Peripatetic Pastoral Support Manager - Wave Multi Academy Trust

We are seeking an exceptional Peripatetic Pastoral Support Manager to provide strategic safeguarding leadership and pastoral support across our Devon Academies. This is a senior leadership role at the heart of our commitment to ensuring every pupil feels safe, valued and supported to succeed. Working collaboratively with pupils, families, staff and external agencies, you will provide expert leadership in safeguarding, pastoral care, attendance and engagement.

You will coordinate multi-agency support, advocate for vulnerable young people, and help remove barriers to learning, enabling pupils to achieve positive educational, social and emotional outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced safeguarding practitioner and leader who thrives in a dynamic environment, can confidently manage complex cases, and is dedicated to making a lasting difference to the lives of children and families.

The successful candidate will be able to build strong relationships, influence practice across teams and agencies, and contribute to the continued development of outstanding safeguarding and pastoral provision across the Trust.

Wave is dedicated to the safeguarding of children and Safer Recruitment Procedures will be followed. The position requires a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and online check.

Wave are an established and successful Multi Academy Trust, comprising of Alternative Provision Academies (APAs), Medical Academies and a Special Academy. We provide education for vulnerable pupils aged 4 – 19 across Devon and Cornwall. The Trust has a national reputation for the delivery of outstanding pupil outcomes including enabling pupils to access the most appropriate education setting and transition to employment, training and higher or further education. The Trust educates over 1000 pupils and employs over 350 members of staff.

We will respect all pupils and encourage them to become active participants in their own learning, develop confidence, independence, self-esteem and express their needs and desires. Seek effective and positive working relationships with pupils’ families, schools and other agencies. Enable effective outcomes for our pupils.

The Benefits

• Pension.
• Training & Development.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Free Parking.

Our Values

Evidence shows that the values we embody empower young people to succeed; these are the values we are looking for when we recruit new staff or work with new stakeholders.

• BE POSITIVE: We value positivity, no matter what the circumstances. It is our intention to stay constructive, optimistic and confident both for and with our young people and their families.
• HAVE EMPATHY: We are kind, we have empathy. We consider the consequences of our decisions, large and small on those around us.
• SHOW RESPECT: We conduct ourselves in ways that earn the trust of those around us. We respect each other and those we work with.
• WORK AS ONE TEAM: We depend on teamwork and the relationships we have. When we work together we are stronger. Together we will achieve more.
• BE INCLUSIVE: Everybody is treated fairly and equally; no-one is marginalised or left behind. We are inclusive, we embrace the human spirit. We value diversity of people and thought.