Job Description
Fixed Term Contract (until 31.08.25)
£37,575 per annum
37 hours per week
Can you provide support and guidance to our students and their families?
We are seeking a strong pastoral leader to join our Heads of Year team, to be responsible for the care of young people within a specified year group. If you have experience in working with young people and their families from a diverse range of backgrounds and are passionate about well-being and mental health, this is the role for you.
The role
This is an important role securing a complementary service to teachers and other pastoral staff, addressing the needs of students that require support to overcome barriers that impact on their learning both inside and outside of school.
You will:
1. Be the safeguarding lead for a year group and ensure good communication between families, other professionals, and the school
2. Rigorously monitor the attendance and behaviour of the students to ensure a school-based action plan is in place to support the most vulnerable
3. Develop the social, emotional and academic wellbeing of students in collaboration with external agencies
The person
We are looking for a pastoral leader who is highly organised, resilient, and compassionate. To succeed in this role you will have:
4. Qualifications relating to mental health, wellbeing or child development
5. The ability to demonstrate knowledge of and competence against the 9 domains of the Professional Capability Framework at social work level
6. The ability to develop and establish effective, collaborative partnerships and networks to promote appropriate information sharing
Please refer to the job description and person specification for more information.
The St Leonards Academy
Here at The St Leonards Academy, we have a clear vision of what creates successful learners. And we know how to implement it.
Our students are enthusiastic about learning because we make sure we supply excellent teaching and exceptional pastoral care.
As well as focussing on academic achievement we are equally committed to the improvement of our students' character through the promotion of our five virtues of kindness, respect, honesty, resilience and self-discipline.
They have opportunities galore to develop these virtues through our personal development curriculum and our enrichment programme that offers everything from rock-climbing to formal debating. Above all, they take pride in themselves, their school, and their learning.
We truly value the experience, dedication, and commitment of all our employees and believe in the power of motivated and happy staff. This is why we seek to enrich and reward our employees wherever we can, by offering a wide range of exciting and useful employee benefits. These include:
7. Automatic annual pay increments
8. High quality continuous professional development and support for your career progression
9. A strong commitment to your health & wellbeing including; onsite Wellbeing Champions, designated Mental Health Ambassadors, flexible working opportunities from Day 1, and Employee Assistance programme
10. Generous public sector pension scheme
11. Discounts on retail & travel
12. Cycle 2 Work scheme
13. Charity giving
14. Our salaries are aligned to the Real Living Wage
We are proud to be part of the University of Brighton Academies Trust; a family of infant, primary and secondary schools based in Sussex.
Working Together, Delivering Excellence, Achieving Ambitions, and Nurturing Potential are the values that guide us. Our mission is to ‘inspire our children and staff to flourish and achieve their best’ so we positively impact our communities we serve. We aim to create a vibrant, inclusive community, transforming lives and broadening horizons through excellent teaching and learning.