Safeguarding and Pastoral Manager

Are you passionate about creating a safe and supportive environment for individuals? Do you possess a strong commitment to safeguarding and pastoral care? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Tradewind are currently seeking a dedicated and experienced Safeguarding and Pastoral Manager to join a larger than average school in Brinnington and make an impact in a challenging yet rewarding out of class based role. This role is to start at Easter (or earlier if possible) and will pay a competitive salary that reflects your background experience and suitability to the role.

What the school are looking for?

The ideal candidate for this role will need to possess strong and efficient communication skills to effectively liaise with a variety of outside agencies. This entails the ability to articulate complex information clearly and concisely, ensuring effective collaboration and support for families and children in need. Additionally, patience, resilience, determination, and a friendly approach are essential qualities as you navigate and support some of the most vulnerable children and families. Your dedication to ensuring the best outcomes for all individuals involved, coupled with empathy and understanding, will be crucial in fulfilling the responsibilities of this role.

As the Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead, your duties will include:

• To be the first point of contact and liaison between families and other children's agencies, such as children's social care or child health.
• Manage the diaries of our own relate counsellor for parents and other services ·
• Organises, co-ordinate and lead host meetings including Pre-Team around the Child, Team around the Child and Team around the School.
• Attend Child Protection meetings and present information to Governors. · To be friendly, helpful and welcoming to parents/carers and others visiting or those making contact with the school. ·
• To develop a professional relationship with parents/carers and agencies that are firm, fair, caring and friendly; at the same time as being able to hold people to account, always focusing on improving outcomes for the child. ·
• Attend core groups/strategy meetings and child protection conferences and reviews to present information on behalf of the school. ·
• Take the role of lead DSL in the absence of the Headteacher and ensure the highest standards of safeguarding are met throughout the school. ·
• Provide reports, both formal and informal, to SLT and governing body on pastoral issues such as attendance, child protection issues, children's wellbeing and safeguarding ·
• Support the mentoring team with the completion of high quality EHA's, to be completed well within the statutory timeframe, so that the TAC system can be set up swiftly. ·
• The successful candidate will understand their significant role with regard to improving pupil attendance, especially those PA children using data to inform next steps ·
• Having a professional curiosity and not being afraid to question and problem solve.

What an exciting opportunity for an experienced teaching professional with relevant experience to embark on! If you feel like you meet the criteria and would like to be considered for the role, please call Charlotte on 01616740138 or email #####

The Benefits of Working with Tradewind

• Your income matters; we will always seek to get you the highest rate of pay and will provide you with the best possible advice
• Your development matters; we offer our people free access to over 2,500 CPD courses, webinars and resources via the incredible National College
• Your flexibility matters; we tailor the working week to you - daily supply, long-term contracts and permanent positions all available, all local to you
• Your wellbeing matters; we put people at the heart of everything we do and are proudly a Sunday Times Top 100 employer for 4 years running
• We pride ourselves on our exceptional service to our candidates and are proudly an Equal Opportunities Employer