Essential:

• High level of confidentiality and integrity due to nature of safeguarding internally and externally and have a confident, diplomatic approach and awareness of the important of confidentiality.

• Experience and knowledge of safeguarding.

• Understanding of the importance of up-to-date knowledge or legislation and guidance of safeguarding and child protection.

• Excellent ICT skills to create trackers, spreadsheets, data capture, report writing etc.

• High level of accuracy, organisation, and effective time management to ensure reliable capture and processing of information.

• Imperative to be personable and have positive working relationships with colleagues and parent body.

• To communicate effectively and have excellent interpersonal skills.

•  commitment to becoming involved in the extracurricular activities of the school.

• Proven organisational skills.

• The ability to show initiative within the framework of a strong and supportive team.

• An outstanding performer in the classroom.

• A willingness to utilise and develop departmental teaching resources.

• The motivation to work with children and young people.

• The ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people.

• A positive attitude to the use of authority and maintaining discipline.

• A willingness to take part in and support departmental visits.

• A natural aptitude to model the Trust’s core behaviours – ‘We display transparency, kindness and respect in all our interactions with others, and support each other in all our endeavours. We are tenacious in our desire to make the difference