TESS Community Care Worker - Mayfield School (Off-site)

Torbay Education Safeguarding Service (TESS) is a unique service supporting schools in Torbay to promote the welfare of their children and young people.Established in August 2014 the service works in partnership with Children’s Services to offer advice and guidance to schools when there are concerns for the welfare of their pupils. The aim is to ensure that the most proportionate response is devised to keep children safe in the community. Although some services are provided to schools on a commissioned basis we work with every school in the Bay in terms of our commitment to the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) and Safeguarding Children’s Partners.

TESS are an integral part of the MASH within Children’s Services and provide a daily presence: liaising with schools to obtain the wishes and feelings of children to inform decision making, attending MASH meetings and strategy meetings as required.

We are now in a position to add to our team. What we would like to do i...