Full Time, Permanent

29 November 2024

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Job Title: Pastoral/Site Manager
Location: Meadowcroft School, Wakefield
Salary: Up to £33,280 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract: Permanent, Term Time only
UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship
As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Pastoral/Site Manager to join our close-knit team at Meadowcroft School located in Wakefield .
About the role

• To lead the Safeguarding strategies to ensure the welfare, safety and emotional wellbeing of our young people within the school.
• To develop and implement effecting safeguarding planes to support students to maximise learning opportunities and overcome learning barriers.
• To supporting the school’s leadership teams to establish functional strategies in all areas of pastoral care.
• To promote the Equality Act 2010 Protected Characteristics.
• To develop anti-bullying and discrimination policies and procedures.

Key task areas and responsibilities

• To lead on effective safeguarding and pupil welfare strategies and plans to ensure the safety and emotional wellbeing of our students
• To provide detailed and effective advice on Positive Behaviour Profiles and Behaviour Support Plans, based upon behaviour data from both parts of the School
• To provide advice and guidance with regards to existing profiles and plans, to ensure that they are effective and up to date
• To monitor safeguarding, health, accident, injury and damage incidents within all year groups and make positive interventions, analysis and recommendations when necessary via SLT To identify personal issues that are affecting students’ performance and learning and inform appropriate and relevant managers and staff to assist where required Working directly with students, families and agencies to address barriers to learning which include bullying, discrimination, attendance and welfare issues
• To monitor attendance and truancy issues and devise and implement intervention strategies to improve these issues in accordance with our student Attendance Policy
• To produce Attendance action plans for each student falling below 90%
• To Communicate and liaise with teaching staff to improve the relationships with students in the School
• To develop positive relationships with students Contribute as part of a multidisciplinary team to achieve best outcomes with regards to positive behaviour support
• To monitor the quality of positive handling support (STRIIDE) through evidence based systems and give advice and guidance as appropriate following each handling intervention
• To be the designated Safeguarding Officer for the whole School
• To initiate contact with other agencies on behalf of the School and to liaise with all parties on a regular basis
• To represent the School when requested at Interagency or other professional meetings

Essential

• Previous experience
• SEN experience
• Full UK Driving licence

About us
Meadowcroft is an independent specialist day school for pupils aged from 5 to 19, catering for pupils with a wide range of needs across 4 sites in Wakefield. Our dedicated team work together to ensure successful outcomes for pupils.
We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career.
Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education and residential care for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.
We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.
Why join Acorn Education?
Benefits
Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• 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.