Academy Designated Safeguarding Officer

What are we looking for?

Essential Knowledge and Experience

• Experience working within either safeguarding, education, welfare, social care, health or youth development environment.
• Experience of working directly with children, young people and families.
• Knowledge of safeguarding legislation, statutory guidance and best practice relating to children and young people.
• Experience of managing safeguarding concerns and maintaining confidential case records.
• Understanding of safer recruitment principles and safeguarding compliance requirements.
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of effective planning and organisation of operations

Skills and Abilities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong report writing, record-keeping and IT skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships with children, young people, parents, carers and professionals.
• Ability to manage sensitive situations with professionalism, empathy and discretion.
• Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and use initiative while contributing effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to share any concerns with the Head of Safeguarding, and challenge poor practice and promote high safeguarding standards.

Personal Attributes

• Passion for safeguarding, welfare and player wellbeing.
• Strong integrity and commitment to confidentiality.
• Enthusiastic, approachable and engaging with young people.
• Flexible and adaptable with the ability to work evenings, weekends and travel when required.
• Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Dedicated to continuous professional development and learning.
• Able to represent Hull City and the Academy professionally at all times.

Desirable

• Experience of safeguarding within elite sport, football academies, education or residential care, youth, housing settings.
• Qualifications in safeguarding, education, counselling, mental health, youth work or a related field working with children and young people.
• Experience delivering wellbeing, safeguarding or personal development support to young people and parents.

• The safeguarding and welfare of our players is paramount and as such this position is subject to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

Eligibility for Employment in the UK

In accordance with current legislative requirements the successful applicant must produce documentary verification of their eligibility to work in the UK and will not be allowed to start work until this has been received.

What can we offer you?

• An attractive annual leave package, that increases on service with the organisation.
• 20% off at the Tiger Leisure Store
• 2 x season cards for you and/or your family to attend Hull City home games (following probation)
• Free on-site parking
• Opportunity for career progression and CPD

About the Academy

Hull City Academy develops and works with talented young footballers from the age of 8 to 23. We have made significant progress at the Academy since the Club successfully achieved its quest to gain Category Two status in the summer of 2015, with the primary focus on developing and nurturing players with outstanding potential into future first team regulars. In line with the Football Association’s Charter of Quality, the Academy prepares players of the future for the Club and enables our scholars to progress both on and off the field throughout their tenure with us.

With a number of scholars making their First Team debuts in the past three seasons, the sale of an Academy product to the Premier League and many more former Academy players currently plying their trade across Europe, this is a truly exciting time to be part of Hull City.

We are now expanding our Academy Recruitment Department to provide an opportunity to more young players from the region to follow in the footsteps of previous graduates such as Jarrod Bowen, Max Clark and Keane Lewis-Potter.