Student Safeguarding and Welfare Officer Employer St Nicholas Catholic High School Reference SEC

Cheshire - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 11 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

St Nicholas Catholic High School

Student Welfare and Safeguarding Officer AAAE:7132

Our Mission Statement

We aspire to embrace the Gospel and its values

Celebrating uniqueness and diversity.

Our learning within an enterprise culture is based upon trust and respect.

Which define our relationship within the world family.

Everyone Matters.

The governors of St Nicholas Catholic High School are looking to appoint an experienced and

committed professional to join our Safeguarding Team.

Under the direction of the Designated Safeguarding Lead this post will work closely with parents carers and school staff to enhance the support available to our most vulnerable students to ensure that they overcome barriers to learning and achieve their full potential.

The successful candidate will possess resilience excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a range of colleagues and multi agencies to safeguard our students welfare.

The role will include acting as the deputy safeguarding lead (DSL) when the DSL is offsite and representing the school at Child Protection and safeguarding meetings. You will also need to plan and deliver programmes of support to further student confidence progress and attainment.

Previous experience of working with children and young people is essential ideally in a similar role within an education setting.

This is a permanent contract based on 35 hours per week over 41 weeks per year (Term-time plus INSET Days and 2 weeks in August) and includes 26 days holidays (plus bank holidays) increasing to 31 after 5 years service.

Grade 8 (SCP23 to SCP28) 29543 to 33591 (Actual Salary)

Requests to arrange a visit to school prior to application are welcomed and can be arranged by contacting Mrs Dawn Poole on or .

Closing date 9am on Friday 16 January 2026

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority

St Nicholas Catholic High SchoolStudent Welfare and Safeguarding Officer AAAE:7132Our Mission StatementWe aspire to embrace the Gospel and its valuesCelebrating uniqueness and diversity.Our learning within an enterprise culture is based upon trust and respect.Which define our relationship within th...