Job title: Safeguarding Officer
Salary: Up to £29,867.98  
Hours: 37 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Site: Nelson & Colne College
Closing date: 7th August 
Interview date: TBC

‘Would you like to be part of a team that aims to create the extraordinary?’

Our Organisation 
Nelson and Colne College Group is made up of a family of colleges – Nelson & Colne College, Lancashire Adult Learning and Accrington & Rossendale College. Our College Group is now the only Further Education college in Lancashire to be graded as ‘Outstanding’ under the new Ofsted inspection framework.

Together the Group forms a Sixth Form, Skills and Technology Centre, University Centre, Employer Training and Adult Learning Provider delivering exceptional teaching and learning to all ages and at all levels. 

Nelson and Colne College has a national reputation for educational success that generations of families have benefited from. We pride ourselves on our individual approach to learning, where students receive outstanding teaching and support, extensive extracurricular opportunities and fantastic facilities.

The Exciting Role 

Do you enjoy working with young people and adults? Are you professional, compassionate, empathetic and driven to making a difference by helping students to reach their full potential?  Are you passionate and committed to championing safeguarding? If so, Nelson and Colne College Group is the right place for you!

We are currently seeking to appoint a Safeguarding Officer who will join an experienced and supportive team providing highly effective safeguarding and pastoral support which is central to our whole college safeguarding culture.  You will be motivated and confident in providing holistic support to ensure students are safe and their wellbeing is paramount, working collaboratively with wider curriculum, support teams and external agencies to deliver successful interventions.

As a practitioner you will be skilled at establishing and maintaining relationships, driven by our college values and will focus primarily on supporting our most vulnerable students. In this role you will make a significant difference by enabling students to make informed choices to keep themselves safe and excel in their learning and next steps.

Please be aware this post is based at our Nelson site however there may be requirement to travel across sites.

What You Will Be Doing:

The successful candidate will act as a point of contact and college representative in matters related to safeguarding and pastoral support. This includes:

• Working directly with students in a supportive and holistic way, with communication being the key
• Representing the College at external multi-agency safeguarding meetings.
• Creating new collaborative links with support agencies to refer students to as appropriate.
• Acting as one of the points of contacts for external agencies relating to safeguarding issues.
• Playing a key role in working closely with college managers and staff to ensure student safeguarding needs are paramount, promoted throughout the organisation and maintain our whole college safeguarding culture.
• Making referrals to external agencies including Police, Children’s Social Care, Adult Care Services, Housing and Mental Health Services as appropriate. 

What We Are Looking For:

• A passion to support/keep learners safe and promote safeguarding culture.
• A Level or equivalent
• 4 GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English at Grade C or above
• Successful experience of working with young people and vulnerable adults  
• Experience of working in partnership with external agencies           

What We Offer in Return:

• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing to a maximum of 28 days (with service), plus Bank Holidays and closure days – totalling 41 days per year
• Access to a workplace pension scheme – with employer contributions of 5% 
• Enhanced occupational sick pay scheme and access to family friendly policies and benefits

• A range of health and wellbeing benefits and support
• Staff recognition scheme, including long service awards
• Free on-site parking on all College sites

Please visit our ‘working for us’ section of our website for a full list of our benefits https://careers.nelson.ac.uk/working-for-us/benefits/

How to Apply:

Still Interested?

If you're interested in this post and would like to know more, then please visit our website and complete an application form. 

Website: https://careers.nelson.ac.uk/

Further questions: please contact our friendly HR Team [email protected]

*Please note we only accept applications submitted via our website*

Please note: All of our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check due to working with vulnerable adults and children. Should you wish to discuss this further, please get in touch with the HR team.