Safeguarding Officer


Company:	South Hampshire Colleges Group
Salary:	£28,946 to £30,780 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Southampton, SO14 6QY
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	12 Oct 2026
Closing date:	2 Nov 2026

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Summary

Care to Join Us?

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, dedicated and skilled Safeguarding Officer, Term time only (40 weeks). The information below provides more detail about the role.

 offer great benefits including;

Generous annual leave

Enhanced employer pension contribution

Regular training and development

Duties:

To triage and assess students with safeguarding, mental health, anxiety and other vulnerabilities and support or refer on as appropriate.

To support individual students on safeguarding concerns on a one:one basis to develop their emotional health and well-being.

Developing and delivering external and internal interventions, liaising with external agencies, parents, carers and others as appropriate.

Contribute to supporting students to develop their own health and wellbeing, through organising external events, enrichment and contributing to the tutorial bulletins.

Liaise with internal and externals services to support students deemed 'at risk' due to vulnerabilities, ensuring attendance at meetings and regular updates are given in accordance with requests from external agencies and internal staff

Support transition of vulnerable students into the College, working in conjunction with the team.

Respond to Safeguarding concerns making the necessary referrals. Maintain and update records of all student interactions in line with college processes and procedures

Attend multiagency meetings, as required ensuring all follow up is actioned appropriately.

Maintain own professional development and update knowledge regularly as appropriate.

Maintain own caseloads of supported students, creating detailed record of cases and student outcomes in order to contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of team using qualitative and quantitative data.

In this role you may be required to support the team/attend meetings at our campuses at the request of the DSL.

Skills/Experience:

Effective knowledge of Safeguarding processes and procedures

Significant experience of supporting children and vulnerable adults with challenging circumstances

Significant experience of working with external agencies, and stakeholders

Experience of supporting children and vulnerable adults with their mental health and understanding the barriers to learning faced

Experience of managing complex caseloads

Qualifications:

Minimum GCSE grade 4 / C in English & Maths or equivalent.

One or more of the following;

Psychology/education (supporting/teaching) / Youth Work/ Health and Wellbeing qualification

Mental Health Qualification

Designated Safeguarding Lead or willing to obtain

Ideal Attributes:

Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work off of own initiative and manage complex caseloads

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to develop effective working relationships with students, agencies, parents/carers

Capacity to use IT systems to record and manage student interventions

Excellent listening skills with the ability to deescalate in challenging situations

About Us

The South Hampshire College Group (SHCG) is a dynamic, purpose driven Further Education organisation with a commitment to Creating Better Futures for learners, employers and communities within South Hampshire and beyond.

We pride ourselves on living our values - Collaborative, Inclusive and Aspirational. We also understand the difference exceptional employees can make to us delivering outstanding results and we are always seeking to attract talent who can add value and who will be proud to be part of our growing organisation.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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