Safeguarding Support Officer
Salary information: NJC Spinal Point 8-10, £29,763 - £30,630 per annum (depending on experience)
Work pattern: 36 hours per week, All year round (52 weeks)
Contract type: Full time, Permanent
Start date: September 2025
Swakeleys School for Girls is a thriving and successful multi-cultural school in the London Borough of Hillingdon, with our own mixed 6th Form. Our focus is to ensure that students enjoy school, achieve well, aspire to fulfilling futures and feel happy and successful.
The post holder will provide administrative support to the Designated Safeguarding Lead for safeguarding and any other administrative tasks and be responsible for safeguarding file transfer.
The Safeguarding Support Officer will attend safeguarding meetings with internal and external stakeholders and make referrals under the direction of the DSL, and liaise with pupils and families.
Candidates who fit the job description but looking for a contract for less than 52 hours per week are still invited to apply.
Full details including a job description and application form are available from the school website www.swakeleys.hillingdon.sch.uk.
Application Instructions: Applicants should complete an application form and email to: applications@swakeleys.org.uk.
If you want to work in a happy, purposeful School with a commitment to helping every student go on to university or meaningful employment, then we would welcome your application.
Closing date: Monday 23rd June 2025 at Noon
Interviews: Will be scheduled as suitable applications are received.
Equal Opportunities and Safer Recruitment
Swakeleys School for Girls is an inclusive employer. We welcome applications from suitable candidates no matter their gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. Please note that Swakeleys School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate must be able to satisfy successful references, an enhanced police / Security Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and right to work in the UK prior to starting employment with the School.
As part of our recruitment process we will also carry out an online search for information that is publicly available online. This will include social media accounts you may hold. This will only be carried out on shortlisted candidates and before the interview. This processing of data will be conducted under the legal basis of Article 6(e) public task in line with the guidance laid out in paragraph 221 of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2023. Any data collected during this search will be retained in line with our retention schedule which is available on request.
