Safeguarding, Early Help and Outreach Officer - ref. d46641903
Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.
Fixed Term Contract until March 2026.
Safeguarding, Early Help and Outreach Officer
Salary SO1 (SCP 23-25) £33,366 - £35,235
Actual salary £29,565 - £31,221
Contract: 37 Hours Per Week, Term Time Only + 10 Days
The Stephen Longfellow Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Safeguarding, Early Help and Outreach Worker. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy. The Safeguarding, Early Help and Outreach Worker will be responsible for working with a caseload of students/families and will provide early help and outreach intervention, which includes formulisation meetings, instigating Early Help Plans and proactively supporting parents/carers to understand and remove difficulties that impact upon the family or lead to critical family situations.
The role will entail providing personalised and individual intervention for parents/carers to support engagement with education and to ensure that children and young people are able to build resilience, adaptability and develop the positive mental health needed to face change and challenge.The early help and outreach work with families will be solution focused and provide parents/carers with the tools and skills to affect change, encouraging protective factors within the home environment and remove barriers to student attendance, engagement and progress.
The ideal applicant will:
- Have GCSE Grade C in English and Mathematics (or equivalent).
- Have their 3-day designated safeguarding officer training.
- Knowledge of early help formulation.
- Have strong emotional intelligence.
- Have a commitment to safeguarding children.
What we 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 to a local government pension scheme.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
- Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
- £2k Cycle to work scheme.
About us:
Working as part of The GORSE Academies Trust, The Stephen Longfellow Academy offers both exceptional education and therapy. Students are taught national curriculum subjects and have access to a range of therapeutic services such as counselling.Therapy is delivered as both an integrated part of our timetable but also within discrete groups or on a 1:1 basis. We believe a therapeutic and nurturing approach allows our students to grow in confidence and increase their self-esteem so that they can successfully integrate into their learning environment and the wider community.
By developing personalised learning programmes to meet the needs of vulnerable young people, we want all of our students to have the opportunities similar to those found in large mainstream schools, so that they can leave as confident young adults, ready to seize the opportunities of further education, training or work.
If you would like to know more about our Academy, please visit our website at www.stephenlongfellow.leeds.sch.uk
How to Apply:
If you’re as excited about this opportunity as we are, a Job Description/Person Specification and application form is available to download from The GORSE Academies Trust website (www.tgat.org.uk/jobs),by email to recruitment@stephenlongfellow.leeds.sch.uk or by telephone on 0113
4685999.
Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.
Closing date for application: Wednesday 30 April 2025 (9am)Interviews will take place: TBC
We will consider any reasonable adjustments under the terms of the Equality Act (2010), to enable an applicant with a disability (as defined under the Act) to meet the requirements of the post.
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. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply for this position.