What skills and experience we're looking for
You will:
• Take a lead role, working in liaison with the Senior Leadership team (SLT) in the planning, coordinating, management and evaluation of the safeguarding and child protection provision within the setting.
• Take a lead role in ensuring behaviour management strategies are effective and appropriate. Monitor progress of behaviour interventions and strategies to ensure they are robust and fit for purpose.
• Provide family centred support to remove barriers to children’s learning.
• Work directly with vulnerable children and their families and engage with outside agencies to ensure the safety and welfare of our children
• Work with the schools’ inclusion team to help coordinate provision.
• Prioritise work to meet conflicting deadlines.
• Use IT applications and databases effectively to deliver administrative tasks.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in written format, in relation to work undertaken.
• Oversee the implementation of effective strategies and communication around pupil attendance with a safeguarding concern.
What the school offers its staff
In return we offer:
• A collaborative and supportive team of talented professionals.
• A commitment to professional development opportunities in order to enhance your ability to develop and improve provision.
• The opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of vulnerable children.
• Motivated, friendly and hardworking children.
• A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven
• towards conti35nuously raising standards.
• Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives
• Calm and purposeful learning environments
• Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community
• A forward-thinking approach to teaching and learning throughout the school
• Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust
Further details about the role
Ravensdale Junior School is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified Safeguarding and Pastoral Support Manager, to take a pivotal role as part of our safeguarding team. We warmly welcome applications from those who have experience in this area and are passionate about making a real difference to the lives of children. Applicants should have a good working knowledge of safeguarding and thrive on challenging themselves and others towards continuous improvement.
As part of the pastoral role, you will support pupils to overcome their barriers to learning and develop their potential, both inside and outside of the classroom, effecting positive behavioural change through intervention. You would be joining a team of committed and supportive professionals and the school can offer a breadth of opportunity to develop and enhance your skills through training and support.
We are a school who pride itself on belonging and kindness and keeping children at the heart. We work together as a team to ensure children and staff have the best experience.
Commitment to safeguarding
Transform Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures and pre-employment background checks, including satisfactory references, medical, Enhanced DBS with children’s barred list clearance, online and social media checks and completion of relevant safeguarding training including Safeguarding Children in Education All school roles are classed as regulated activity and as such, it is an offence to apply to for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children