Assistant Head - Pastoral

ASSISTANT HEAD - PASTORAL

We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Head – Pastoral who will also serve as the Designated Safeguarding Lead for the School. You should be able to demonstrate extensive experience in pastoral care having held a management or leadership role with pastoral responsibilities. You will confidently be able to advise and guide on the application of legislation and best practice, and alongside this enjoy sharing this with other pastoral colleagues in the School community. You will also appreciate the benefits of having an outward focus and enjoy developing pastoral provision based on the practices of fellow professionals in the sector.  

You will be adept at assessing risk and managing your workload through appropriate delegation to your pastoral team. You will know how to support your pastoral team by coaching and guiding their decision making and encouraging their continuous professional development. You will form a key member of the senior management team of the School and enjoy the challenges and responsibilities this brings.  

You will also be able to demonstrate excellent teaching and learning practice in your chosen field and teach a heavily reduced timetable. 

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:

• Child protection
• Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact
• The duties of this role meet the definition of regulated activity relevant to children and an enhanced DBS check with children’s barred list is appropriate.

School Safeguarding Statement 

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo safeguarding checks appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Applications and Deadline

For more information about Merchant Taylors’ School, Crosby why not visit our website https://www.merchanttaylors.com/

If you would like to apply for this rewarding role please go to https://www.merchanttaylors.com/join-our-team/teaching-vacancies/

Candidates should submit an application form via

email to recruitment@merchanttaylors.com or by post to Human Resources

Department, Merchant Taylors’ School, Liverpool Road, Crosby, Liverpool L23

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The closing date is Monday 20th February at 9am and the selection process will take place on Tuesday 28th February.