsupporting students, promoting their wellbeing and helping them succeed, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead safeguardingat Stewart Park, providing advice and support to students, staff and external agencies.
• Be the first point of contactfor students seeking support, information, advice and guidance.
• Support student wellbeing, including providing confidential one-to-one support and signposting to appropriate services.
• Manage safeguarding referrals and records, ensuring accurate, timely and confidential documentation.
• Lead the Positive Behaviour process, including organising meetings, investigations, minute-taking and communication with relevant parties.
• Work with external agenciessuch as social care, police and mental health services to support vulnerable students.
• Monitor attendance and engagement, identifying students at risk and working with course teams to improve retention.
• Support student services, including bursaries, free school meals, sexual health information and other practical support.
• Work closely with curriculum and support teamsto ensure students, including those with additional needs, are appropriately supported and safeguarded.
• Build positive relationshipswith students, parents, staff, external agencies and other stakeholders.
• Promote a positive student experience, including supporting GROW, open days, careers fairs and college events.
• Maintain professional standards, keeping safeguarding training and professional development up to date and promoting equality, diversity, health and safety.

Interviews:TBC

Start Date: The College operates 2 starter/induction days per month to welcome and onboard new members. These are usually the first Monday and third Wednesday of each month (unless there is a bank holiday).

About the College:

Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college based across the North of England with centres in York, Middlesbrough, Saltaire, Wakefield and Gateshead.

We offer a wide-ranging curriculum to our Further Education students, including Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Management, Countryside and the Environment, Engineering, Equine, Floristry, Motorsport, Outdoor Adventure Sport, Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness, Uniformed Public Services and Veterinary Nursing.

Benefits of working with Askham Bryan College:

• On-site facilities including a fully functional farm, equine centre, wildlife park and VR suite
• Beautiful grounds for outdoor learning, meetings and well-being walks
• Generous pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• 35 days annual leave, plus 8 days bank holiday, plus Christmas shut down
• Options for flexible working arrangements (role dependent)
• On-site catering including a canteen and shop
• Highly discounted gym membership at the on-site gym
• Free car parking and cycle to work scheme
• Continuous support from our Recruitment and Employee Lifecycle Partner
• Enhances sick pay and compassionate leave scheme
• Enhanced maternity/adoption pay

Safeguarding Statement

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and partners to share this commitment. The Governors and Staff at Askham Bryan College regard each learner as a unique individual and therefore seek to support learner development in ways, which will foster security, confidence and independence. We recognise that high self-esteem, peer support, a secure College environment and clear lines of communication with trusted adults helps all young people and adults particularly those at risk or suffering abuse. These are regarded as central to the wellbeing of the individual and are therefore seen to be an intrinsic part of all aspects of the curriculum and ethos.

Specific measures relating to pre-employment checks:

• We may undertake online searches on internet activity as part of our pre-recruitment checks.
• We ask applicants for details of any convictions and cautions, regardless of whether these have been deemed as “spent”. It is a condition of employment that applicants provide these details.
• We undertake Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks for prospective employees. Please note that it is an offence to apply for a regulated role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity involving children or vulnerable adults.

Note on “regulated activity”: You are engaging in a regulated activity if you:

• Will be responsible, on a regular basis in a school or college, for teaching, training instructing, caring for or supervising children or vulnerable adults;
• Will be working on a regular basis in a specified establishment, such as a school, or in connection with the purposes of the establishment, where the work gives opportunity for contact with children or vulnerable adults; or
• Engage in intimate or personal care or healthcare or any overnight activity, even if this happens only once