Behaviour, Intervention & Pastoral Manager in Ashford

Working 27.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time). Thank you for considering Thomas Knyvett College, part of The Howard Partnership Trust, as the next step in your career. We are seeking to appoint a committed, resilient and compassionate Behaviour, Intervention & Pastoral Manager to play a key role within our Inclusion and Pastoral Team.

This is a varied and rewarding role that combines the day-to-day management of our Internal Suspension Room with significant responsibility for student mentoring, relational support, pastoral intervention and restorative practice. The successful candidate will work closely with students who require additional behavioural, emotional or pastoral support, helping them overcome barriers to learning, improve engagement and successfully reintegrate into mainstream lessons.

Working collaboratively with Heads of Year, SEND, safeguarding staff, teaching staff, parents and external agencies, you will provide targeted interventions that promote positive behaviour, emotional wellbeing, attendance and achievement. You will build trusting relationships with vulnerable students and act as a consistent adult who supports them in making positive choices and reaching their potential.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with young people in an educational or pastoral setting and will be passionate about improving outcomes for students through positive relationships, restorative approaches and high expectations.

About Our School: Thomas Knyvett College is part of The Howard Partnership Trust which advocates staff well-being and has a range of benefits for staff who work with us. As you will be joining a Trust that spans all phases, mainstream and special provision, we are able to draw on a vast range of expertise and also give variety and opportunity to our staff. Thomas Knyvett College has excellent transport links being on bus routes, near the Staines by-pass and A30 and is only a six minute walk from Ashford Station. THPT value their staff highly, as reflected in the excellent retention rates across the trust.

THPT also operate an extensive Rewards and Benefits Scheme that includes Loyalty & Service Awards, access to discount schemes, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, and access to the Employee Assistance Programme through Education Support. We also have a fully equipped gym at Thomas Knyvett College, which staff have access to use before or after school.

The Howard Partnership Trust (THPT) is a Surrey based Multi-Academy Trust, comprising four secondary, six primary schools and three special schools. All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations. The Howard Partnership Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation. All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment.

As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview. As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

Safeguarding and Further Information: The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.