Location: Moorgate, EC2M 6SQ

Salary: £26,550 to £29,500 per annum, subject to qualifications and experience

Contract: Fixed Term Contract until July 2025

Hours: Full time, Monday Friday

Our client fosters a culture where their team members can lean on each other, recognise each other and celebrate together! At the organisation, their students are at the centre of what they do and as a result, they offer hugely rewarding careers whatever your role at the organisation, you have the opportunity to change a students life! If you are looking for a fast-paced and autonomous role where you can really demonstrate your impact, then look no further.

The Role

They have a fantastic opportunity for a Safeguarding and Wellbeing Officer to join their dedicated Student Services Team at the organisation.

The Safeguarding and Wellbeing Officer will support, safeguard, enable and champion the success of all students by providing front line and responsive advice, guidance, and referral to other services within and beyond the Student Services Team. They will respond to the needs of students, including acting as a designated safeguarding lead, providing pastoral care, practical advice, and working as part of a team delivering an exceptional student support experience. The post holder will be personable, highly compassionate, skilled active listener with an interest in wellbeing and education.

This roles purpose is to ensure all students across the Group, including the most vulnerable, make excellent progress both academically and with their social and emotional development. This post is part of the personal progression team, they will be first aid trained, DSL trained, and be prepared for receiving and managing disclosures in line with the EFI Safeguarding Policy.

Skills And Qualifications

You will have a proven track record of operating at a similar role in a similar environment.
You will have a Safeguarding qualification or be willing to undertake this this.
You will have a comprehensive understanding of pastoral care issues and support measures and effective boundary management skills.
You will have an understanding of safeguarding, wellbeing and equality and diversity issues as it relates to this role.
Good knowledge of learner needs and issues facing young people is essential.
You will have good organisational, planning, time management and administrative skills and good literacy and numeracy skills.
You will have the ability to communicate with confidence with a wide range of people and the ability to listen with understanding and be able to relate to social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties in such a manner that will enhance students self-esteem.
You will have the ability to build rapport quickly with learners and colleagues, to develop positive, cooperative and effective working relationships.
You will be a role model for appropriate and aspirational behaviours for learners.
You will have a commitment to and passion for development and progression of all learners
You will have a flexible, resilient, and positive attitude.

Benefits

Furthering your development through funded professional qualifications and a personal growth allowance
Generous and flexible leave that suits your lifestyle, including an around the world trip after 5 years service!
Market-leading family friendly pay, including 6 months fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave!
A monthly wellbeing allowance and financial loan structures to support your financial health

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

The EFI is proud to have a student body as diverse as its central London location! With students from 17 ethnicities, traveling from all over the United Kingdom, with a variety of learning needs and a wide range of experiences and interests, they are looking to recruit a workforce that is as diverse as their amazing students and will support them to achieve their potential

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