Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)

Location: Neale-Wade Academy, March, Cambridgeshire

Contract: Fixed term until October 2027, 30 hours per week, 38 weeks per year

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 09:30 - 16:00

Salary (Actual): ALT Grade G - £21,726.62 to £24,115.83

Help create a safer future for every child.

We are looking for a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead to play a pivotal role in protecting and supporting young people at Neale-Wade Academy, a caring and ambitious 11 to 18 academy at the heart of the March community.

Working closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead, this role sits at the centre of the academy’s safeguarding provision, coordinating support for vulnerable learners, building trusted relationships with families and external agencies, and helping to ensure that every concern is acted upon with care and professionalism.

This is an opportunity for a compassionate, resilient and highly collaborative individual to make a meaningful difference every day while helping to strengthen a culture where safeguarding is understood to be everyone’s responsibility.

Summary of Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate safeguarding and child protection processes, ensuring concerns are identified, recorded and acted upon promptly.
• Lead and coordinate referrals, early help interventions and multi-agency support for vulnerable learners and families.
• Maintain accurate safeguarding records, monitor at-risk pupils and provide safeguarding reporting to senior leaders.
• Support staff through advice, guidance and safeguarding, PREVENT and online safety training.
• Build effective partnerships with families, schools and external agencies to improve outcomes and keep children safe

Contact
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, or for more information, please contact Donna Spendelow, HR and Recruitment Officer at: DSpendelow@neale-wade.org

The Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

To ensure we recruit and retain the best talent, all new employees recruited to the Active Learning Trust (leadership, teaching and support staff) will be subject to a 4 months’ probation period at the start of their employment. This policy aims to assess new employees' alignment with our culture, teaching standards, and student needs. It is designed to foster success; with regular evaluations and support mechanisms in place, helping us to identify and nurture talent.

We value diversity and welcome applications from all, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act.