Vacancy:

Safeguarding and Family Support Practitioner 

Scale E7-11 £25,584- £27,269 pro rata salary per annum 

£21,908 - £23,350 gross salary per annum 

37 hours per week, Term Time plus 1 week

Permanent

Edith Cavell Academy and Nursery are looking to appoint a Safeguarding and Family Support Practitioner to provide exceptional support for our children and families. 

We’re ideally looking for an experienced safeguarding professional with a good knowledge of safeguarding legislation and practice. The successful candidate will be a people-person with strong communication skills that mean they’re at ease working with children, parents, colleagues and external professionals.

Staff wellbeing is important to us. If you work for us you’ll benefit from supportive school and trust leadership teams, a comprehensive employee wellbeing package and a training package built around your individual requirements. The successful candidate would be joining a really lovely team of colleagues at our school.

If you’re as passionate as we are about making a difference for children and families we’d love to meet you. Visits to our school are warmly encouraged so we can explain more about the role and give you the opportunity to see for yourself what a wonderful workplace our school is!

The role is 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Further information about the school  can be found on our website www.edithcavellacademy.co.uk.

For more information regarding this vacancy please contact the Recruitment Team by email at recruitment@bhetrust.co.uk 

To access the online application and to apply, please select the “Apply for job” button and enter your details.  You must “Submit” your fully completed application by the closing date/time.

Closing date: 9:00am Monday 12th May 2025

Interviews will be arranged at a mutually convenient time. 

We reserve the right to end the vacancy and interview before the advertised closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Please note that it is normal practice to appoint to the bottom of the scale. 

Broad Horizons Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, therefore successful candidates will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations. Applicants must be prepared to undertake an Enhanced DBS check. Right to Work in the UK will need to be established. We are an equal opportunities employer.