Start date: September 2026 expected to end Friday 26th March 2027 Salary: £25,653 per annum FTE Working hours: Term time only plus 10 days, 32.5 hours per week between 08:30 and 16:00 Monday to Friday. The 10 days out of term that you would be required to work are:

25th and 26th August 2026 - New staff INSET days
27th and 28th August 2026 - All staff INSET days
1st and 2nd September 2026 - Pupil induction
4th and 5th January 2027 - Spring term INSET days
Plus two discretionary, as needed
Prior experience of working within a safeguarding role, or within Children's Services.
Knowledge of the legal and procedural framework relating to safeguarding, including the roles and responsibilities of services and engaging with them.
Previous experience of keeping accurate, detailed, safeguarding records and writing concise reports.
High levels of literacy and numeracy.
Strong IT skills, particularly with the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint or the Google Suite for Education (Docs, Sheets, Slides).
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the demonstrable ability to flex your style to work with, and meet, the needs of a variety of different groups.
The ability to juggle competing tasks, to organise your time and to prioritise effectively so nothing slips through the cracks.
Flexibility and a 'can-do' attitude, and a desire to work within a fast-paced role with quickly changing priorities.
A high degree of personal integrity and the demonstrable ability to deal with confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
Excellent team-working skills which embody proactivity, enthusiasm and a hands-on approach.
Optimism and emotional resilience combined with an understanding that you may be involved with potentially distressing situations in the course of your work.
The ability to actively reflect on your own practice, and the willingness to undertake training and take on board advice and constructive feedback.
Supportive of the Methodist ethos of the school
Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
Relevant professional qualifications at graduate/post-graduate level
Experience working in an educational environment similar to Culford
Experience of working with professional agencies, such as Social Services and the Police
Experience of designing and delivering safeguarding/child protection training
Experience of or an interest in Youth Mental Health First Aid training
To proactively promote an explicit safeguarding culture and ethos with values and behaviours that are both articulated and lived at each level of the School.
To provide safeguarding support to the DSL.
To support members of staff (e.g. pastoral staff, teaching staff, medical staff and counselling staff) and advise on safeguarding and welfare cases.
To support the Assistant Head Safeguarding and Wellbeing to keep clear records of all work regarding safeguarding to help ensure the school is compliant with inspection requirements where safeguarding matters are concerned.
To assist the Assistant Head in regularly reviewing current safeguarding policies, practices and processes and advise on improvements, including improvements to safeguarding management systems and their use.
To support with the preparation for safeguarding audits and inspections as required.
To build your personal knowledge and understanding of local and community resources and statutory services and develop supportive and effective working relationships with them.
To work with the DSL in managing safeguarding referrals to the Police, LADO, Children's Social Care, CAMHS, etc., liaising with the Assistant Head (Pastoral and Boarding), Deputy Head or Head as appropriate.
To maintain high quality safeguarding records and assist with the preparation of reports and production of management information to inform future practice. This includes keeping detailed logs of safeguarding concerns and proactively tracking trends
To plan and deliver area specific safeguarding training to operational staff working in different areas around the school
To meet regularly with the Network Manager to monitor the School's IT filters and consider the appropriateness of blocked content and follow up as required.
To be responsible for writing and sending weekly safeguarding information pings.
To actively engage with national and local trends, to enable the school to prepare proactively for emerging issues and promote training accordingly.
To work closely with the pastoral teams to support and upskill staff working closely with children.
To assist with pastoral investigations and support of pupils
To act with professionalism, tact and diplomacy at all times, and with particular sensitivity with personal information related to safeguarding
To observe health and safety procedures and working safely at all times
To comply with all school policies and procedures including reporting any concerns to the appropriate person in relation to those covering child protection, health, safety, welfare, security, confidentiality and data protection.
Work with the Pastoral Team to promote good attendance and punctuality across the school and to reward pupils for this.
Ensure computerised registers are processed and any absence or lateness is identified in a timely manner.
Liaise and meet with Tutors, Heads of Year and SLT with regard to attendance concerns and persistent absence
Ensure Reception staff make first day absence phone calls to establish reasons for student absence once your physical checks have been completed. Coordinate searches for pupils missing from lessons and contact parents if necessary.
Ensure tutors follow up any unexplained absence or medical evidence with parents.
Liaise with parents for pupils with N Codes or agreed pupils for whom attendance is a cause for concern.
Check the accurate completion of registers and alert Tutors and teaching staff to incomplete registers, working with line managers if persistent problems arise
Liaise with staff to ensure all pupils are accounted for in registration and lesson registers and safeguarded in line with 'Keeping Children Safe in Education', including logging concerns on the school safeguarding monitoring system (iSAMS Wellbeing Manager).
Keep abreast of any changes to government guidance on attendance and share updates with the Pastoral Team and Compliance Officer.
Undertake relevant CPD to keep up to date with reasons for absence and Suffolk guidance.
Deliver staff CPD to ensure understanding and compliance with new legislation or attendance policies
Be familiar with the School's Attendance policy and contribute to annual updates.
Monitor data through iSAMS and produce a weekly Absence and Punctuality Report for all pupils in each year group for intervention by Heads of Year and the Pastoral Team
Identify groups of pupils whose attendance is below the national average. Produce a half termly summary of attendance across the school, showing pupils categorised as regularly or persistently absent.
Contribute to termly and annual governance reports about attendance and prove weekly reports to the Assistant Head Pastoral and Boarding.
Work with the nominated senior staff in each area of the School to process requests for leave received through My School Portal ,follow up details needed and communicate leave of absence decisions to parents.
Record any truancy on iSAMS and inform the Assistant Head (Pastoral and Boarding) of this.

Prior experience of working within a safeguarding role, or within Children's Services.
Knowledge of the legal and procedural framework relating to safeguarding, including the roles and responsibilities of services and engaging with them.
Previous experience of keeping accurate, detailed, safeguarding records and writing concise reports.
High levels of literacy and numeracy.
Strong IT skills, particularly with the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint or the Google Suite for Education (Docs, Sheets, Slides).
Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the demonstrable ability to flex your style to work with, and meet, the needs of a variety of different groups.
The ability to juggle competing tasks, to organise your time and to prioritise effectively so nothing slips through the cracks.
Flexibility and a 'can-do' attitude, and a desire to work within a fast-paced role with quickly changing priorities.
A high degree of personal integrity and the demonstrable ability to deal with confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
Excellent team-working skills which embody proactivity, enthusiasm and a hands-on approach.
Optimism and emotional resilience combined with an understanding that you may be involved with potentially distressing situations in the course of your work.
The ability to actively reflect on your own practice, and the willingness to undertake training and take on board advice and constructive feedback.
Supportive of the Methodist ethos of the school
Commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice, Relevant professional qualifications at graduate/post-graduate level
Experience working in an educational environment similar to Culford
Experience of working with professional agencies, such as Social Services and the Police
Experience of designing and delivering safeguarding/child protection training
Experience of or an interest in Youth Mental Health First Aid training

Culford School is a boarding and day school for over 850 children aged 1 to 18, set in 480 acres of beautiful Suffolk parkland, with an 18th century grade II mansion at its centre and three separate schools: the Pre-Prep & Nursery (ages 1 to 7); the Prep (ages 7 to 13); and the Senior School (ages 13 to 18).

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