Designated Safeguarding Lead Job Franschhoek South Africa,Social Work

Location: Franschhoek

Would you like secure employment where you can progress your career?

If you would like to build a career that gives you genuine sense of achievement and fulfilment knowing that you can have a positive impact on the young people we support, then look no further and apply today!

Bridge House School are looking to recruit an Designated Safeguarding Lead to join our SLT team.

Bridge House is seeking an experienced, values‑driven Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) to join our team. This is a pivotal role for a highly skilled safeguarding professional who is passionate about protecting and advocating for vulnerable children and young people.

As Designated Safeguarding Lead, you will have strategic and operational responsibility for safeguarding and child protection across all three school campuses. You will lead on complex and high‑risk safeguarding cases, working closely with pupils who present challenging behaviour and have experienced trauma, families, staff, and a wide range of external agencies to ensure the best possible outcomes for our children.

You will play a key role in embedding our CARE values at the heart of safeguarding practice:

Community – working collaboratively with families, staff, agencies and commissioners

Aspiration – championing the right of every pupil to safety, stability and positive futures

Resilience – supporting children and staff through challenge, trauma and change

Empathy – placing understanding, compassion and relationships at the centre of practice

As part of Aspris Children’s Services, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we can offer you. We ask that you can demonstrate the values needed for a role, transferable skills and life experience and in return we will give you all the training and support you need to progress.

Key Responsibilities of the role include:

Act as the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead, providing expert leadership on all safeguarding and child protection matters

Manage and oversee complex and challenging safeguarding cases, including contextual safeguarding, exploitation, criminal and sexual abuse, neglect, and mental health concerns

Liaise effectively with children’s social care, police, health professionals and other external agencies

Ensure safeguarding policies, procedures and practice are robust, compliant and consistently applied

Maintain accurate, timely and confidential safeguarding records in line with statutory guidance

Provide advice, guidance and training to staff, supporting a strong, confident safeguarding culture

Contribute to leadership decision‑making with a clear focus on pupil safety, wellbeing and inclusion

The successful candidate will have substantial experience working with complex safeguarding cases, ideally within education, SEMH, or specialist provision as well as hold (or be willing to obtain) accredited Designated Safeguarding Lead training.

Our benefits include:

Exclusive access to reward and discount scheme

Comprehensive induction

Blue Light Card

Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression

Paid for enhanced DBS

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme and more

The successful candidate

Above all, we provide a supportive and collaborative working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.

Please note we may close the advert early if a suitable candidate is appointed.

If you want to progress your career in Education, Aspris Children’s Services will help you get there.

Aspris is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults.

Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.