• Act as the primary point of contact for all safeguarding concerns,
  disclosures, and welfare escalations across the organisation.
• Respond promptly and appropriately to safeguarding disclosures, ensuring accurate recording, timely action, and effective communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain and update the Single Central Register (SCR), ensuring full compliance with safer recruitment requirements.
• Lead on the implementation and annual review of all safeguarding, Prevent, E&D, and Health & Safety policies.
• Ensure Total Training Provision remains fully compliant with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), disseminating updates and embedding changes into practice.
• Manage all safeguarding casework, including referrals to external agencies, multi-agency meetings, and ongoing monitoring of “at risk” learners.
• Prioritise and respond to urgent safeguarding concerns, ensuring risk is mitigated and learners are supported effectively.

• Provide one‑to‑one welfare support for learners experiencing personal, emotional, or social challenges affecting their learning or employment.
• Deliver calming, grounding, and self‑care interventions as part of a structured welfare support programme.
• Coordinate drop‑in clinics for staff and learners, offering safe spaces split by:
  • Male learners/staff
  • Female learners/staff
  • Non‑binary learners/staff
• Identify Additional Learning Needs (ALN/SEN) and create tailored support plans.
• Work with Operations and EPA teams to arrange exam dispensations and reasonable adjustments.
• Support learners with transition into apprenticeships, employment, and the world of work.

• Lead the organisation’s Prevent strategy, raising awareness of radicalisation risks and ensuring staff and learners understand how to identify and report concerns.
• Maintain and review the Prevent Risk Assessment for the business, ensuring it reflects current local and national threats.
• Liaise with external partners, including the Regional Prevent Coordinator, local safeguarding networks, and relevant community organisations.

• Coordinate and track all mandatory training, ensuring new starters complete required modules and existing staff remain up to date with re‑accreditation.
• Deliver safeguarding, Prevent, British Values, E&D, and Staying Safe Online training to staff and learners.
• Develop and maintain induction units on OneFile VLE for key safeguarding and welfare themes.
• Provide coaching and guidance to staff on managing disclosures, identifying risk, and supporting vulnerable learners.
• Contribute to the annual SAR, QIP, and reporting for governance boards

• Create and maintain Total Topics—engaging resources designed to raise awareness of safeguarding themes, prevent risks, healthy relationships, online safety, and wellbeing.
• Develop enrichment programmes that build confidence, resilience, communication skills, and self‑esteem.
• Produce learner‑facing materials that reinforce safe conduct in learning, work, and social environments.

SEN Specialist Line Management & Learning Support Funding Oversight

• Line‑manage the SEN Specialist, providing supervision, coaching, and performance management to ensure high‑quality SEND practice.
• Oversee the identification of ALN/SEN, ensuring assessments and support plans are accurate, consistent, and evidence‑based.
• Review and approve all Additional Learning Support (ALS) and Learning Support Funding (LSF) recommendations in line with ESFA funding rules.
• Ensure the full evidence chain—assessments, support plans, session logs, impact reviews—is complete, compliant, and audit‑ready.
• Monitor the accuracy and timeliness of ALS/LSF data entry, conducting regular sampling to assure quality and mitigate funding risk.
• Lead continuous improvement in SEND provision, updating processes and supporting the SEN
• Specialist to maintain strong compliance and learner‑centred practice.

Safety, Evacuation & Incident Preparedness

• Lead on emergency preparedness, including the planning and delivery of RUN / HIDE / TELL evacuation practices.
• Create and maintain safety signage and learner information materials across physical and virtual environments.
• Manage the virtual noticeboard on OneFile (announcements), ensuring learners receive up‑to‑date IAG on safeguarding, welfare, and safety.

Administrative & Reporting Duties

• Attend safeguarding meetings, quality meetings, and cross‑departmental reviews.
• Produce statistical reports on safeguarding cases, welfare trends, and training compliance.
• Maintain accurate, confidential records in line with GDPR and organisational policy.
• Undertake ongoing CPD to remain current with safeguarding legislation, Prevent updates, and best practice.

Quality & Timeliness of Safeguarding Response — Consistently responds to disclosures and escalations within required timeframes, with accurate, compliant case recording and effective risk‑mitigation decisions.
Case Management Outcomes — Demonstrates strong judgement in managing cases to safe, stable outcomes, including appropriate referrals and multi‑agency engagement.

Statutory Compliance Performance— Maintains full compliance with KCSIE, Prevent Duty, safer recruitment, and SCR requirements, evidenced through internal/external audits.

Policy & Process Leadership — Ensures safeguarding, Prevent, E&D, and H&S policies are up to date, embedded in practice, and understood by staff.

Welfare & Learner Support Impact

Effectiveness of Welfare Interventions — Provides high‑quality support that improves learner wellbeing, engagement, and progression, with measurable positive outcomes.

Support Planning & Adjustments — Ensures ALN/SEN plans and reasonable adjustments are accurate, timely, and effective in enabling learner success.

Training & Staff Capability

Training Coverage & Quality — Achieves full compliance with mandatory training and delivers high‑impact safeguarding/Prevent sessions that improve staff confidence and competence.

Coaching & Professional Support — Provides clear, reliable guidance to staff on managing disclosures, identifying risk, and supporting vulnerable learners.

Prevent Strategy & Risk Management 

Quality of Safeguarding & Wellbeing Resources — Produces engaging, accurate materials (Total Topics, enrichment content, safety communications) that strengthen learner awareness and resilience.

Visibility & Accessibility of Information — Ensures safeguarding, welfare, and safety information is consistently available and up to date across physical and digital environments.

Reporting, Data Quality & Governance

Accuracy & Insight of Reporting — Produces timely, high‑quality reports that identify trends, risks, and improvement actions for governance and quality boards.

Record‑Keeping Standards — Maintains confidential, GDPR‑compliant records with high accuracy and audit readiness.

Professional Development & Leadership

CPD Engagement & Application — Actively maintains and applies up‑to‑date safeguarding, Prevent, and welfare knowledge to improve organisational practice.

Strategic Contribution — Contributes effectively to SAR, QIP, and organisational improvement initiatives

• Experience within an Independent Training Provider or FE environment
• Knowledge of OneFile or similar VLE systems
• Experience creating digital learning resources
• Be able to work flexible hours and locations (within reason), if required
• Full driving licence and car