This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

Job Title: Safeguarding in Education Officer
Job Location: Quayside House, Gloucester
Salary: £29,093 - £31,586 per annum
Hours per Week: 37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 31/01/2025
Job Requisition Number: 10621
This post is not open to job share.

About The Role

This post sits within the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children in Education Partnership (GSEP) working under the Safeguarding Business Unit on behalf of the Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership (GSCP) and is an exciting opportunity for someone with education experience and training skills. You will be providing support to the Safeguarding in Education Manager (Traded Services) in ensuring that the work of Traded Services for educational settings is carried out and that specific functions are well administrated, delivered and supported.

About You

This post will be ideal for someone with proven safeguarding children practice knowledge and skills and training delivery expertise and a desire to develop in a statutory service area dealing with a range of Child Safeguarding and Child Protection processes within the education sector.

To be successful you will need experience of delivering training, have demonstrable practice knowledge and skills in safeguarding and child protection. Have experience of working with a wide range of IT Administration packages and have experience of communicating with a wide range of professionals.

In Return We Will Offer You

Regular formal and informal support.
Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision.
Access to relevant training and career progression.
Annual leave of 25.5 days (pro rata) up to 30.5 days (pro rata) after 5 years employment.
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers.
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
Cycle to Work scheme.
Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply).

For an informal discussion please contact Georgina Summers - Georgina.Summers@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Safeguarding in Education Officer Job Profile

This Position is subject to a DBS check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

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