Salary:
Excellent Benefits
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
28 November 2024
Job overview
We are looking for:
Safeguarding & Welfare Officer
Salary £27,679 - £29,510 per annum plus excellent benefits
The Role:
We are seeking a highly skilled safeguarding and welfare practitioner to join our Safeguarding & Welfare team; the team are responsible for ensuring effective safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students. Our purpose is to create an environment where students feel safe and can achieve their full potential.
The successful candidate will be able:
* To support in the day to day operational safeguarding and welfare provision for the college
* To effectively advise, coach and influence safeguarding and welfare referrals at all levels for students that attend the college
* To ensure all staff know how to raise safeguarding concerns and understand the symptoms of abuse & neglect
* To safeguard, support and implement effective individual action plans for students that have Complex Safeguarding concerns including Forced Marriage, So-Called Honour Based Violence, Domestic Violence, Peer on Peer abuse and Youth Violence,
* To represent the college and participate in appropriate external networking meetings and training sessions including strategy discussions and multi-agency meetings
* To contribute to the continuous development of college systems to improve their effectiveness and efficiency to ensure effective safeguarding
* To build and develop contact and working relationships with multi-agency teams across the Borough and wider networks.
This is a very important role
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead, says “Here at Oldham College we believe all students deserve a rewarding educational experience that can create opportunities, change lives and lead to an exciting future. We are passionate about ensuring each student feels safe so that they can achieve their full potential. Our excellent team of safeguarding and welfare officers is ready to expand and add another skilled safeguarding practitioner to our growing team to continuously promote our safeguarding and prevent agenda, have a whole college approach to emotional and mental wellbeing in a trauma informed way.”
Only candidates who have not applied for this role in the past sixth months will be considered.
No agencies
Joining our Journey:
When you join our college, not only will you benefit from an annual reviewed salary but have access to numerous benefits and facilities:
* Generous Pension Scheme
* Fantastic Staff Benefits and Rewards platform
* Very generous holiday entitlement
* Employee Assistance Scheme
* Enhanced Maternity/Paternity provision
* Staff Development days/week (Jan, July, Aug)
* Free confidential counselling service
* Staff recognition awards
* Car Scheme
* Subsidised car parking
* On-site Day Nursery
* On-site hair and beauty salon
Our ambition is to be “The Best Place to Learn and Work”. We expect a lot from you, so we want ambitious, open minded candidates, who are ready to give their best. But we give a lot in return, from training to pensions, our own benefits package, and one of the best and most helpful group of colleagues you could ever wish to meet.
If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable laws, a pre-employment screening could include, employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the role.
Oldham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
Any appointments will be subject to enhanced DBS checks and a check of the DfE Barred List
Further details including a Person Specification are included within the attached Job Description.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation Act 1974. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and vulnerable adults.
About Oldham College
* Oldham College
* Rochdale Road, Oldham
* Lancashire
* OL9 6AA
* United Kingdom
+44 161 785 4000
Oldham College was established in 1893 following a donation from the Platt family who were famously manufacturers of textile machinery. Their generosity led to the institution of the school for art and science in Oldham Town Centre.
Today we offer an extensive range of qualifications in a variety of curriculum areas including Digital & Creative, Performing Arts & Media, Financial & Professional Services, Sport, Travel & Uniformed Public Services, Construction & the Built Environment, Caring Professions and Retail & Commercial.
Alongside the Further Education base, we also provide the University Campus Oldham providing Higher Education to Post-Graduate level across a wide range of subjects.
We work closely with employers to provide relevant, high-level skills development and, ultimately highly employable students. Over recent years, we have invested over £22million in our campus and facilities. We are delighted to have three new buildings with state of the art facilities for students to use and enjoy. Each year we are happy to welcome almost 10,000 students across our full and part-time courses.
Values and Vision Oldham College believes in the value of ambition, courage, responsiveness, integrity, and inclusion. These values provide a solid foundation for students and for staff to develop the knowledge and skill sets to move forward successfully.
The College in Oldham offers exceptional traineeships and apprenticeships allowing students to gain vital work experience in the areas of the digital arena, construction and the built environment, retail and commercial industry, sport, travel and public services as well as the performing arts and media.
We offer excellent training and development opportunities for colleagues including our newly developed Teaching for Distinction programme for teaching staff.
Principal & Chief Executive
Simon Jordan
Ofsted
Leaders, governors and managers work well with employers and other partners to inform and develop the curriculum, which is responsive to local needs and skills priorities. Learners’ behaviour is good; they build positive relationships with their teachers and peers in an environment or mutual respect and tolerance.
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