Vice-principal (Safeguarding and Inclusion)

NLCS (Singapore) believes that each employee makes a significant contribution to our success and that contributions should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities.

Therefore, this position description is designed to outline primary duties, qualifications, and job scope, but not limit the employee, nor NLCS (Singapore), to only the work identified. It is the expectation of the school that each employee will offer his/her services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our organisation.

Our School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The School expects all teaching staff, non‐teaching staff and volunteers to share and uphold this commitment.

**Senior Leadership General Responsibilities**
- Senior Leaders have joint responsibility for all aspects of the school relating to the education and development of the students; each has a focus of responsibility, but all contribute to the whole and support the work of others. The Vice Principal is responsible to the Principal
- Create and foster an environment of reflective practice and development, leading by example in all aspects of personal and professional development.
- Develop and maintain a culture of high expectations for self and others.
- Lead by example as a teacher and as a leader and manager, achieving high standards of pupil achievement and motivation through excellent teaching.
- To lead teams and individuals in line with specific areas of responsibility
- Have a teaching commitment in line with Vice Principal status.
- Sustain effective, positive relationships with staff, students, parents, Governors and the local community.
- To contribute to the whole school development plan as and when required
- Relevant reports to Governors/Principal
- To contribute to the admissions and marketing events as and when required
- To complete all supervisory duties, as required by Senior Team members, and directed through published rotas
- To ensure safeguarding and child protection policies and practices across the school are in line with best practice and ensure all students safeguarding needs are met.
- To maintain an open dialogue between the school, students and their parents on all educational matters.
- Attend relevant school events and activities.
- Manage budget(s) in line with areas of responsibility.
- Production of key Senior School publications as detailed in the ST Portfolio document
- Organisation of key Senior School events as detailed in the ST Portfolio document

**Safeguarding**
- To act as the School’s Designated Safeguarding Lead, thereby taking responsibility for all aspects of the school’s Safeguarding policies and procedures.
- To be committed to the safeguarding of students across the school
- To respond in a timely and effective manner to concerns raised regarding the safety and wellbeing of students, taking urgent action when a child is at risk of immediate harm.
- To remain informed of current legislation, statutory and other guidance with regards to safeguarding, and child protection, including an in-depth knowledge of regulatory issues in Singapore
- To establish and maintain positive working relationships with relevant statutory, voluntary and community agencies, and to maintain an up-to-date mapping of agencies in Singapore
- To work with the HR Department to ensure that the school’s Single Central Register is maintained
- To lead safeguarding audits of current provision, and take responsibility for subsequent action plans and developments
- To complete timely and detailed referrals to CPS and other agencies to request support for children and families. To be tenacious in the follow-up of these referrals, escalating as required
- To attend or provide information for all meetings pertaining to matters of safeguarding, ensuring that the school’s view is accurately represented and recorded
- To provide, collate and monitor regular, accurate and timely data on safeguarding, as directed by the Principal
- To ensure that the school is compliant with safer recruitment procedures for new staff members and that their induction includes a specific focus on safeguarding
- Where appropriate, provide support in investigations, liaising with relevant agencies and reporting to appropriate authorities
- Quality assure the recording, storing and codifying of safeguarding incidents in the school to maintain consistent practice across the school.
- To provide advice and training to staff, at least annually, and signpost to best practice guidance
- To act in accordance with school policies at all times, ensuring a high standard of professionalism which demonstrates the school’s expected standards
- To manage the school’s safeguarding training strategy, including keeping a detailed log of all training data

**Inclusion**
- Line management of the Head of Individual Needs and, thereby, the school’s Emotional Guidance Counselling and Learning Support provision, includin