Senior lead - pupil wellbeing

Endeavour Federation is looking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic Senior Lead Teaching Assistant, Pupil Wellbeing, to join our Senior Leadership Team at Southern Cross School. You will fully participate in the life of the school, assisting where needed, supporting our most vulnerable pupils. We want candidates who are able to see the possibilities of all our exceptional learners and allow them to thrive. 

As a senior lead for Pupil Wellbeing, you will play a critical role in promoting and supporting the mental health and emotional wellbeing of our students. You will work closely with teaching staff, parents, and external professionals to develop and implement effective strategies that ensure the overall wellbeing of our pupils.

The role will involve:

• Promoting the Federation values of positivity, understanding and personalised
• Being able to support and manage challenging behaviour effectively following our Behaviour Regulation Policy and Therapeutic Framework
• Being the lead in implementing Federation initiatives of Peaceful Resolutions, Restorative Practice and Hacking for Behaviour
• Maintaining a caring, orderly community in which effective learning can take place and where there is mutual respect between members and take responsibility for managing the function of the behaviour support room
• Helping children develop a sense of worth, identity and achievement
• Ensuring that staff are set up on IRIS and use it appropriately and with accuracy
• Using IRIS data management to inform good practice and ensure SLT debriefs are completed in a timely manner
• Leading on whole school attendance strategies
• Supporting children to develop their emotional regulation skills, which in turn will impact upon their ability to regulate their behaviour
• Supporting all children to learn effective, safe, ways of communicating their needs
• Helping all children to become self-disciplined, able to accept responsibility for their own actions and make positive choices
• Developing in all children the ability to listen to others; cooperate and to appreciate other ways of thinking and behaving
• Working with parents to support pupil’s learning
• Line Manage a number of Teaching Assistants and ensure they meet at least the satisfactory level in the Teaching Assistant standard and assist with the induction of new staff

The successful applicant will:

• Be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Be a confident decision maker
• Have a sound knowledge of safeguarding framework and regulations
• Be confident working with external agencies
• Be directly answerable to the Headteacher and undertake tasks as directed
• Possess good literacy and communication skills in challenging environments for report writing
• Be flexible in their approach to work
• Be either proficient in the Team Teach model or willing to undertake the necessary training
• Possess emotional resilience due to the nature of the work
• Be able to build and maintain strong pupil relationships
• Take an active role in their own supervision

Southern Cross School

Southern Cross School is a Special School for young people with social, emotional and mental health needs. We have recently expanded our provision and now have a brand-new building which has been designed to deliver our therapeutic vision.

Our vision is to create a therapeutic, harmonious environment which promotes feelings of safety and security, to allow our pupils to explore, enjoy learning, and reach their full potential. Building a sense of community around the child. We aim to become a leading therapeutic provision which is high quality and expert in recognising and meeting the needs of all of the pupils, with outstanding teaching and engaging learning. We achieve positive outcomes for all our pupils, including emotional wellbeing and self-belief, creating successful, happy, healthy individuals. Developing skills that enable their ability to sustain employment and build security in their lives.

Endeavour Federation

Endeavour Federation provides education for pupils in KS2, 3 and 4. Our aim is for all our pupils to develop their skills and reach their full potential in a safe learning environment.

Our schools include Castlefield Campus, Meade Hill School and Southern Cross School. All of our pupils have Education, Health and Care plans based primarily on a range of social, emotional and mental health issues. All of the staff are committed to providing an effective learning environment within small class sizes.

With a broad yet well balanced curriculum, including work experience opportunities and extracurricular activities, we ensure that students leave school with high aspirations, enthusiasm for the next stage of their lives and the skills and qualifications to reach their goals.

To find out more about the Federation and our schools, visit our website https://myendeavour.uk/

We look forward to receiving your application and potentially discussing the role with you in the near future. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

Start Date: Subject to the completion of pre-employment checks

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

The school's governors are committed to safeguarding, and successful applicants will be subjected to a thorough screening procedure that includes self-disclosure with regard to any prior or current convictions, safeguarding concerns etc. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and enhanced DBS clearance is required and the children’s Barred List will be checked. Endeavour Federation’s Safeguarding Policy can be found here: Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy".