Job Title: Senior Designated Safeguarding and Wellbeing Lead
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: Yes
Salary Range: £62,106.04 to £68,437.82
Shift Allowance:
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post: No
Advert Closing Date: 01/08/2025
Job Overview
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of young people?
Highlands College is seeking a dynamic and dedicated Safeguarding and Student Wellbeing Lead to champion the safety, and welfare, of our diverse student community.
In this pivotal role, you will lead on all aspects of safeguarding and student wellbeing, ensuring compliance with statutory responsibilities under the Children (Jersey) Law 2002 and UK safeguarding guidance. You'll be the college's Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), working closely with staff, students, families, and external agencies to create a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment where every learner can thrive.
You will also lead the wellbeing team, promoting mental health awareness, early intervention, and resilience-building initiatives that empower students to succeed both academically and personally.
We're looking for someone with strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of safeguarding legislation, and a genuine commitment to student welfare. If you're ready to lead with compassion, integrity, and impact, this is your opportunity.
Be the difference. Be the safeguard. Be the support.
For an informal discussion, please contact James Bennett - james.bennett@highlands.ac.uk
Job Purpose
For full Job Description, please see following link:
Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
Extraordinary, every day.
