Assistant Headteacher – Pastoral Lead & SENDCo

Position: Assistant Headteacher – Pastoral Lead & SENDCo

Location: Church Fenton, North Yorkshire

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, term time

Salary Details: Up to £42,000 per annum DOE

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, inspiring and skilled Assistant Headteacher – Pastoral Lead & SENDCo to work in Independent Fenton Grange school.

Requirements – Desirable:

• SENDCo Qualification, however if the applicant does not hold this, they must be willing to work towards the SENDCo qualification.

Who we are:

Cambian Fenton Grange School, an independent DfE-registered school. We provide high quality specialist education for up to 20 students, who have experienced trauma. The pupils in our school exhibit a range of challenging behaviours and associated learning and communication difficulties.

About the role:

As Assistant Headteacher – Pastoral Lead & SENDCo, you’ll take the lead in enabling the team at Fenton Grange School to meet our young peoples’ emotional needs. Our young people have challenging complex emotional and behavioural needs [Social, Emotional and Mental Health] as a result of CSE traumas and need more support than most. You’ll make sure they get it by applying high standards of care. It means working with families and developing pastoral support programs for each individual young person. With careful assessment and planning, you’ll create a positive learning environment where every young person can reach their personal best.

Requirements - Essential:

• Experience of a therapeutic educational or residential environment.
• Experience of working within a multi-agency approach.
• Experience of working with children who may have social care involvement.
• Experience delivering training and/or leadership and small team management.
• Strong understanding of attachment and loss.
• Evidence of therapeutic training/qualifications.
• Psychological/counselling courses attended is desirable.
• Active, energetic, creative, outgoing and empathetic character.
• Full driving licence.
• Experience of group work with young people.
• Experience of assessment in intervention.
• Understanding responsibilities in protecting their own health, safety and wellbeing and that of their other colleagues and others.

Assistant Headteacher - Pastoral Lead Responsibilities:

• Coordination of work to implement interventions. Although this is not a clinical position, it is a vital link between clinicians and our clinical informed approach.
• Writing, reviewing and updating Risk Assessments and Behaviour Support Plans.
• Support for young people’s positive behaviour.
• Planning and support in cases where young people experience crisis.
• Development and delivery of training to meet training needs analysis regarding supportive interventions and positive behaviour support.
• Staff debrief following any incidents and learnings are recorded and embedded.
• Review of incidents through reporting that is completed, processing the reports and providing monthly analysis and annual review.
• SEMH/PSHE Teaching/ Intervention duties as confirmed with Head Teacher.

Cambian is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Cambian is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks.

Cambian 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. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

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