Job Title: Assistant Head/ Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)
Salary: £51,773 to £54,395 (Dependent on Experience)
Working Hours: Mon-Fri, Term Time Only
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Fordham, Cambridge
Are you an experienced and qualified Assistant Head/ Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) looking for a new role within a growing education provision in Fordham, Cambridge? Look no further - In Toto Ed has a fantastic opportunity to join our In toto ed team in making a real difference to our students' lives.
We are passionate about unlocking each student's potential by offering an alternative to mainstream education. Our vision is for every student to feel safe and happy, achieve their potential, and have a bright future.
We teach in small groups with a dedicated and experienced teaching team, ensuring that each student receives individual attention and care. We create individual learning packages to support our students' needs.
Main Duties
Lead safeguarding and child protection across the school as the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), ensuring full compliance with statutory guidance.
Embed a strong safeguarding culture, managing concerns, referrals, multi-agency liaison, and staff safeguarding training.
Act as Designated Teacher for Looked After and Previously Looked After Children, promoting achievement and overseeing high-quality Personal Education Plans (PEPs).
Provide strategic leadership of pastoral care, behaviour, and attendance using a relational and trauma-informed approach.
Monitor and analyse safeguarding, behaviour, attendance, and wellbeing data to drive improvement and report impact to senior leaders and external stakeholders.
Lead and coordinate the Personal Development curriculum, including PSHE, RSE, and Careers Education, ensuring statutory compliance.
Contribute to quality of education, curriculum development, staff performance management, and whole-school improvement as a member of SLT.
Model and promote the ethos and values of In Toto Ed, maintaining a visible, calm, and consistent leadership presence.
About You
Strong leadership, safeguarding expertise, and ability to drive whole-school improvement.
Effective communication, organisational, and time-management skills.
Willing to submit an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check (DBS).
Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is essential.
Significant experience in safeguarding and pastoral leadership, including experience acting as or working closely with a Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Experience supporting looked after children and understanding of statutory safeguarding guidance.
Complete Child Protection Training. Promote and safeguard the welfare of all children and young person's they are responsible for, or come into contact with.
What We Can Offer
Unlimited access to an award winning CPD platform
Term time only (39 weeks including 5 inset days) Fully funded Level 3 Paediatric First Aid Qualification for all staff
Fully funded enhanced DBS
Accredited support through QTLS
Training grants for qualifications, including NPQ, NPQSL and NASENCO
Access to extensive professional development opportunities
Cycle to work scheme
Free onsite parking
Health Assured EAP programme which includes varied types of counselling, 24/7, 365 confidential helpline, mental health crisis phone support
Access to my healthy advantage app which includes: wellness plans, rewards including discounts with a variety of retailers including travel agents and gyms
Bonus for staff with 100% attendance to work (per academic year)
Small class groups
Employee recognition and service awards
Casual Dress Code Company pension
Free Specsavers eye test
Work Laptop or MacBook provided
Free tea and coffee
Bonus for referring a friend to In Toto Ed
Enhanced paternity and maternity leave
Wellbeing leave
Blue Light Card
Free teacher planner
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and satisfactory references. Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK and must not be barred from working with children or subject to a prohibition order from teaching. The successful applicant will be required to uphold and promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people in line with the school's safeguarding policies and statutory guidance.
We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or in the workplace, please let us know and we will be happy to support you.