Assistant Safeguarding Officer

A number of exciting opportunities have arisen for individuals to join our busy and fast-paced Attendance and Inclusion team to support our work on ensuring that all children and young people are attending full time education and we are meeting our safeguarding duties in relation to education.  Our team is expanding and so it is an excellent time to join us to be part of the change.

Your next role

At Swindon Borough Council we recognise the importance of attendance and well-being for all our students beginning at the earliest stages of their education through to adulthood.  We have redesigned our structure to create an all age attendance and inclusion team and have a number of exciting opportunities available as part of this:

As our ideal candidate, you will have experience of working in a busy environment and managing a high caseload. You will be able to demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation including the various process options available to influence stakeholders and promote good attendance across all age ranges.  You will have previous experience of partnership working and excellent relationships with key stakeholders including families and providers.  You will also understand and have operational experience of safeguarding as outlined in ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education (2022).

You will be working as part of a supportive and motivated team.  We are looking for team members with excellent communication and negotiation skills and a strong sense of commitment to making a difference for children and families and to achieving ‘The best’ for Swindon children.

We can offer you

• A supportive team and regular supervision with your line manager
• A chance to learn about the roles of many professionals supporting children and interact with them on a daily basis
• To feel part of a team that are making a daily difference to the lives of children
• A receptive and positive learning culture that wants your ideas and contributions to improving and developing service delivery
• Extended holiday allowance and auto-enrolment into our high performing local government pension scheme.

If you believe you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm to join, help shape this developing team, make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable children and young people, then we want to hear from you.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon by 2030 together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details.

Please see our new Swindon Plan

Your next steps

Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

For further information about the role, please contact Tanya Westall, Lead Safeguarding Adviser, email twestall@swindon.gov.uk

As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk