Safeguarding and Wellbeing Officer (Ongoing Contract)

The Safeguarding and Student Wellbeing Officer will provide a support intervention service focusing on identifying and reporting abuse and enabling students to overcome the barriers they face to their learning.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work at one of the UK's largest FE / HE colleges
• £13.58 per hour
• 36 hours per week - Monday to Friday
• Canteen
• Onsite parking

Requirements

• Hold a relevant qualification - Diploma / Foundation Degree or above and 2 years experience in a similar role OR 4 years experience working with young people to overcome barriers to their educational success
• Experience of providing support, advice and guidance to young people
• Experience of implementing a range of support interventions necessary to meet the needs of individual
  students enabling them to overcome their barriers to education and learning.
• Candidates will be subject to enhanced vetting and compliance due to the nature of this work

Responsibilities

• To act as campus Safeguarding Officer, providing first line response to disclosures of abuse/ suspected abuse
• Receive information from any staff, volunteers, children, parents or carers who have safeguarding concerns and record it and refer as appropriate
• To proactively engage with the colleges most vulnerable students across all curriculum areas and provide one to one emotional support and advocacy
• To provide an information, advice and guidance service to all Belfast Metropolitan College students across all campuses
• To implement and maintain a set of operational procedures and codes of good practice in relation to the assessment of student barriers to education and learning

A more detailed description with a full list of duties is available on request

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