Trust Safeguarding Lead in Arnold

This is an exciting opportunity to lead safeguarding and child protection work across the Trust, including playing a key role in the strategic development of the Trust's approach to safeguarding.

The Redhill Academy Trust has 21 academies, consisting of both primary and secondary phase schools. The role would suit either an experienced and successful Safeguarding Lead, who is able to demonstrate the impact of their work and wider contribution to the work of others, or someone from a different professional background who can demonstrate the ability to learn rapidly, develop and deliver strategic planning and manage a team across a diverse range of settings.

What the school offers its staff:

• Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with service, plus statutory holidays
• The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious team
• Recognised continuous local government service for annual leave entitlement
• Occupational Maternity/Paternity pay
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee benefits platform

Commitment to safeguarding:

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical, online and social media prohibition, from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.