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About the role
- Do you have specialist knowledge of safeguarding in schools or social work practice?
- Are you passionate about the role of education settings and schools in safeguarding children?
- West Northants Safeguarding in Education Service are looking for an experienced Education Safeguarding Team Manager to work full time based from One Angel Square, Northampton
The position is based at One Angel Square Northampton, however, the applicant may be expected to work at external sites, some homeworking may be available.
This role will cover the West Northants area.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to an enhanced DBS certificate. It is also a regulated activity and will be subject to a Children and Adults Barred List check. West Northamptonshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
What will you be doing?
- Provide high quality safeguarding advice and support
- Foster great professional relationships across schools and social care and other agencies
- Gather and present complex information to both individuals and groups in a way they will understand
- Follow procedures and practice while working independently
- Deliver targeted safeguarding training to Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs), school staff and other multi agency colleagues
- Represent the service at multi agency meetings
- Prepare comprehensive reports for diverse audiences
- Work with partners / other services to address a range of safeguarding related issues through conferences and network meetings e.g. neglect and child exploitation, in order to reduce the issues that lead to increased safeguarding concerns.
About you
You will have:
- Educated to Degree level with a Social Work/Teaching Qualification or other relevant professional qualification
- You will be an experienced social worker, teacher or person with a similar relevant degree/professional qualification who has a strong background in schools, education or children’s social care.
- You will have a detailed knowledge of working with schools and education colleagues as well as the interface between education and social care professionals. Some of your key skills will lie in developing great partnership relationships.
- You will have extensive knowledge and experience of safeguarding children.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 25 February 2026.
If you have any questions relating to this role please email: Debbie.Carrie@westnorthants.gov.uk
About us
We’re a new council, following one of the largest shake-ups in local government
reform in recent history. As a new authority, we’re embarking on an exciting journey
to deliver exceptional services for our residents, customers and
communities.
Our vision at West Northamptonshire Council is ‘to make West Northants a great
place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to
make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance,
Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver
services.
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with
ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail,
and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A
place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-
minded people.
When potential is unlocked, talent thrives.
Choose a career that offers you a true sense of achievement, fills you with pride and
challenges you in a positive way, every day.
West Northants Council, where careers thrive.
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