Key Role Information

Salary
0.00
Job type
Part Time
Contract type
Volunteer
Closing
27/02/2026 09:49
Interview
ASAP
Contract term
TTO - Term time only
Pay grade
0
Department
Pastoral
Key stage
Not Applicable
Hours per week
1.50
Weeks per year
38.000
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

Role Description 

Position: Safeguarding Governor – Volunteer 

Location: Red Balloon Norfolk 


Your Role of a Governor

Governors are the strategic leaders of our Centres and play a vital role in ensuring that every child receives the highest possible standard of education, that has been carefully tailored to meet their individual needs.

We are seeking a Safeguarding Governor for our Red Balloon Centre in Norfolk. The post holder will provide strategic oversight and robust governance to ensure that the highest standards of safeguarding are upheld at RBET Norfolk. Working in partnership with the Centre and the Trust, the Safeguarding Governor will support RBET Norfolk in its mission to improve the lives and educational outcomes of young people who would otherwise be unable to access education.

The role of a Local Governor within RBET is important in developing our governance arrangements, the Board has sought to ensure that the responsibility to govern is vested in those closest to the impact of decision making and that such responsibility matches the capacity of those assuming responsibility.


In line with safer recruitment practices, we are only able to accept applications via our application forms, which can be accessed by following the application link on our recruitment portal available here: Vacancies - SAMpeople Recruit. You can save your application at any point and come back to it at a later stage. 


●      All applicants will be contacted to advise if they have been shortlisted for an interview


Red Balloon Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be conditional of the satisfactory completion of safeguarding training and pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and barred list check.

 

Red Balloon Educational Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating a diverse workforce. We'll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership. 


You can view a full job description and person specification below.


Skills

Abilities, Skills and Knowledge

Knowledge of governance procedures and statutory complianceessential

Experience

Experience in a trust-level education environment
Experience in school administration and governance

Personal Attributes

Committedessential
Dedicatedessential

About Us

RBET - Norfolk is a cohesive team of qualified teachers, wellbeing and therapy staff and everyone understands the ethos of our approach. We aim to restore our students’ sense of self-worth and faith in their peers, education staff and the education system as a whole. Our environment supports and encourages good role models so that students can develop relationships that are founded on active listening, speaking the truth, taking responsibility for their actions and acting with integrity. We treat all our young people according to their own unique and individual needs.


At Red Balloon, any adult working with our young people offers warm, non-judgmental support so that they feel accepted, valued, respected and appreciated for who they are. All children at our centre have had traumatic experiences, which means they will show their feelings in a range of ways. We understand that behaviour is an expression of feelings and we help them to express these appropriately, moving on to behaving in a respectful and considerate manner. Through our range of therapy and 1-1 mentoring, we encourage our young people to trust their own perception of what is happening, trust that they can manage their own behaviour and appropriately judge how to behave according to the situation presented.

Red Balloon Educational Trust

HR RBET

hr@rbet.ac

76 Earlham Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR2 3DF
HR RBET
hr@rbet.ac

Safeguarding Information

Every student has the right to flourish and be safe from harm and abuse. As a professional within Red Balloon Educational Trust; we all have a duty to keep our students safe and healthy. Every Centre has a range of policies, and ensure all staff complete this training to ensure we all understand good practice and how to safeguard our students and ourselves.


Safeguarding is the action taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm. It means:

  • protecting children from abuse and maltreatment
  • preventing harm to children's health or development
  • ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care
  • taking action to enable all children and young people have the best outcomes


Red Balloon Educational Trust has Safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure that every single student, regardless of their age, disability, gender, race, religion, or belief, sex or sexual orientation, has a right to equal protection from harm. It's so important that everyone at Red Balloon Educational Trust knows what to look out for and how to report any concerns.


Safeguarding policies may be available at Trust level or be held by each Centre individually. All Safeguarding related policies and procedures are available on our website.


Due to the role involving engaging in regulated activity with young people, it is an offence to apply for the role if the you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Safeguarding is Red Balloon Educational Trust's priority. No member of staff will have access to work with learners until all required training has been completed.