Job Description

Do you have experience in safeguarding, are you looking for the next step in your career? We are seeking to recruit an experienced, highly motivated, forward thinking individual as our Senior Safeguarding & Prevent Officer. Based at our Aylesbury campus.

By joining our College your expertise will play a real part in shaping young people’s development and transforming their lives. We believe that education should inspire and develop our future generations.

The successful candidate will:

  • Be a designated Safeguarding Children, Young People and vulnerable Adult Officer
  • We be able to provide general advice and guidance to students
  • Will lead the provision of Safeguarding & Prevent Sources to students
  • Work alongside the Head of Student Services, EHCP Consultant Specialist & Senior EHCP Co-ordinator to identify students with EHCPs who Safeguarding/Fitness to Student Risk Assessments.

We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the college.We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible. While working at Buckinghamshire College Group you can also take advantage of a host of employee benefits including:

  • Pension scheme – LGPS (18.3% employer contribution)
  • 30 holiday entitlement & Additional annual leave purchase scheme
  • Free onsite parking
  • A wide range of learning – access to free training & continuous professional development
  • Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Salon Intuition
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
  • Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes

Here at Buckinghamshire College Group, we are passionate about helping people of all ages and abilities to achieve their learning goals and life aspirations.You will find a warm welcome at all of our campuses in; Aylesbury, Amersham and High Wycombe, where we are a thriving community of over 590 Staff and 7,000 students and we are sure that whatever your aspirations and career goals, we can help you to achieve them.

This College does one of the most important jobs in the country – educating people of all ages to help them to succeed in life and create the skills society needs. Moreover, we do it well. We have high standards, with good success rates for students and more students joining us each year.

Our staff are the most important resource that the College has in securing this success. We therefore value our staff highly and offer a competitive reward and benefits package.

We hope you will want to be part of Buckinghamshire College Group and we very much look forward to welcoming you.

Commitment to Safeguarding

BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.

For more information on the role please contact HR directly Buckinghamshire College Group (buckscollegegroup.ac.uk)

Closing date for applications is the 18th November2021, with interviews taking place shortly after.