Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate
Inclusion and Safeguarding Officer (with strategic responsibility for persistently and severely absent students)
SO2 (SCP 26-28) £37,280 – £39,152
Actual Salary: £32,205 - £33,823
Contract: 37 Hours Per Week, Term Time Only + 1 Working Week
The Morley Academy is seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague for the role of Inclusion and Safeguarding Officer with strategic responsibility for persistently and severely absent students. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy. The successful candidate will be working alongside Senior Leaders in charge of attendance and inclusion and will support the day-to-day inclusion and safeguarding systems and processes across the academy, ensuring total consistency, efficiency, and rigour in approach.
Potential applicants should have:
·5 GCSEs grade C/4 and above including English and Mathematics
· Excellent communication and organisational skills.
· Knowledge of attendance systems within an educational setting.
· Knowledge of safeguarding processes within an educational setting.
· Experience supporting students to improve behaviours.
· A passion for education and making a difference.
What we can offer you :
As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
· Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
· A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
· Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
·£2k Cycle to work scheme.
About us:
At The Morley Academy we are privileged to work and learn in what is not only an Outstanding and World Class school but one which is also the founding academy of The GORSE Academies Trust. We achieve this through providing all students, but particularly those who have the most challenging and complex backgrounds, with a rigorous and academic education which challenges them, not only academically, but also in terms of their place in society. We believe that this will prepare them for life not only in Britain, but across the world.
If you would like to know more about our academy, please visit our website The Morley Academy website.
How to Apply:
If you are as excited about this role as we are, you can download the, Person Specification, and Application Form from The GORSE Academies Trust website, request them by email at recruitment@morley.leeds.sch.uk or call us on 0113 2532952.
Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.
Closing date for applications: Monday 9 February, 9am
Interviews will take place: Wednesday 11 February
We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.
Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK – either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
Please note that, as a sponsor licence holder, we only provide sponsorship for teacher vacancies.