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Job Description - Designated Safeguarding Lead and Family Welfare Officer

Designated Safeguarding Lead and Family Welfare Officer - Medway

Full-time - £27,711 - £35,233 per annum - September 2025

Tradewind Recruitment are currently recruiting for a Designated Safeguarding Lead and Family Welfare Officer to work across some schools in Medway, including Primary and SEN schools. The role would be on full-time basis and would be on a permanent basis from September.

Role

  • Designated Safeguarding Lead in line with KCSIE and other relevant DSL documentation and guidance
  • Work alongside the Pastoral and Behaviour Lead, SENDCO and FLO to enhance the life opportunities for our children and families
  • To formalise a keyworker/ Quality-of-Life programme for families and lead on relevant training to enhance this offer
  • Ability to build and sustain professional standards and relationships with pupils, parents and staff
  • Ability to contribute towards creating a safe and protective environment
  • Act as liaison with outside agencies for referrals i.e. CAMHS/Social Services representative
  • Make referrals to outside agencies alongside the SENDCO/FLO
  • To act as liaison between home and school for pupil issues. To support teachers with maintaining good home/school relations

Requirements

  • Experience working as a Designed Safeguarding Lead and/or Family Welfare Office
  • School based experience is not essential but must have relevant experience with Safeguarding and liaising with external agencies.
  • Experience working with children with SEN within an education, pastoral, or personal setting would be highly desirable
  • Either have, or be willing to get, an enhanced DBS on the update service.

Benefits of working with Tradewind Recruitment

  • We offer highly competitive and fair rates of pay, paying to scale for all long-term/perm responsibilities.
  • A specialised, highly experienced, and dedicated Consultant to be your main point of contact.
  • An independent and experienced Compliance team to ensure you can continue working.
  • Tradewind works with the National College and can offer over 2500 accredited courses that you would have access to, so you will be able to complete CPD at your own convenience.

For more information on the schools we are working with specifically, please apply to this advert and will respond to you within 24 hours, or contact or call us on .

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