Designated Safeguarding Lead; DSL

Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) – Wandsworth

Wandsworth, London

Pay: Pay to Scale
Type: Monday to Friday | Term Time Only | September Start | Temp-to-Perm

We are currently recruiting a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) to join two specialist academy provisions in Wandsworth.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced safeguarding professional to provide strategic leadership for safeguarding and child protection across both settings, ensuring safeguarding remains at the heart of school culture and practice while supporting positive outcomes for vulnerable learners.

The role will include:

• Providing strategic leadership for safeguarding and child protection across both provisions, ensuring compliance with statutory guidance, including Keeping Children Safe in Education.
• Leading and managing safeguarding systems, statutory processes, and complex safeguarding cases, including Child Protection, Child in Need, Early Help, Prevent, and LADO referrals.
• Line managing Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads and safeguarding staff, providing professional support, supervision, and quality assurance across both academy sites.
• Working collaboratively with senior leaders, therapists, attendance teams, families, and external agencies to improve outcomes for vulnerable learners.
• Monitoring safeguarding, attendance, behaviour, and wellbeing data to identify trends, drive continuous improvement, and ensure safeguarding practice remains consistent across both provisions.
• Promoting a strong culture of safeguarding and providing guidance and support to staff on safeguarding matters.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Significant experience as a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) within an educational setting.
• Excellent knowledge of safeguarding legislation, statutory guidance, and multi‑agency working, including experience managing complex safeguarding and child protection casework.
• Experience leading safeguarding teams and overseeing statutory processes, including Child Protection, Child in Need, Early Help, Prevent, and LADO referrals.
• Strong communication, organisational, and leadership skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with learners, families, colleagues, and external professionals.
• Experience analysing safeguarding, attendance, behaviour, and wellbeing data to identify trends and drive improvement.
• A commitment to continuous professional development and improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND and SEMH.

How to Apply

If you are an experienced safeguarding professional looking to make a meaningful impact within specialist education, we would love to hear from you.

Important Notice

To apply for this position, you must have the right to work in the UK or hold a valid work visa.

At Pink Tile Education, safeguarding, quality, and integrity are at the heart of what we do. All applicants must:

• Provide suitable references for pre-employment checks.
• Hold an enhanced DBS on the Children's Workforce (or Children's & Adults') Update Service, or be willing to obtain one.

Pay includes 12.07% holiday pay. We aim to respond to all applications within three working days. Due to high application volumes, individual feedback may not be possible for unsuccessful applicants.