Pastoral Lead

We are seeking an enthusiastic committed professional to join us as a Pastoral Lead

The successful candidate will:

· Working with the Management, to be an enthusiastic champion of the students, staff, and their achievements, in order to promote the vision, sense of purpose, and pride throughout the school

· To be professional, friendly and respectful towards all colleagues and to address any concerns through proper channels

· To be professional, friendly, fair and firm with students, demonstrating values and core responsibilities

· Working closely with the Designated Safeguarding Lead to safeguard all students in the school

· To be friendly, helpful and welcoming to parents, carers, and other visitors

· Ensure appropriate targeted intervention is applied to students from vulnerable groups, monitoring and evaluating success

· Actively promoting positive behaviour across the school

· Working closely monitoring students with Behaviour Support Plans, Pastoral Support Plans and EHCP’s

· To work with the Senior Leadership Team, SENDCo and other colleagues as appropriate to support students in the school

Our ideal candidate will have:

· A committed and passionate view of students with SEND

· At least two years’ experience minimum of working in a SEND environment or similar unit/provision

· Experience in a similar role within education

EPIC benefits of working for Keys Group:

· NEST enhanced pension scheme

· Staff Referral Scheme – Refer a friend to join Keys Group and split a £500 referral bonus between you

· Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

· Access to a blue light discount card

· Fully funded training and qualifications for all colleagues

· Enhanced pay scales based on experience and qualifications

· Employee benefits scheme such as wellbeing app and a range of discounts 

· Life assurance

At Acorns School:

I am delighted to welcome you to Acorns School. The provision is a co-educational school and provides a supportive and personalised education programme for pupils aged between 5-17. The school caters for pupils with complex educational needs, communication difficulties and challenging behaviour. The school supports pupils with social, emotional and mental wellbeing needs.

Additionally, many of our pupils present with significant social and communication difficulties influenced by trauma or complex emotional difficulties. The school prides itself on providing specialised interventions than those provided in a mainstream school.

Acorns School is across two sites, Acorns Ashley is located in Knutsford and Acorns Marple is located in Stockport. The working week will be spread between these two sites.

More can be found about Keys Group and our Therapeutic Education Services here

School tours are highly welcomed as a part of our interview selection process.

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a significant number of suitable applications.

Keys Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, suitable employment references and online searches to safeguard our young people. In addition, this post is exempt from the rehabilitation of offenders act 1974.

Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.

As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for. If you feel that you meet the criteria for this, please ensure that you have your military experience detailed on your CV for one of our resourcing team to get in touch.