Job start date: 1 December 2024 Hours per week:36.5 hours per week, term time only King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy Sheldon Heath Road Sheldon Birmingham B26 2RZ Telephone number: 0121 647 2471 Contact email: vacancieskeshacademy.com Contract Type: Fixed term for 1 year (in the first instance) We are looking for a highly organized person who can drive improvement to our processes and procedures. You will need: to ensure the academy’s Safeguarding and Child Protection policies are known, understood and used appropriately in accordance with the legislative framework and local procedures. to promote positive attitudes by pupils and families towards education and work with them in order that pupils may benefit fully from the opportunities available to them to support the Designated Safeguarding Team and wider pastoral team in their management of pupil incidents and family liaison support the maintenance of good discipline, safeguarding and PSHE in school as part of the team to maintain high standards in all areas of work to support the ethos, aims and objectives of the school The successful candidate will be: highly motivated and enthusiastic able to liaise with families including home visits and attending meetings, making telephone calls reporting back to the Designated Safeguarding team able to maintain accurate pupil records, including pupil safeguarding files and ensure records provided by other members of staff are of a high standard confident to working with group of pupils and parents delivering and reviewing interventions to reduce barriers to learning confident in undertaking administrative tasks relating to the monitoring of attendance for vulnerable students We can offer you: access to an Employee Assistance Programme a modern, well-resourced environment supportive, enthusiastic and committed colleagues access to a range of CPD and training tailored to your needs This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role. How to apply: A full job description and an application pack for this post, can be found on our website or can be obtained from the school at King Edward VI Sheldon Heath Academy, Sheldon Heath Road, Birmingham, B26 2RZ Telephone number: 0121 647 2471 or by emailing: vacancieskeshacademy.com and asking for Denise Hopkins. You can also download an application form and supporting documents This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.