Therapeutic Pastoral Lead

6 months ago

Swindon, United Kingdom Compass Schools Full time

**About The Role**:
Compass Community School Wheatley Park is an independent specialist school providing high-quality, therapeutic and child-centred education to children in Swindon, Wiltshire.

Our children come from a wide range of backgrounds, but all have Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs (SEMH). Many will also have other Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) such as Autism, ADHD, and communication difficulties.

The work we do is both varied and challenging and, as a trauma and attachment informed organisation, all staff are provided with extensive therapeutic training and support.

Our closely triangulated approach places the child at the centre of decision making, ensuring that education and therapy professionals, parents/carers, local authority teams and, most importantly, our students can work together to secure outstanding outcomes for all.

**The Role***

We are a therapeutic school and believe in a healing approach to supporting and modifying challenging behaviour. Our Therapeutic Pastoral Lead needs to embody, lead and facilitate this in our schools by working holistically.

Therapeutic Pastoral Leads work within our leadership group in school as a key member of the local leadership team. They are co-managed by Regional SENCOs and the Therapeutic Development Manager. We view this position as an integral role within our school community and, as such, we are looking for someone with capacity and skills to work at this level.

The successful applicant will receive Continued Professional Development training (CPD) in our Assessing and Healing Childhood Trauma (AHCT) approach and, in turn, promote and enable all education staff to fully understand how this supports students in our care
- The pastoral, SMSC, Socio-Emotional resilience and personal development of students.
- Assessment, monitoring, reporting upon, and supporting the overall holistic progress and personal development of students.
- Ensuring that safeguarding is paramount and safeguarding policies are adhered to.
- Contributing to the annual School Improvement Plan and School Evaluation Form
- Maintaining knowledge of, and taking shared responsibility for, the SMSC and Personal Development elements of the Independent School Standards and the Ofsted Inspection framework, working to promote these on a day to day basis.

**Benefits and Rewards**

As a trauma informed organisation, all our staff are provided with extensive therapeutic training and support. With Compass Community Schools, you’ll be part of a passionate team of professionals, benefitting from:

- **Salary perk**:

- Additional ‘£1,035’ per annum on top of agreed salary for working one evening a week.
- **Training** - Ongoing free training and therapeutic workshops which account for high levels of CPD hours.
- **Career Progression** - As Therapeutic Services is continuing to expand there are strong career pathways both within our team and within the wider Compass organisation.
- **Competitive Salary** - using structured pay grades based on your training and experience
- **Peer group supervision** - therapeutic & clinical supporting your CPD growth.
- **Individual therapeutic** & supportive supervision.
- **Inclusion** - Membership of GRACE Inclusion Reflective weekly group.
- **Wellbeing** - Access to confidential therapeutic wellbeing sessions within our Therapeutic Services team.
- **Engagement conferences**-Two per year with the national Therapeutic Services team to continue to develop your theoretical knowledge and sense of belonging. Accommodation & DBB provided.
- **Awards** - The chance to win up to £150 in vouchers every month from our company REACH Awards and monthly vouchers within Therapeutic Services.
- Company Lap top and phone.
- **Expand your creative vision - **The chance to be part of an expanding, national organisation that recognises skill, effort and individual strengths, providing opportunities for passions and potential to grow.
- **Medicash** - Receive cashback for various medical and wellbeing appointments and treatments with our MediCash scheme.
- **Take your birthday off work**:

- **Length of Service bonus**

**Safeguarding**

Compass is an equal-opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As we continue to grow, we know that we must have the most talented employees with diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and experiences to support our children and young people.

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