EXPIRED

This job expired on 2 June 2021 – see similar jobs

  • Closing date

    2 June 2021 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    5 May 2021

Job details

Job role

  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£38,167.43- £49,072.42* (*for exceptional candidates there may be scope to increase)

Additional allowances

We can offer you a competitive salary, local government pension scheme, an Employee Assistance Programme to support your health and wellbeing and full induction, training and career opportunities. We also offer enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave schemes (once you have a year’s service with us), annual flu vaccinations and a cycle to work scheme alongside our tailored wellbeing offering.

Head of Care job summary

We are currently recruiting for an inspirational and committed Head of Care to join the leadership team at Endeavour. As the Head of Care, you will be the Registered Manager for the Children’s Home, Endeavour House, as specified in the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and will fulfil the obligations set out in the National Minimum Standards for Children’s Homes 2002. The Leadership team within the Children’s home is comprised of a Deputy, 4 Team Leaders and a Service Co-ordinator.

You will lead them to deliver an outstanding quality of support and care to children and young people on full time and short break placements. You will be responsible for the day to day management of the home, promoting a child centred, caring environment through high standards of professional practice which are conducive to the physical, emotional, social, intellectual and spiritual needs of the children and young people. This also includes acting as the dedicated Child Protection and Safeguarding Officer within the Academy.

You will work closely with families, carers and the wider community to share the vision and direction of Endeavour. You will contribute to and maintain a single philosophy across the School and House and lead a residential service which prepares our students for the responsibilities and experiences of adult life.

The Trust reserves the right to close applications early where a high level of interest is expressed by candidates.

No Recruitment Agencies Please

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.

This job post has expired.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Endeavour Academy, Oxford

School type
Academy, ages 8 to 19
School size
32 pupils enrolled
Age range
8 to 19

MacIntyre Academies Trust opened its first academy, in Headington, Oxford in September 2014. Endeavour Academy is a school and a Children Home for children and young people with Autism and associated severe Learning Difficulties aged from 8 to 19 years old. The school has space for 32 students and the Children Home provides full time care for up to 7 young people and respite provision for up to 4 young people each day.

School location

Similar jobs nearby

Deputy Headteacher

Rose Hill Primary School

The Oval, Oxford, OX4 4SF

Assistant Headteacher – Behaviour & Culture

Bartholomew School

Witney Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX29 4AP

Assistant Headteacher

Oxfordshire Hospital School

C/O St Nicholas Primary, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 0PJ

Headteacher SEND

John Watson School

Littleworth Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1NN

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Oxford and Oxfordshire