SEMH Lead
Trafalgar School, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 9RJ25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 January 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- Learning support or cover supervisor
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hrs per week/40 weeks per year (term time plus 1 week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Band 6 - £23,214 - £26,512 pro rata (£26,073 - £29,777 full time equivalent)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Trafalgar School is a vibrant learning community where every member of staff understands the difference that they can make to our students’ outcomes. We expect all staff to be actively involved in the personal development of our young people and to show full commitment to their own and the school’s professional development.
Trafalgar School and its Governing Body are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; and they expect all staff to share this commitment.
Key Purposes:
To lead and develop nurture groups and interventions which specifically support learners with SEMH needs; tracking and monitoring the impact through the provision map.
To facilitate and encourage a positive learning experience which provides students with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential.
To support the Head of Centre (SEMH) in raising standards of student progress, achievement and behaviour and wellbeing across all Houses, year groups and ability profiles.
To provide support to students so they are empowered to successfully manage their own learning beyond lessons, demonstrating the skills of behaviour for living.
To raise the attainment of identified students from across the Trust through the delivery of level 1 and 2 qualifications.
To support students from across the trust to access off site courses to ensure they achieve their full potential.
To support the Designated Safeguarding Lead in promoting and safeguarding students’ welfare and personal development.
What the school offers its staff
This is a very exciting opportunity to join the Compass Centre, supporting our students with SEMH needs. Ability to deliver L2 Hair and Beauty desirable!
The Compass Centre is an extremely important part of #teamtrafalgar and works extremely hard to ensure that our students are provided with the very best support possible.
You will find all details of this vacancy on our website; we would strongly recommend you visit and meet our team before applying.
Trafalgar School is a beacon school for Relational Practice in the south which means we put the building, maintaining, and restoring of relationships with all members of our community at the heart of everything we do. It is essential that the post holder shares our school ethos which is firmly rooted in this restorative practice approach. We work restoratively with students, families and with each other to maintain the strong community culture and our very strong inclusive ethos.
‘Relationships are highly positive because staff take time to understand and remove barriers to pupils’ learning’.
OFSTED June 2023
Regular CPD Sessions
Wellbeing Days
Early Finish for Birthdays
Employee Assistance Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Commitment to safeguarding
SAFEGUARDING
Salterns Academy Trust and Trafalgar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Some forms of employment, occupations and professions are exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Working within a School is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@trafalgarschool.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
About Trafalgar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1024 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Trafalgar School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@trafalgarschool.org.uk
- Phone number
- 02392 693521
Trafalgar School is a vibrant learning community where every member of staff understands the difference that they can make to our students’ outcomes. We expect all staff to be actively involved in the personal development of our young people and to show full commitment to their own and the school’s professional development.
Trafalgar School and its Governing Body are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; and they expect all staff to share this commitment.
Our aim is to provide an outstanding all-round educational experience and we are committed to the success and excellence for all our students. In June 2023 we were inspected by OFSTED and judged to be a strongly ‘good’ school with ‘outstanding’ personal development. We are enjoying the next stage of our journey (to become outstanding in all areas!) and continue to receive incredible feedback about our child centred approach; our leaders share our best practice through extensive outreach work across the city and beyond.
Arranging a visit to Trafalgar School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@trafalgarschool.org.uk.
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