Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and Family Support - Chilternwood School
Location: High Wycombe
Overview
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: £29,477 - £31,645 FTE
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37, flexibility for the right candidate – Monday - Friday, 39 weeks per year + 1 week during holidays
Closing date: 11/02/2025 09:00
Interviews to be held: 27th February 2025
About us
Chiltern Wood School is a Special School currently supporting over 200 students ranging from ages 3 to 19 years. We are currently based on three sites in the High Wycombe area.
What can we offer you?
• To be part of an experienced and confident safeguarding team
• Regular supervision from experienced DSL
• Regular CPD
• Opportunities to work with a range of internal and external professionals
• To be part of a great team and an expanding school
Website: https://www.chilternwood.bucks.sch.uk/
About the role
Due to nature of our expanding school, we are actively recruiting a Deputy DSL to join our team.
The Deputy DSL is responsible for providing support for designated safeguarding and to ensure that pupil’s needs in relation to both safeguarding and well being are prioritised and embedded within the school’s strategic planning and day to day operations.
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
The successful candidate will work with the safeguarding team to ensure that full support is in place to promote the welfare and protection of our pupils and vulnerable families.
In addition, the Deputy DSL will provide administrative support to the safeguarding team, manage a case load, support and attend meetings, and ensure that all processes followed comply with school policies.
The successful candidate will be computer literate with a good understanding of web based packages/systems.
The ideal candidate will have previous experience of SEN, having worked within a safeguarding and/or medical remit.
Other information
For more information in respect of the job role, please refer to the School’s website for a full job description and application form. (Available via My New Term)
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on:
Tel No: 01494 532621
Email: [email protected]
All applications to be submitted via My New Term:- https://mynewterm.com/jobs/110578/EDV-2025-CWS-06188
Chiltern Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full vetting checks, including a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level.
Please note that any applications submitted that are considered to not be authentic and may have any details generated by AI will not be shortlisted for interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
