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Pastoral Support - Term Time

Caldecott Foundation School, Ashford

  • Ref:KCC886-7003-78S
  • Posted:18/12/2019
  • Pay:£17,500 - £21,000 Pro Rata
  • Start Date:TBC
  • App Close Date:03/01/2020 at 09:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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Pastoral Lead

Term Time Only

£18,276 to £21,184 (Inc. holiday pay) (+ Caldecott Foundation School Allowance £1,000)

FTE Salary - £22,000 to £25,500

The Caldecott Foundation provides care and education for children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties who may have experienced considerable emotional / physical damage in their early years. 

Due to the challenging behaviour of our pupils, flexibility, understanding, a strong sense of humour and resilience are important. 

We are seeking a highly motivated and pro-active member of staff to join our team.

The ideal candidate will have responsibility for dealing with attendance, behaviour, pastoral and welfare issues and be responsible for the induction of new referrals.

You will interact on a daily basis with professionals from across the organisation and external agencies including Local Authorities, Ofsted and pupil’s families. You will therefore need to provide evidence of excellent written and verbal communication, a professional manner and competence with IT systems and software (some of which are education specific)

Closing date: Friday 3rd January 2020

An Enhanced Criminal Record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required for this post

Applications are invited via our website - www.thecaldecottfoundation.co.uk or, alternatively, by contacting the Recruitment Officer Bethany Cook-Naisbett by phone on 01303 815635

Please note: we aim to contact shortlisted applicants as soon as possible after the closing date.  Should you not have heard within three weeks of the closing date, please consider that your application has been unsuccessful.

Registered Charity No. 307889

Information about the school

Caldecott School is a non-maintained special school catering for up to 64 young people across Key Stages 1-4. We are a therapeutic school specialising in supporting the educational and emotional needs of students who have experienced trauma, and/or have a diagnosis of Autism and/or other neurodevelopmental and psychological problems aged 5 – 16.

Our team of teachers and Therapists work closely together to deliver a therapy informed curriculum within a safe, stimulating, personalised and nurturing learning environment. We strongly believe that children and young people can learn and move forward in their educational journey when their emotional, social, and cognitive needs are appropriately supported.

Caldecott School is set in a 24 acre site near Ashford, Kent and offers an exciting curriculum which is individualised to meet the needs of our students and includes Forest School, outdoor learning and a number of vocational courses - catering, construction, land based studies and hairdressing. Our holistic approach is underpinned by our Relational Model and has a therapeutic approach at its core designed to build trusting supportive relationships and address barriers to learning so that all of our students can achieve their full potential.

Our school is part of the Caldecott Foundation which is a well established charity that also provides residential care and fostering services. We have an exceptional track record delivering the highest quality of care and education and Ofsted agree having rated 8 out of our 10 services as ‘Outstanding’ as of May 2022. Caldecott School is currently rated ‘Good’.

It is an exciting time to join our team as we continue our plans to increase the number of students that we support as well as develop new courses and experiences for our students including a town farm where students can study animal husbandry.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.