New Level Academy
Safeguarding Lead Trustee - Volunteer
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London Rangers Youth & Community
London Rangers Youth & Community is seeking an experienced Christian Safeguarding Lead Trustee to provide strategic safeguarding oversight across our alternative education provision, football club, community programmes and developing church ministry.
What difference will you make?
Safeguarding is fundamental to everything we do.
Many of the young people engaging with New Level Academy and our wider programmes have experienced significant challenges and may require additional support to participate successfully in education and community life.
Strong safeguarding governance helps ensure that the organisation does not simply have the right policies but that those policies translate into safe practice, professional curiosity, appropriate boundaries and a culture where concerns are identified and acted upon.
Your experience will help trustees understand safeguarding risks, challenge leadership appropriately and ensure agreed improvements are implemented.
You will also help us create something particularly important for our future one strong safeguarding culture connecting our school, football club, charity, community programmes and church ministry.
As London Rangers develops its community sports and education hub, more young people, families, staff, coaches, volunteers and community members will use our facilities.
Your contribution will help us grow responsibly while ensuring the welfare and protection of children and vulnerable people remains at the heart of our decisions.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for an experienced safeguarding professional or senior leader with strong knowledge of safeguarding children and young people.
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You may currently work, or have previously worked, as a
- Designated Safeguarding Lead or Deputy DSL
- Headteacher or senior school leader
- Safeguarding adviser or consultant
- Local authority safeguarding professional
- Social worker or children's services professional
- Safeguarding governor/trustee
- Safeguarding lead within a sports organisation, charity or church
Strong knowledge of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) and safeguarding within schools or alternative provision would be particularly valuable.
Experience of safer recruitment, allegations management, referrals, safeguarding audits, staff training and working with external safeguarding agencies would also be useful.
Experience of safeguarding within football, grassroots sport, youth work or Christian/church organisations would be particularly welcome, although we do not expect applicants to be specialists in every area.
You should be confident scrutinising information, asking challenging questions and holding senior leaders appropriately accountable while maintaining constructive professional relationships.
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What will you be doing?
We are seeking a trustee to take the Board lead for safeguarding across the London Rangers family.
Our work brings together New Level Academy, London Rangers FC, community sports and youth programmes and Christian ministry. As these activities increasingly operate together, we want to establish a consistently strong safeguarding culture across everything we do.
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The trustee will provide governance oversight, scrutiny and challenge, rather than taking over the operational responsibilities of our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or other safeguarding staff.
You will work closely with the Board, Education Committee, Headteacher, DSL and senior leaders.
Specific responsibilities will include
- Providing safeguarding oversight and assurance to trustees
- Holding senior leaders appropriately accountable for safeguarding
- Meeting regularly with the DSL to review safeguarding practice, themes, concerns and emerging risks
- Scrutinising safeguarding reports, actions and relevant KPIs
- Monitoring safeguarding improvement actions arising from Ofsted inspection and regulatory requirements
- Reviewing safeguarding policies, procedures and reporting arrangements
- Reviewing safer recruitment, DBS and safeguarding training arrangements
- Ensuring appropriate systems exist for recording, escalating and referring safeguarding concerns
- Reviewing safeguarding arrangements for volunteers, coaches, mentors and contractors
- Providing oversight of safeguarding within football, community and church activities
- Supporting compliance with relevant requirements, including Keeping Children Safe in Education
- Reporting safeguarding risks, progress and recommendations to the Board
A major objective will be helping us develop one safeguarding culture across education, football, community work and church ministry, with clear standards and accountability throughout the organisation.
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