EDUCATION SAFEGUARDING OFFICER

Date: 12 May 2025
Job Location:Gloucester

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Education Safeguarding Officer
• Job Location: Shire Hall
• Salary: £36,124 - £39,513 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 25/05/2025
• Job Requisition Number: 11360
• This post is not open to job share

ABOUT US

Gloucestershire Couty Council benefits include:

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Annual Leave entitlement of 25.5 days rising to 30.5 days after 5 years’ continuous service
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C’s apply)

The Education Safeguarding Officer will work under the direction of the Education Safeguarding Lead and will be part of the wider MASH Education Team. The Education Safeguarding Officer prepares responses to safeguarding concerns, investigating those concerns thoroughly and appropriately, quality assuring setting investigations and their findings for the Council, settings and related professionals alongside being allocated settings to monitor their responses to required actions.
The postholder will work closely with the MASH Education team, the Education representative on the MASH Board, with Local Area Designated Officers, the internal Education Service Area Safeguarding responsibility holders, the safeguarding traded services officers, the GSCP business unit and senior leaders in schools as part of providing clear and coherent reporting, recording and responding to safeguarding matters.