DSL and Pastoral Lead
Burrsville Infant Academy, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 4HR4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
4 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,803.00 - £31,364.00 Annually (FTE)
DSL and Pastoral Lead job summary
DSL/Pastoral Lead at Burrsville Infant Academy
We wish to appoint a Designated Safeguarding Lead/ Pastoral Lead to start in September 2024 on a permanent contract. As Designated Safeguarding Lead, you will work with the Headteacher to develop an effective safeguarding culture across the school. The successful candidate will be taking the lead responsibility for all safeguarding and child protection matters arising at the school and supporting all other staff in dealing with any child protection concerns that arise.
The successful candidate will liaise effectively with pupils and families at Burrsville Infant Academy, working with children with social, emotional and mental health difficulties and/or those pupils who need particular help with behaviour management to overcome barriers to learning. You will also support the development of social skills with children, acting as a positive role model, following the schools agreed policies.
Successful candidates should have:
Experience of working with and caring for children
Experience of working with children with special educational needs.
High expectations of students in terms of learning, achievement and behaviour
Enthusiasm and dedication to developing innovative approaches to learning, teaching, mentoring and guidance
A commitment to promoting and fostering good relationships between children and with parents and colleagues
You should be:
Forward thinking and willing to adapt to the changing needs of the school
Able to promote the warm, caring and friendly ethos of the school to pupils, parents and the public
Able to perform under pressure
Confident to use your own initiative when required
What can we offer you?
An active school community with supportive parents
An award winning learning environment
Excellent professional development opportunities
A supportive working culture that focuses on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all children
The chance to work with a supportive family of schools (REAch2 trust) who share the same passion for primary education
This is a permanent contract NJC points 15 - 22 (£27,803 - £ 31,364) Full Time Equivalent, 37 HPW, 39 weeks per year, term time (including Insets days)
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
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About Burrsville Infant Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 7
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 180 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 7
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Burrsville Infant Academy website (opens in new tab)
School location
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