Rochelle Spencer

As the Senior Safeguarding Officer at Brian Jackson College, I hold lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection across our three provisions. This is a critical senior leadership role, providing strategic leadership for all safeguarding matters, ensuring that safeguarding is embedded in every aspect of college life. I work closely with the senior leadership team and governing body to maintain a culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, whilst holding ultimate accountability for child protection matters.

I ensure our safeguarding policies and procedures are known, understood and consistently applied across the college. I am the primary point of contact for all safeguarding concerns within the college.

I manage referrals to local authority children's social care, the police, and other external agencies when concerns arise about a student's welfare.

I support staff who make referrals and ensure that appropriate action is taken promptly when students disclose abuse or when concerns are identified.

I maintain detailed, accurate, and secure records of all safeguarding concerns and actions taken, playing a central role in multi-agency collaboration to promote the safety, welfare, and positive outcomes of children and young people. attending and contributing to a range of statutory and non-statutory meetings, including CLA reviews, CP conferences, RMM's and other relevant forums.

As a Children’s Residential Support Worker, I was responsible for providing high-quality care and support to young people in a residential setting, ensuring their safety, wellbeing, and development at all times. My role involved building positive, trusting relationships with young people, many of whom had experienced trauma or disruption, and supporting them in line with their individual care plans.

I contributed to creating a safe, stable, and nurturing environment by promoting positive behaviour, setting clear boundaries, and responding appropriately to challenging situations. I supported young people with their daily routines, including education, personal care, health needs, and social development, while encouraging independence and life skills.

As a behaviour and attendance Manager, My main responsibilities were creating a calm, orderly, respectful, supportive and positive environment in which pupils can thrive, ensuring the impact of the school's work on the attendance, behaviour, inclusion and attitudes of all pupils were paramount.

- Logging behaviour and Attendance logs.

- Arranging and leading on parental meetings. - Communicating and working closely with dual registered schools.

- Implementing the correct strategies and 1:1 interventions for keyworkers to support pupils effectively.

- Line management duties

- DSL.

As the Inclusion Manager, I led on the development and implementation of targeted behaviour and attendance strategies, to support pupils in overcoming barriers to learning. This included designing and introducing individual Behaviour and Attendance Contracts, which set out clear expectations, agreed targets, and supportive interventions tailored to each pupil’s needs.