Safeguarding Practitioner

• One Sixth Form College
• Address: Scrivener Drive, Ipswich IP8 3SU
• Salary: £27,255 - £29,541 per annum, pro rata (Actual salary: £23,730 - £25,720 per annum)
• Hours: 37 hours per week, 40 weeks per year
• Contract: Permanent
• Reference: 5119.

One Sixth Form College are seeking a dedicated safeguarding professional with a strong understanding of Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs and the ability to recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns with sensitivity and precision. This role is central to ensuring the safety and well‑being of students, particularly those with SEMH challenges, and involves making timely and appropriate referrals to relevant services, including the police or social services.

A deep awareness of contextual safeguarding is essential, as is the ability to assess risk in complex situations involving students with SEMH difficulties, Children in Care, Young Adult Carers, or those with diagnosed or emerging mental health conditions. You will play a pivotal role in working closely with college staff to ensure these risks are understood, communicated, and effectively managed.

Excellent communication, IT, and organisational skills are key. You will collaborate with tutors, parents, and senior leaders, coordinating internal and external resources to address safeguarding concerns, the PREVENT agenda, and wider student welfare matters such as housing and financial vulnerability.

• membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
• family friendly policies and flexible working
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• employee wellbeing initiatives
• free parking
• canteen
• company events
• access to various memberships and discount schemes
• learning and development opportunities
• funded subject course development for your role
• range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
• career progression opportunities.

The Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The Group is committed to safeguarding children and safer recruitment practices and will undertake all the required pre‑employment checks on the successful candidate including an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

All data will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. For more information about how we access and use your information please visit our website.

Closing date: 23 June 2026.

We reserve the right to appoint prior to the listed closing date, early applications are encouraged. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, gender, gender reassignment, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age in accordance with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.