Head of Year - East Sussex, United Kingdom - The St Leonards Academy

The St Leonards Academy

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East Sussex, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Fixed Term until 31 August 2023

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 on a fixed term contract until , to be responsible for the care of the 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:

Be the safeguarding lead for a year group and ensure good communication between families, other professionals, and the school.
Rigorously monitor the attendance and behaviour of the students to ensure a schoolbased action plan is in place to support the most vulnerable.
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:

Qualifications relating to mental health, wellbeing or child development.
The ability to demonstrate knowledge of and competence against the 9 domains of the Professional Capability Framework at social work level.
The ability to develop and establish effective, collaborative partnerships and networks to promote appropriate information sharing.

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.

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Home - The St Leonards Academy**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:

Automatic annual pay increments.
High quality continuous professional development and support for your career progression.
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.
Generous public sector pension scheme.
Discounts on retail & travel.
Cycle 2 Work scheme.
Charity giving.
Our salaries are aligned to the Real Living Wage, ensuring all our support staff are paid a minimum of £10.90 per hour.

Take a closer look
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Work with us - Brighton Academies Trust_ _**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.

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Home - Brighton Academies Trust**
The University of Brighton** is the sponsor of the University of Brighton Academies Trust.

Close connection with the university allows us to draw on the expertise of its education experts and external contacts - something that greatly benefits our academies and our pupils.

Find out more

Closing date:
Sunday 26 March 2023

Interviews:
Week commencing Monday 27 March 2023

_ Our commitment_

The Trust is proud to be part of the government's Disability Confident scheme which underpins our staff recruitment practices._

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