Salary: £31,650 - £35,674 per annum

Position: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)

Positions available: 1

Closing date: 9th October 2024

Pastoral Manager

£31,650 – £35,674 per annum

Full time position – 37.5 hours per week

The Sallygate School is an Independent Special School catering to the unique needs of pupils with SEMH, Attachment Disorder, ADHD, ASC and Anxiety.  Located in the heart of the Alkham Valley, near Dover, the Sallygate School is part of Channels & Choices Therapeutic Community which comprises of 7 residential children’s homes, Forest school and an independent fostering agency.

At the Sallygate School we believe in providing a comprehensive and sequenced curriculum pathway that caters to the diverse needs of all our learners.  We understand that each student has unique abilities, learning styles and developmental requirements.  Our sequenced curriculum ensures a structed and supportive learning journey for every individual, enabling them to achieve their full potential.

This post is for a full time permanent Pastoral Manager position, working 37.5 hours per week – to include school holidays. We offer a competitive salary range of £31,650 – £35,674 per annum – dependant on qualifications and experience. Further benefits include a £2,000 SEN allowance, paid in equal 12 monthly instalments and 36 days paid annual leave per year and a loyalty scheme which rewards you with extra annual leave following 2 years of service – Annual leave to be taken within the school holidays.

Additional Perks, Rewards and Benefits

  • Private Optical, Dental and Audiological cover
  • Private Medical care
  • Long service awards for 5-, 10- and 15-years’ service
  • Regular team building days, parties, meals and more!
  • Complimentary health and wellbeing support with our employee’s assistance programme
  • Full Induction Training Package 

Overall purpose of Job

To enable all pupils to successfully engage in their education by providing leadership, support around student behaviour for learning. This will primarily involve working with pupils to address barriers to learning and make sure effective plans and procedures are in place, working in partnership with the Channels and Choices community leaders.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Work strategically with students and teaching staff to develop individual pupils behaviour for learning
  • Use the school MIS system to monitor behaviour incidents and ensure the correct support is efficiently provided to the pupil and the classroom
  • To apply appropriate consequences consistently across the school to behaviour incidents involving pupils
  • Manage the successful return to school of pupils following a suspension, developing their behaviour for learning toolkit
  • Promote high standards of behaviour and consistently ensure consistency across the school in the implementation of the school’s behaviour policy
  • Make sure each member of staff has access to, understands and can apply consistently, the school’s behaviour and pastoral procedures and strategies, especially new staff
  • Work alongside the Teacher in charge of whole school behaviour implementing behaviour for learning strategies
  • Work with the SENCO to identify pupils in need of additional support to help develop support plans
  • Work with senior leaders to develop whole-school pastoral care policies and action plans
  • Participate in senior leadership meetings, as required
  • Communicate effectively with the required adults should a student be internally or externally suspended
  • Making referrals to the family liaison lead.
  • Communicate with parents/carers following behavioural incidents to discuss the effectiveness of the support in place for their child
  • Maintain regular contact with parents/carers to discuss their child’s behaviour for learning
  • Build positive relations with parents/carers to encourage family involvement in their child’s progress
  • Communicate with parents/carers about specific support in place for their child
  • Assist parents/carers with any information they need to support their child
  • Build and refresh knowledge on the range of external support available that could support pupils’ individual needs
  • Present whole school behaviour data to headteacher when required
  • Daily meetings with HT and pupil support regarding behaviour issues
  • Facilitate the transfer of relevant pupil information inside and outside the school
  • Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies
  • Work with the designated safeguarding lead to promote the best interests of pupils, including sharing concerns where necessary
  • Carryout ongoing welfare checks for children during school holidays.

Person Specification:

  • The following outlines the minimum criteria for this post. Applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria will be shortlisted.
  • All applicants should describe in their application how they meet these criteria.
  Essential Desirable
 

Qualifications

 

 ·       GCSE English grade C or above

·       Good numeracy skills – at least to Level 2

·       Good ICT skills

 

  

·       Desirable DSL Trained

 
 

Experience

 

 ·      Knowledge of current safeguarding legislation, policy and practice relating to children and adults at risk.

·      Experience of working with SEN pupils

·      Experience of dealing with student pastoral and behaviour issues

·      Experience of implementing school policies, protocols and guidance.

·      Experience of creating successful relationships with staff, pupils and parents/carers

 ·       Knowledge of the statutory agencies’ roles in safeguarding children and adults at risk.

·       Experience of working as a deputy DSL

·       Knowledge and understanding of diverse faiths, communities and cultures.

·       Understanding the effects of various conditions that affect some children such as, but not limited to ADHD, autism, Aspergers syndrome, foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

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Knowledge & Skills

 

 ·       Good team working and organisational skills.

·       Exceptional communication, interpersonal and influencing skills.

·       A child-centred approach, able to maintain this perspective and use common sense.

·       Ability to write concise reports and compile case file information.

·       Ability to deal constructively and objectively with people’s emotions (eg upset, distress, conflict, animosity).

·       Capacity to handle confidential data/information sensitively and with discretion.

·       Effective prioritisation and time-management skills.

·       Competent and efficient in the use of IT.

·       Understand safeguarding procedures

·       Driver with use of own car and able to transport service users if needed.

 ·       Effective presentation and facilitation skills.

·       Working knowledge of CPOMs recording system.
Appraisal

Appraisal assessment will be based on the responsibilities outlined above and judgements will be made against these within the agreed timescale. The Headteacher/Leadership team will manage the person in this post.

 

At time of applying all job descriptions may, following consultation with you, be subject to change to reflect or anticipate changes in the job, which are commensurate with the salary and job title.

 

Employees are expected to comply with any reasonable request from the Headteacher or the Leadership Team to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

 

Sallygate will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

 

 

Channels and Choices reserve the right to carry out background social media checks on all new applicants.

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