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Pastoral Lead

St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8BW

This job expired on 19 May 2021 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2021

• Closing date

  19 May 2021 at 5pm

• Date listed

  20 April 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 6 (pts 15-20) £23,541 – £25,991 pa pro rata

Pastoral Lead job summary

This is a key appointment for our school. St. Mary’s serves a diverse community and the role of the Pastoral Lead is to support staff, community and external agencies to ensure vulnerable pupils and their families have the care and support they need to enable children to succeed. This role is for 4 days a week (28 hours), term time only plus inset days. Main Roles: Pupil Welfare: • Be the main point of contact for matters relating to pupil welfare including social, emotional and mental health of pupils, safeguarding concerns, medical issues and attendance. • To be the first point of contact for parents wanting to discuss pastoral concerns and to maintain positive relationships and communication with vulnerable pupils and their families. • Provide support to teaching staff in meeting the needs of children with poor SEMH, attendance issues, medical matters and safeguarding concerns. • Ensure medical protocols are in place, regularly reviewed and adhered to across the school. • To liaise with external agencies including social care, family support, education and health professionals and housing to support vulnerable children and their families. . • To liaise with the Local Authority to acquire support available to support vulnerable children and their families. • To be the point of contact for charities and local organisations who offer support for vulnerable children and their families. • To act as lead professional in the school for multi-agency work. • Work with the school SENCO, supporting pastoral needs of children with SEND. • Support staff in ensuring pupil welfare concerns are logged on the school’s CPOMs system. • To plan, manage and evaluate pastoral interventions for children with SEMH including nurture groups and 1:1 therapeutic support. Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead: The overall lead responsibility for child protection remains with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (The Headteacher).The role of Deputy Designated Safeguarding is to support the DSL by: • Providing advice, support and guidance to staff on matters relating to safeguarding. • Ensuring each member of staff has access to and understands the school’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy • Maintaining a record of staff attendance at training and ensure all staff meet their statutory duties in relation to safeguarding. • Acting as a point of contact and develop and maintain links with external agencies, police and health professionals. • Understanding the importance of information sharing both within the school and with other agencies including health, social care and police. • Referring cases of suspected abuse to the relevant authorities. • Supporting staff who make referrals to social care. • Referring cases to the Channel programme where there is a radicalisation concern. • Referring cases where a crime may have been committed to the police. • Liaising with the DSL and keep them informed of any ongoing safeguarding matters. • Providing summary reports to the school governors on safeguarding matters. • Working with school SENCO providing support on any safeguarding matters for children with SEND. • Supporting staff in ensuring safeguarding concerns are logged on the school’s CPOMs system. • Maintaining an overview of CPOMs logs and analyse chronology and frequency of incidents alerting DSL to any concerns.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful candidate.

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About St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 363 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: admin@st-marys-tetbury.gloucs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01666502275
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-church-of-england-va-primary-school

St Mary's is a large primary school situated in the beautiful market town of Tetbury. We have a fabulous team of staff who are inspiring and fun to work with and our children are a curious, caring and courageous bunch.

We have a forest school onsite, a huge field used all year round for den building, digging and exploring and an all-weather running track. As a school we have a collective commitment to developing healthy and active children that we put at the heart of all we do.

Arranging a visit to St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@st-marys-tetbury.gloucs.sch.uk.

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