What do you want from work?
Do you want a role where safeguarding is a process? Or do you want a role where safeguarding is a responsibility that genuinely changes lives?
Every learner that walks through our doors brings potential. Some need guidance. Some need structure. Some need support that goes beyond the classroom.
Sometimes, they just need someone who notices... someone who cares.
This role is about being that person.
Not just reacting when something goes wrong, but identifying concerns early, creating the right support, and ensuring every learner feels safe, included and able to succeed.
Because when the right support is in place, everything else follows.
The Role
The Designated Safeguarding Lead & ALN Officer plays a central role in ensuring the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of learners across the organisation.
You will act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead, responding to concerns, managing cases and working with external agencies where required. You will ensure safeguarding procedures are followed, records are accurate and interventions are timely and effective.
Alongside this, you will lead on Additional Learning Needs support. You will identify learners who require additional support, implement structured plans and work closely with tutors and stakeholders to ensure those learners can access and succeed in their training.
This is not a reactive role. It is proactive, structured and purposeful.
You will:
- Support learners with additional needs such as autism, ADHD and learning difficulties
- Coordinate individual support plans and monitor progress
- Respond to safeguarding concerns with professionalism and urgency
- Work with external agencies including social services and health professionals
- Provide guidance and training to staff on safeguarding and inclusion
- Ensure all records, documentation and processes are compliant and inspection ready
You will be working across teams, acting as the link between learners, staff, families and external support networks.
When this role is done well, learners stay engaged. Barriers are reduced. Outcomes improve.
Why This Role Matters
This is not about policy alone.
It is about creating an environment where learners feel safe, supported and able to progress into employment and build a future.
Some learners will need reassurance. Some will need structure. Some will need intervention.
Your role is to ensure none of them are overlooked.
Because when a learner completes their programme, gains employment and moves forward with confidence, the support they received along the way is often the difference.
What You Will Bring
You will have experience working within safeguarding in an education or training environment and understand the responsibility that comes with the role.
You will be confident handling sensitive situations, maintaining confidentiality and making informed decisions under pressure.
You will also have experience or understanding of Additional Learning Needs and be comfortable supporting learners with a range of needs in both one to one and group settings.
You are calm, measured and professional. You communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders and are able to build trust quickly.
Most importantly, you are proactive. You do not wait for problems to escalate. You identify, act and follow through.
Essential Criteria
Experience working in education in a safeguarding role.
Understanding of safeguarding legislation and procedures.
Knowledge of ALN/SEN statutory guidance.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
Organisational skills and attention to detail.
Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Experience in ALN/SEN coordination or support.
Desirable Criteria
Relevant qualifications (e.g., Level 3 Safeguarding, SENCo accreditation, teaching or support qualification)
Knowledge or experience of working in a construction training environment.
Experience working with multi-agency partners
Experience supporting learners in vocational or work-based learning.
Knowledge of behaviour management techniques.
First Aid qualification.
About Us:
Greenlight Training Ltd is a leading Independent Training Apprenticeship Provider, dedicated to delivering high-quality training and support to apprentices and employers. We work closely with industry partners to ensure learners achieve their full potential and successfully complete their apprenticeships.
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners, including those who are young and vulnerable, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Greenlight Training Ltd has a clear safer recruitment and safeguarding policy and we will make the appropriate DBS checks and seek to acquire at least two references prior to any offer of employment. All applicants must complete an application form (provided if invited to, regardless of how they applied.
Why Join Greenlight?
Greenlight is one of the fastest growing apprenticeship providers in the UK and the largest independently owned Construction Apprenticeship, safety training and consultancy provider in the West and South West of England.
Our mission is:
To provide training and development solutions that create skilled, safer and more competent workplaces for learners and employers.
We live by our values:
Safety first
Excellence in training
Career growth
Integrity, trust and inclusivity
This role sits at the heart of those values.
Safeguarding protects learners.
Inclusion enables progress.
Support creates opportunity.
If you are looking for a role where your work has genuine impact, where no two days are the same and where you play a key part in shaping outcomes for learners, this is a position with real purpose.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £30,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
