Pastoral Lead

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Job Title: Pastoral Lead

Location: Manor Wood School, Bishopsworth, Bristol, BS13 8AG

Salary: Up to GBP30,000 per annum, depending on experience

Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

Are you a Pastoral Lead wanting to develop your career? We are recruiting for a Pastoral Manager to join our new Acorn Education School - Manor Wood School located in Bishopsworth, Bristol.

The role

The successful candidate for this new role will ensure that pupils are supported to maintain high levels of attendance and behaviour in school. You will have experience in a management role and have knowledge of how barriers to learning can be overcome.

It is essential that you can inspire and lead a team and can demonstrate both excellent interpersonal skills and emotional resilience.

Responsibilities

• To work under the instruction and guidance of the SLT.
• To lead the development of a pastoral team.
• To support the welfare, development and behaviour of all pupils.
• To support the accurate implementation of school policies, modelling a high standard of intervention when supporting pupils.
• Flexible support of staff and students throughout the school day.
• Support staff in the implementation of all school policies.
• Attend AM and PM briefing providing feedback to staff on behaviours and attitudes of students and plans in pace to support students.
• Contribute to and follow student Positive Support Plans (PSP) and risk assessments (RA)
• Work with students to ensure maximum effectiveness of PSP and RA.
• Be on call to support pupils with their specific needs throughout the school day, enabling them to access and engage in the curriculum.
• Effective and timely communication with parents, carers, social services and other stake holders.
• Recording and following up of behaviour incidents on sleuth and weekly analysis reporting to inform the Assistant Headteacher of any patterns for intervention.
• Manage escalating student behaviour up to and including restrictive physical intervention (RPI).
• Lead Student and Staff debriefs post RPI.

Essential

• GCSE English and Maths or equivalent
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Previous experience in role

About us

Our new Acorn School - Manor Wood School in, Bishopsworth, Bristol will have capacity for 80 pupils and is due to open May 2025. The school will be a co-educational provision for pupils with complex needs including SEMH.

Acorn Education is the UK's leading independent provider of specialist education. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a 'Great Place to Work' for the fifth year running.

Why join Acorn Education?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you'll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contribution
• "Your Wellbeing Matters" - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that's right for you, including:

• 100's of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And that's not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you'll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.