Campus Safeguarding Lead

Campus Safeguarding Lead

Hours; Full time (37hrs per week, all year round)

Duration; Permanent

Salary; £26,941 per annum + benefits

Location; Rotherham College, Rotherham

Are you a dedicated and experienced safeguarding professional committed to creating a safe and thriving environment for young people? The RNN Group is seeking a dynamic and compassionate Campus Safeguarding Lead to play a pivotal role in ensuring the welfare and protection of our students at Rotherham College.

At the RNN Group, we believe every student deserves a secure and nurturing space to learn and grow. As a leading further education provider, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and protective environment for all. This is more than just a job; it’s an opportunity to make a profound difference in students’ lives, guiding them through challenges and empowering them to succeed.

About the Role

In this truly rewarding position, you will provide a high-quality, responsive service to students faced with welfare and safeguarding issues, always in strict adherence to statutory responsibilities and best practice, including “Keeping Children Safe in Education” (KCSiE) and relevant child protection legislation.

As Campus Safeguarding Lead, you will act as a primary point of contact at Rotherham College for staff, offering expert guidance on student welfare and safeguarding issues. You will collaborate closely with key colleagues, external services, and families to ensure timely and appropriate referrals to external agencies. Your proactive and responsive approach will be critical in promoting a safe and supportive learning environment for all students across the RNN Group.

You will have:

·       Recent experience of working in safeguarding within an education or community setting.

·       Experience of youth engagement, advice and guidance or education with young people. Ideally, your experience will be within post-16 education (FE) and involve managing a range of safeguarding cases.

·       A strong working knowledge of confidentiality, child protection, data protection/consent, and anti-discriminatory and trauma-informed practice.

·       Level 2 Literacy and Numeracy (or equivalent), a Level 3 Safeguarding qualification, and ideally, a further Level 3 qualification in a general vocation (though not essential).

Department Info

You’ll join a dedicated and collaborative Student Support team, working closely with Campus Safeguarding Leads, Attendance and Pastoral Officers, Mentors, Personal Development Coordinators, and Curriculum staff, along with wider college teams. You will be line-managed by the Group Safeguarding Lead, who will provide operational direction and support.

Our excellent benefits and rewards package:

–      Access to local government pensions scheme

–      Up to 41 days annual leave per year (26) including closure during Christmas period

–      Access to our gyms, restaurants and salons

–      Staff health & wellbeing and benefits schemes including in-house Occupational Health service

–      Full, part time and flexible working hours available in many roles

–      Parking available at all of our sites

–      Fantastic career development opportunities including funding for teacher training, apprenticeships and various other industry recognised qualifications

–      New FE teachers can also apply for grants of up to £6,000 in STEM subjects (conditions apply) through the levelling up premium payments initiative

–      Recruitment Referral Scheme for all employees, worth £200 per referral made

What is the RNN Group?

RNN Group’s main goal is to be an ‘outstanding’ education and training provider and this is at the heart of everything that we do. To help us achieve this we are looking to recruit highly motivated, innovative and dynamic individuals to join our existing teams. To be a part of the team at RNN Group we will expect you to be committed to our values too;

·       We are Inclusive,

·       We have Integrity,

·       We Deliver,

·       We are One Team.

We are OFSTED ‘Good’ (November 2022)

We celebrate diversity and are proud to have been recognised as Investors in Diversity for our commitment to the FREDIE (Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement) Model.  This means that you’d be working in a supportive environment that encourages, recognises and celebrates effort, achievement and cooperative attitudes. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, faith or disability. We are also proud to be part of the Disability Confidence Scheme.

The RNN Group is proud to be part of the South Yorkshire Institute of Technology (SYIoT).

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. All new employees will be required undertake a DBS check and other associated checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance.

All candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.

Closing date: Tuesday 26th August 2025 at 12:00 Noon – if you are shortlisted for this post, you will be contacted within a week of the closing date.

To find out more about the RNN Group, and how to apply visit our website – https://www.rnngroup.co.uk/working-with-us-for-everyone/careers/

If you require further information about this vacancy, please contact the HR department on 01709 722750 or recruitment@rnngroup.ac.uk