Pastoral Lead
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £29,000 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 01 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Paignton, EX2 4QD |
| Cwmni: | The Cambian Group |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 19230 |
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Position: Pastoral Lead
Location: Paignton, Devon
Hours: 40 hours per week, term time, permanent position
Salary Details: £29,000 per annum
Who we are:
Cambian Devon School is an independent, DfE-registered, co-educational day school, providing specialist education for up to 30 students, aged 7-18 years. We provide a high quality, personalised education for students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) challenges that can create barriers to learning.
Job Purpose:
To work as part of a team to promote a whole school approach to enhancing emotional health and wellbeing so that all children are able to access and benefit from the educational opportunities on offer.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Leadership and Management
- To work with Senior Leaders to support and champion activities which promote emotional health and wellbeing across the school.
- To ensure a high level of confidentiality is maintained in all aspects of working with children and their families.
- Attend Senior Leadership Team or staff meetings as required.
- To keep up to date with the range of activities, courses and opportunities, organisations and individuals that could be drawn upon to provide support to pupils and build up a detailed knowledge of support available.
- Design and implement appropriate student monitoring and support systems such as Student Passports and Individual Risk Assessments.
- Support the Safeguarding Team to maintain a strategic overview of whole school behaviour.
- To monitor, evaluate and report on the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions
- To create a positive and inclusive school climate where students feel safe, respected and valued. This may involve leading assemblies, organizing events and promoting positive values.
Identifying Need and Monitoring Impact
- To assist in identifying needs, co-ordinating support or referral and monitoring impact of pastoral interventions.
Targeted Support and Referral
- To carry out pastoral and therapeutic interventions (using relevant schemes or interventions) as required on 1:1 or small group basis.
- To determine potential risk and co-ordinate early intervention as appropriate.
- To have full knowledge and understanding of the range of activities, courses, opportunities and individuals that could be drawn upon to provide extra support for pupils.
- To ensure pupils have timely access to effective mental health/pastoral support when needed.
- To ensure the school safeguarding software is used to record all incidents including the details of investigations and support.
- To support in the sharing of information between local agencies, schools and authorities.
- To undertake training, as required, in order to carry out duties of the post in an informed and effective manner.
- To provide bereavement support to families where needed and signpost families and staff to relevant agencies.
Pupil Wellbeing
- To be responsible for the planning and the assessment of therapeutic emotional wellbeing interventions.
- To assist staff in promoting well-being and developing resilience through the curriculum.
- To create links with the local community to enhance the curriculum offer in school.
- To take a lead role in developing and implementing practices which reflect the school’s commitment to positive behaviour and emotional well-being.
- To contribute to the school’s positive behaviour policy.
- To work with the PHSE lead to enhance the delivery of the curriculum in this area, reflecting the school’s own issues.
- To deliver interventions to groups or individuals to meet their identified needs.
Personal Development and Tutorial Programme
- To ensure a comprehensive and effective tutorial programme is planned and implemented across all year groups.
- To ensure the tutorial programme is linked to the school values and ethos, the personal development curriculum and responds to local and national issues.
- To monitor the effectiveness of the role and impact of form tutors providing guidance and support or challenge where necessary.
Why work for us:
- Competitive salary.
- Opportunity to progress in your career.
- Training opportunities either face to face or online.