Senior Manager - Safeguarding

Purpose

GEMS Education is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all children and young people.

The purpose of this role is to ensure the effective management of child safeguarding across GEMS’ schools though leading on case management, training and development, external stakeholder management, safeguarding processes, curriculum development, student voice and participation and parental engagement.

The Senior Manager – Safeguarding will support a cluster of schools to embed the organisation’s safeguarding policy and strategic plan within the GEMS network so that there is consistency of safeguarding practice and policy compliance across the group.

Key Accountabilities

Policy & Process

• Providing advice, guidance and support on safeguarding matters to the GEMS Education management teams and school-based staff;
• Supporting the development and implementation of relevant policies so that practice is consistent,
• Ensuring that safe systems and practices are in place across GEMS through the safeguarding self-evaluation framework (SEF) to improve practice, develop capacity and inform governance.
• Developing and maintaining key metrics to measure the impact of any safeguarding activities relevant to the role.
• Managing data systems and preparing key reports on all safeguarding matters as required
• Review and quality assure safeguarding incidents entered into online reporting platform by GEMS schools to ensure the accurate reporting of safeguarding concerns.
• Effectively guide on high risk safeguarding cases.

Training & Development

Contribute to the development, review and implementation of safeguarding training for all GEMS school-based, Services and SSC employees so that practice is continually developed and improved through the following key actions:

• Working in partnership with key stakeholders (internal and external)
• Continuously developing new training content, reflecting staff and student needs
• Analyse safeguarding data to ensure training is reflective of current patterns and trends.
• Developing and maintaining key metrics to measure the impact of any training so that programmes result in positive outcomes for students.
• Preparing management reports that demonstrate the impact of safeguarding training so that GEMS governance is well-informed regarding the development of a competent, confident workforce and progress against relevant strategic goals.

Stakeholder Management

• Support the VP Safeguarding & Child Protection with the development and maintenance of relationships with external agencies including the leadership, implementation and management of school-based programmes from GEMS’ strategic partners.
• Support the VP Safeguarding & Child Protection on developing strategic partnerships with a range of internal and external partners in the local community, to ensure effective partnership-working to provide an integrated provision for children.

Continue to Develop the Self-Evaluation Process

• Alongside the Head of Central Safeguarding Team, lead on the development, review and continued implementation of the Safeguarding self-evaluation framework (SEF) for all GEMS schools so that practice is continually developed and improved.
• Key responsibilities will include managing school visits, records of SEF visits, analysing SEF judgements and providing action plans for improvement in practice to schools and Services.
• Leading and developing SEF DSL forums and working groups to share good practice.

Further Development of the DSL Forums

• Lead, develop and deliver content for the GEMS full DSL Forums in collaboration with DSLs and the Central Safeguarding Team colleagues, so that practice is continually developed and improved in line with relevant regulatory requirements and contributes to positive outcomes for children.
• Lead suitable forum programme of events that reflects the needs of DSLs and the analysis of patterns and trends of safeguarding referrals, including the effective induction of any new DSLs.

Curriculum Development

• Alongside the Head of Central Safeguarding Team, lead on the development and implementation of safeguarding ‘curriculum’ content for students and parents which is informed by patterns, trends, safeguarding laws…