£44,000.00 - £55,000.00 per annum dependent on experience

Full Time, Permanent

29 November 2024

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Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).
If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group – so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #team OFG!
Job Title: Head of Pupil Welfare
Location: Meadowcroft School - The Hub, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Salary: £44,000.00 - £55,000.00 per annum dependent on experience
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract: Permanent; Term Time only
UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.
About the role

• Experience of management / leadership role in an education setting including early years, statutory school’s department, post 16 learning, youth education services, probation or criminal justice service or mental health service
• Effective leader, able to advise and collaborate with others
• Experience of evaluating and presenting attendance data
• Substantial experience of managing, developing, inspiring, challenging and motivating staff
• Demonstrable success is raising standards and meeting challenging targets
• Up to 3 years in working in SEND setting

Qualifications:

• Relevant Degree
• QTS

About us
Why join Acorn Education?
Benefits

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
We are committed to 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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Welcome to Meadowcroft SchoolMeadowcroft school is based on four sites, The Lodge, The Gallery, The Hub and The Works, each providing very focused care for the children we support. All our children have complex social, emotional and mental health needs and many have additional severe learning and communication difficulties. Most of the children we care for have struggled to engage in formal education, so our job involves far more than simply providing an engaging and creative setting for them to learn in. We come alongside our children, take an interest in their lives and help them to overcome barriers that prevent them engaging in education.
The staff at our school know each child well enough to be able to set ambitious, realistic targets and put in place a structure of support to ensure they achieve them. Success looks very different for each child, so we take time to build personal plans and celebrate the progress they make.
When our pupils leave Meadowcroft, we want them to have secured the skills and confidence they need to find sustainable employment; developed interests and hobbies to keep them motivated; and learnt how to make and sustain healthy relationships. With these key skills, we know our children can be healthy, happy, successful adults.