Pastoral Support Officer and Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
Okehampton College, Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1PWThis job expired on 24 March 2023
Start date details
Asap
Closing date
24 March 2023 at 9am
Date listed
20 February 2023
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, 41 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,369
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Purpose:
- To support Heads of Year in their role with all pastoral issues in the school in order to support student achievement and attainment.
- To ensure stability for the students with continued presence to provide emotional, practical and safeguarding support in order that the students can fulfil their maximum potential.
- To work with school staff and other agencies to provide additional support to children who need help to overcome barriers to learning, targeting help to those children who need it most.
- To work within and reinforce all school policies related to the welfare and progress of children.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- To support students who show lack of motivation; disaffection; poor attendance; emotional difficulties; behavioural difficulties; and unsupportive parental/carer attitudes to learning, including being a named key worker for students.
- To work in partnership with other agencies under the direction of the Heads of Year, Assistant Principals or SENDCo depending on the issue.
- To engage and support in processes including Early Help, graduated response and any other support mechanisms for students.
- To develop positive relationships with students and their families to support student welfare and progress.
- To be a named Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.
- Liaise with DSL’s in triaging and prioritising cases.
- To deal in a timely way with any incidents including bullying, ensuring all information is gathered and triaged, recorded and actioned as appropriate.
- As directed to collect data and compile reports for Head of Years and External Agencies.
- To follow the direction of the Student Progress Leaders within school to support and develop pastoral systems.
- To support DSL, tutors and Heads of Year with the PEP (Personal Educational Plan) data and information process for Children in Care.
- To support the DSL to prepare for the PEP meeting that the DSL will be attending.
What the school offers its staff
There are 3 secondary schools, 14 primary schools and one all-through school in our Trust, helping just under 5000 children and over 850 staff to thrive.
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.
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About Okehampton College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1306 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Okehampton College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@dmatschools.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01837 650910
Arranging a visit to Okehampton College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@dmatschools.org.uk.
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