Pastoral Lead
Aurora Brooklands School
Lancashire
- £13.14 - £14.34 per hour
- Expired
- Salary:
- depending on experience, term time only
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 7 June 2023
Job overview
Pastoral Lead, Aurora Brambles
Contract Type: Term Time Only, Permanent
Hours: 40 hours per week, Mon – Fri
Salary: £13.14 - £14.34 p/hr depending on experience
Location: Leyland, nr Preston, Lancashire
The Aurora Group
The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities. Aurora Brambles School is an independent day school in Lancashire providing specialist education for young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties (SEMH).
The main purpose of the role:
As our Pastoral Lead, you will deliver a high quality level of care and support to our pupils by leading on attendance, behavioural, pastoral and welfare issues. In addition to this, you will also be the Designated Safeguarding Lead for the school, in line with the regulatory and statutory obligations that this role requires.
Key Duties:
- To be friendly, helpful and welcoming to parents and others visiting or making contact with the school.
- To provide a good role model for students.
- To develop a positive relationship with pupils, which is professional, firm, fair, caring and friendly.
- To promote positive behaviour by ensuring pupils are rewarded, undertaking investigations into reported misbehaviour/incidents and ensuring that any sanctions that are implement sanctions are fair and in line with school policy
- Ensure that where required pupils have positive behaviour plans in place linked for their individual needs and that these are understood and implemented by all relevant staff.
- Promote an anti-bullying culture, contributing to the recording, investigation and monitoring of bullying if it should occur.
- To develop positive relationships with parents, liaising with parents regarding disciplinary/health/welfare issues
- To deliver 1:1 and small groups sessions as part of the interdependence curriculum, supporting pupils to develop key skills such independence, resilience and team working
- To support the Leadership Team in co-ordinating and reporting on additional support for pupils
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact karen.barnfield@the-aurora-group.com Recruitment Partner at The Aurora Group.
Skills and Qualifications
Knowledge, Experience and behaviours:
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience in working with children with SEMH and SEND
- A proven track record of effective target setting, monitoring progress and writing reports in relation to young people and presenting these to Senior Leaders and external partner agencies
- Proven record of communicating effectively with parents
- Ability to work under pressure, handle a variety of situations and self-manage time
- Ability to identify and de-escalate emotional and behavioural issues
- Good IT skills
- Knowledge and personal experience of special needs, disabilities, behaviour management and associated issues
Benefits and Additional Information
Benefits:
- Life assurance
- Pension plan
- Perkbox - discounts off hundreds of high street retailers and restaurants
- Health cash back plan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Car lease scheme
- Employee assistance program
- Training and Development
How to apply:
To apply for this role, please complete a full online application form. You can contact Karen in the recruitment team for more information karen.barnfield@the-aurora-group.com
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group 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.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
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About Aurora Brooklands School
- Aurora Brooklands School
- 9 Longmeanygate, Leyland
- Lancashire
- PR26 7TB
- United Kingdom
Aurora Brooklands
Specialist academic and therapeutic support in a welcoming environment, for students aged 9-16 who face challenges associated with social, emotional and mental health needs.
Welcome to our Special Needs School in Leyland, Lancashire
All of us here at Aurora Brooklands are delighted that you are considering our school for your child.
We understand that your experience of mainstream education may not always have been positive, so we are committed to providing a nurturing, welcoming environment for your whole family.
The school offers small class sizes of no more than 8 students, supported by a teacher and a teaching assistant. We are also able to offer input from our onsite psychology and intervention services to support social, emotional and mental health wellbeing and ensure that Education, Health and Care Plan targets are achieved.
At Aurora Brooklands, your child will not be lost in the crowd.
Instead, they will become part of a unique and creative learning community, in which everyone feels cared for, challenged and inspired.
Our School
Aurora Brooklands is an independent specialist day school, offering personalised academic and therapeutic support to young people aged 9-16 who face various challenges associated with social, emotional and mental health needs.
Many of the young people who come to us have had a poor experience of formal educational settings in the past, and may face significant barriers to learning. But with the support of our skilled and experienced teaching and therapeutic staff, they are able to overcome these barriers and to develop the skills they need to thrive in their lives beyond school.
We focus on providing a creative and stimulating learning environment while building genuine trust between our students and the adults that work with them.
This approach inspires high levels of engagement, facilitating achievement and progress for every student – whatever their background.
Our Facilities
Situated in a semi-rural location just outside of the small town of Leyland, Aurora Brooklands makes extensive use of both on-site and local facilities to enrich learning experiences.
Our school is housed across two buildings and has a range of learning spaces and classrooms, including those resourced specifically for computing, science, art, music, food technology and sports.
Students have access to ‘anytime, anywhere’ learning on our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE), as well as personal laptops and a large interactive screen in each class.
Elsewhere on the school site, our students enjoy use of a private wooded area, a multi-use outdoor games area and a number of gardens, which are used for both relaxation and for our Horticultural Studies programme.
Our Curriculum
We offer a unique curriculum based around the core subjects of Maths, English, Science and Computing, alongside a range of foundation subjects selected to provide a balanced, well-rounded education for life. Embedded within the curriculum are a range of ‘life skills’ development opportunities, to fulfil our students’ social and emotional needs and to help them achieve independence.
Our classes are organised according to each student’s needs and abilities, identified through regular assessment and monitoring. We also consider social and emotional factors when establishing classes, to ensure an optimum fit between different members of the group. Some of our students may follow a bespoke learning pathway taking into account their prior attainment, their ability to engage, and any other specific barriers to learning.
For those who require additional academic support, we offer small-group interventions focusing on achievable targets that can be applied back in the classroom.
We also provide support in reading, writing and numeracy through specialist intervention.
We have our own Special Educational Needs and Disability coordinator, weekly access to the services of a Clinical Psychologist, and a full-time Assistant Psychologist on site.
Qualifications
Regardless of the level of a young person’s starting point when they arrive at Aurora Brooklands, we support them to gain appropriate and meaningful qualifications and skills in line with their abilities and interests.
We currently offer GCSEs in Maths, English Language, English Literature, Science, History and Statistics, and functional skills in Maths, English and ICT. Additional courses provide accreditation in PSHE, PE, Humanities and Art.
Students wishing to pursue a vocational route can gain BTEC (or equivalent Level 1 and 2) qualifications in the following areas:
· Motor Mechanics
· Construction
· Sports Studies
· Horticulture
· Land-based Management
· Food Technology
· Catering and Hospitality
Our Outcomes
100% of year 11 students in 2020 progressed into further education or apprenticeships
Zero NEET leavers in 2020
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