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Job title: Pastoral Manager
Location: Wetheringsett Manor School, Suffolk
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday 08:15 - 15:45
Contract: Permanent, Term Time only
Start Date: December 2024
UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.
As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Pastoral Manager to join our close-knit team at Wetheringsett Manor School located in Suffolk.
About the role
We recognise the value and worth of those in our charge and seek to uphold standards of the highest quality, which reinforce the dignity and respect of the individual in a warm, caring, stimulating atmosphere. As Pastoral Manager, you are expected to take responsibility for ensuring that the pupils and young people receive a level of day care that displays a commitment to the philosophy of Wetheringsett Manor School. The aim of the role is to support and promote a positive, caring environment, which focuses on and addresses the needs of each individual pupil or young person.
The role exists to guide all staff in the support approaches most successful for the inclusion of young people in the classroom to ensure that continuous learning is achieved during learning phases in the school.
To provide direct support to young people in crisis and who require additional care throughout the school day and to oversee and contribute to the wider planning around the holistic development of young people in the long term.
To work alongside the Head of Education to implement strategies, processes and approaches that are in fitting with the school’s approach.
Expectations
* Ensure that all policies, procedures and practices reflect the school's commitment to the importance and value of the individual. It is your task to challenge and change any policies, procedures or practices which are discriminatory or prejudicial and which do not reflect or promote the ethos of the school.
* Ensure that all pupils and young people are treated with dignity and respect, in an environment that reflects their right to be treated as valuable individuals.
* Take every step necessary to ensure that our pupils and young people are protected from neglect, abuse and exploitation.
* Support class teachers by assisting in classroom management and providing supervision and day care skills in relation to pupils, as deemed necessary by the Head teacher.
* Assist in developing and implementing individual educational and behavioural programmes.
* Maintain strict confidentiality in all areas of your work.
About the School
Wetheringsett Manor School is a new independent day SEMH School for up to 42 pupils aged 11-18. Our dedicated team works together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils who often arrive at the school with a troubled view of education and life.
Wetheringsett Manor School has gone through significant refurbishment and is based in Suffolk, East Anglia, having opened to pupils in November 2020. The Manor House is located in 17 acres of parkland and sits on the edge of the village of Wetheringsett.
We pride ourselves in steering pupils in the right direction, nurturing aspiration to progress them both academically and socially. We welcome staff who share our commitment to help pupils experience better days and better lives.
Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. 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 committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.
*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy.
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