Mudeford Community Infants School is seeking a Pastoral Leader. The working pattern is Monday - Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm term time only (32.5 hours a week). The start date is Thursday 4 September This will be paid on a BCP Band F SCP 12-17 (£14.36-£15.58) depending on experience. Pay award pending. If you have exceptional enthusiasm, warm and sincere relationships with children and determination to make the difference for those that need your support, then we would love to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key part in helping our children to thrive across the school. As part of our commitment to ensuring you have the highest level of training and expertise, we will enable you to undertake a Trauma Informed Schools UK Level 5 diploma as part of your professional development for the role. Pastoral Leader Main Job Purpose: Provide pastoral support for all children acting as a Key Worker for children with specific social, emotional and behavioural needs. Work closely with class teachers and teaching assistants to personalise support for individual children and their families. Work in close partnership with the Senior Leadership Team and SENDCO to identify opportunities and prioritise support, including suggestions for school development in this area. Provide support to parents regarding the welfare of their children eg: attendance, behaviour strategies, support with Home Learning, advice and signposting. If appropriate, be the lead professional at TAF meetings. Assist in the administration to organise and arrange visits from other professionals and agencies such as the school nurse and Early Help. To be a deputy designated safeguarding lead. Further Information V isits to the school are welcomed. Please contact the school office on 01202 488142 or email [email protected] Interview date: Thursday 3rd July. Here at Mudeford Community Infants school we are a dedicated, friendly and supportive team whose core purpose is to ensure our children are happy and confident learners. About Us Mudeford Infant School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines. The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements. The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year. This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. Keeping Children Safe in Education The school will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.