Safeguarding Compliance Officer

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Reporting to: Designated Safeguarding Lead

Contract Type: Full time, Permanent, Term time only.

Hours: 40 hours per week.

We are open to considering a full-time equivalent role, with some out-of-term-time working, for the right candidate.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the advertised closing date should a suitable candidate be identified.

Job Introduction

The Safeguarding Compliance Officer is a significant role, acting as one of the Deputy DSL Team, and taking operational responsibility for the management of safeguarding administration across the school on a day-to-day basis. The Safeguarding Compliance Officer plays a critical role, supporting the school in ensuring full compliance with statutory safeguarding requirements and best practice. The Safeguarding Compliance Officer works closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), Senior Management Team (SMT), and external agencies to promote a safe and supportive environment for all pupils, staff, volunteers and visitors.

This is a non-teaching role, ensuring that the candidate's primary focus is on supporting the DSL, the Senior Management Team and Governors to coordinate safeguarding across the school.

The ideal candidate will have:

Experience working in a safeguarding or compliance role within education or a similar setting.

Strong understanding of safeguarding legislation, and attendance processes.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

High level of discretion and confidentiality.

Strong administrative and IT skills.

Main Responsibilities

Join us in making a meaningful difference to the lives of young people. Working closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) at Repton School, you'll help champion a strong, proactive safeguarding culture across our entire community, ensuring every child feels safe, supported, and heard.

In this vital role, you will:

Promote a culture of safeguarding across the school community, working with all relevant colleagues to ensure the welfare of the children in our care.

• Support the DSL to coordinate all safeguarding and child protection matters arising at the school, and to support all staff in dealing with any concerns that arise.
• Occasional attendance at evening meetings or training may be required.

Key Responsibilities

• To report to the DSL and ensure appropriate safeguarding cover is always available.
• Act as a point of contact for safeguarding queries and referrals.
• Co-ordinate preparation and responses to external requests for information on safeguarding records.
• Co-ordinate requests for Pastoral and Safeguarding information about new pupils from their previous schools.
• Co-ordinate information-sharing with the Local Authority in line with the Attendance Policy.
• Co-ordinate Prevent Duty procedures and maintain a log of ongoing training on the Prevent Duty for all staff.
• Act as the safeguarding liaison for Repton Enterprises and sit on the committees for Repton Hockey Club, Repton Rackets Club and Repton Swim Club.

This is a rewarding opportunity to play a key role in protecting and supporting young people, while working at the heart of a committed and caring school community.

About Repton School

Repton is the ancient capital of Mercia, and the School, founded in 1558 from a bequest from Sir John Port of Etwall, was established on the site of a 7th century Anglo-Saxon Benedictine abbey and latterly a 12th century Augustinian priory and the School today incorporates many of the original buildings from the estate.

The School has over one thousand pupils across the Prep and Senior School, making it large enough to achieve excellence in and out of the classroom, yet small enough for individuals to grow and succeed. Repton and Repton Prep have always enjoyed a very close relationship and in 2020, theschools became athrough-school.

At Repton Senior, each pupil, whether day or boarding, is a member of a House. Academic standards are high and creative activities, including music, art, drama and design, flourish. The School has a national profile in sport, in particular in football, hockey, cricket and swimming. Our pupils thrive both in and out of the classroom and they develop the skills, qualities and values that will lead to a successful life.

Reptonwas one of the first Britishschools to set up overseas schoolswith the establishment ofReptonSchool Dubai in 2007, and the development of a community of international schoolsis key toRepton'sfuture vision. Currently, Repton has schools in Dubai (2), Abu Dhabi (2), China, and Egypt, with plans to open a further four more over the next few years. Repton also includes five schools in the UK (Repton, Repton Prep, St Wystan's, Vinehall and Marlborough House) with the ambition to grow its UK family of schools.