Sheffield City Council Hiring for Education Safeguarding Advisor Job at Sheffield, England , UK Full Time

Safeguarding children and young people is everyone’s responsibility. However, school and education staff play a unique role due to their frequent contact with children and families and the relationships that develop over time. The Education Safeguarding Team provides advice, information and guidance to education settings on their safeguarding arrangements and practice. The team delivers and writes Sheffield’s safeguarding training for children’s education settings. Our aim is to support education staff with the knowledge and skills to protect every child and young person in Sheffield from harm, support them to develop their potential and to create an environment where they feel safe to learn.

We are looking to recruit to a part time permanent post whereby the postholders will specialise in Safeguarding, PSHE, and Physical and Emotional Wellbeing. The successful candidates would be required to provide high level training and support to schools and wider educational settings to enable them to develop and achieve excellence in policy and practice.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience of dealing with safeguarding issues within an educational establishment and in supporting children and young people’s emotional and mental health. They will also be a confident trainer and adept at delivering face to face and online/remote training using MS Teams. You will need to have a relevant professional qualification and experience of working in a relevant field e.g. social work, teaching, nursing, policing etc and an in depth understanding and application of relevant legislation. You will offer advice and support to Heads and Senior Managers and Governing bodies will contribute to serious case reviews, audits and information to support Ofsted inspections. The candidate needs to have excellent relationship building skills in order to support and challenge effectively and be confident in managing and responding to complaints.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly. It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

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