• About The Role

  • Salary: Grade 6, £29,855- £31,680 per annum, pro rata - Approximately £20,692 - £21,957 per annum, pro rata (0.69309 FTE)
    Avanti Fields is seeking an experienced, compassionate and detail-oriented Non-Teaching Deputy Safeguarding Lead to play a key role in ensuring the safety and well-being of our students. This is a vital role in supporting the Designated Safeguarding Lead, managing referrals, liaising with external agencies, and ensuring safeguarding policies are implemented effectively. You will play a key role in fostering a culture where every child feels safe, valued, and heard.
     
    If you are passionate about safeguarding, student welfare and making a real difference, and want to be part of a school that prioritises student welfare, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
      
    School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
    What will you do?
    • Manage safeguarding referrals, working with external agencies to ensure the safety and well-being of students.
    • Act as a key point of contact for staff, providing advice, support, and training on safeguarding and child protection.
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    • Maintain accurate and confidential safeguarding records, ensuring compliance with policies and legal requirements.
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    • Promote a culture of safeguarding, inclusion, and student voice, ensuring students feel safe and supported.
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    • Support staff in linking safeguarding with academic and pastoral care, ensuring the best outcomes for all students.
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  • About Us

  • Why should you apply 

    You will be working in a fantastic environment. 

    Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place. 

    We offer a range of staff benefits including professional development opportunities, retail discounts, flexible working options, well-being programs, and more; further details at the bottom of the page

    What are we looking for?
    • Experience of working with children or young adults in an education setting 
    • Experience of liaising with external agencies and professionals on child protection matters 
    • Experience of referring cases of suspected abuse to external agencies including relevant paperwork 
    • A sound knowledge of SEND Code of Practice 
    • Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students
    Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
     
    Further information
    Pre-employment checks
    Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
    Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
    Diversity and Inclusion
    We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. 
    Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
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About our School

Avanti Fields School is an all-through, faith-designated (Hindu) state school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018, and first intake of Nursery and Reception students in September 2022. The school is rapidly expanding and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues its journey to outstanding.

The staff at Avanti Fields School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:

  • Educational excellence
  • Character formation
  • Spiritual insight