Overview
In this role you drive the education contribution to safeguarding within multi-agency decisions. You will link education providers with safeguarding partners to ensure children’s needs are considered in protection processes. You’ll provide expert education insights to inform assessments and decisions, support safeguarding practice quality, and help improve services for vulnerable children. The position sits inside the MACPT, contributing to Swindon’s transformation toward better public services and outcomes for communities.
Responsibilities
- Ensure high-quality education information informs safeguarding assessments and decisions
- Provide specialist education and safeguarding advice across the partnership
- Contribute to strategy discussions, child protection conferences and multi-agency meetings
- Consider attendance, SEND, exclusions, vulnerabilities and protective factors in safeguarding plans
- Facilitate effective communication between schools, education services and safeguarding teams
- Provide professional challenge to promote high-quality safeguarding practice
- Contribute to quality assurance activities, audits and service improvement
- Collaborate with Children Missing Education, Elective Home Education and LADO to support vulnerable children
- Support education settings to understand and fulfil safeguarding responsibilities
Key requirements
- Degree or relevant professional qualification (e.g., teaching or social work)
- Significant experience in education, safeguarding and multi-agency working
- Strong knowledge of safeguarding legislation and Keeping Children Safe in Education
- Understanding of attendance, SEND, exclusions, Children Missing Education and Elective Home Education
- Excellent communication, analytical and relationship-building skills
- Ability to provide constructive professional challenge
- Willingness to travel around the Borough and attend meetings; car access preferred
- Enhanced DBS check and English language fluency for customer-facing role
- strong communication
- analytical thinking
- relationship-building
- knowledge of safeguarding legislation and Keeping Children Safe in Education
- experience with attendance, SEND, exclusions and Elective Home Education
- multi-agency working and liaison
MACPT Education Lead in Swindon employer: Swindon Borough Council
Swindon Borough Council is an exceptional employer, dedicated to transforming service delivery for the community. With a strong focus on employee growth and a supportive work culture, you will have the opportunity to make a real impact in the lives of residents while enjoying a range of benefits. Join us in our mission to create a better quality of life for everyone in Swindon, where your contributions are valued and celebrated.
