SEMH Pastoral Lead
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
Brighton and Hove
- New
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- October 2024
- Apply by:
- 8 October 2024
Job overview
About us
The academy opened in September 2010, and a year later moved into its brand-new building, equipped with new sports, entrepreneurship and IT facilities, and a dedicated sixth form area.
BACA is in the unique position of having two higher-education establishments, Sussex and Brighton Universities, in its immediate proximity. This enables the academy to work closely with them, share their expertise, access their resources and give students a taste of Higher Education.
About Aldridge Education:
BACA is a member of the Aldridge Education family of schools, which locally also includes Portslade Aldridge Community Academy and Aldridge Adult Learning.
Aldridge Education is a charitable Trust of entrepreneurial community schools and colleges that help young people to reach their potential. We support our schools’ Principals and teachers in rapidly improving the quality of education on offer at early years, primary, secondary and sixth-form levels in order to transform the life-chances of our students.
At Aldridge Education we strive to bring learning to life and vow to leave no one behind.
Job Description
Are you passionate about supporting young people with Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs? Do you want to make a positive impact on students’ lives and help shape their future?
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate SEMH Pastoral Lead to join our secondary school in Brighton. In this role, you will be at the heart of student wellbeing, offering targeted pastoral support to pupils with SEMH challenges and contributing to an inclusive, supportive school environment.
Core purpose
1) To teach / facilitate teaching and to provide pastoral support for a select group of higher needs students, to help these students address their social, emotional, mental health needs and their own general wellbeing needs (including attendance) and thereby remove barriers to academic progress.
2) Support the SENCo and pastoral team in the care for students and the administration of pastoral provision throughout the school.
This role will be for term time only, 37 hours per week.
Further details about the role including the full job description and person specification can be found in the link to apply.
Safeguarding Statement:
Aldridge Education is committed to working together to safeguard children and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
The trust provides help and support to meet the needs of children as soon as problems emerge. We are committed to protecting children from maltreatment, inside and outside the home including online.
A copy of Aldridge Education’s Child Protection policy is available on our website at www.aldridgeeducation.org
Following successful application, Aldridge Education will carry out the necessary prohibition checks for all teaching staff, as well as for all candidates undertaking regulated activity.
If you are shortlisted for the position you are applying for, you will be required to complete a Declaration giving details of any relevant criminal offences and other relevant information relating to our safeguarding duty. Further information will be provided on that form.
Given the nature of the Trust’s activities and the regulatory framework it is subject to, any offer of employment will be made conditional upon a satisfactory enhanced DBS check and barred list check carried out by the Trust (where applicable to the role in question). It is an express condition if you are appointed to the role that you join the DBS update service.
If you are shortlisted for the position you are applying for, Aldridge Education will undertake online searches (including social media) in accordance with KCSIE 2024.
This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means standard and enhanced DBS checks will now always show all unspent records, including youth conditional cautions, meaning some previously unrecorded details will now be disclosed.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
More information on The Disclosure & Barring Service can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.
Equal Opportunities
To know and adhere to Aldridge Education equal opportunities policy and equalities legislation and implement in relation to job responsibilities in employment and service delivery.
A copy of Aldridge Education’s Equality and Diversity policy is available on our website at www.aldridgeeducation.org – This can be found in the About us section of our website. Aldridge_Education_Equality_and_Diversity_Policy.pdf (aldridgeeducation.org)
Benefits
Key Benefits of working for Aldridge Education
• Aldridge Benefits scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free on-site parking
• Opportunity to join the Teachers Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme
• Refer a Friend scheme
About Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
- Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
- Lewes Road, Falmer, Brighton
- East Sussex
- BN1 9PW
- United Kingdom
Brighton Aldridge Community Academy
It is my pleasure to welcome you to Brighton Aldridge Community Academy (BACA).
Our mission is to ensure all BACA students benefit from an excellent education, secure great qualifications and develop into young adults who are the first choice recruits for universities and employers.
The academy’s motto is simple - “Believe you can”. Whether in the classroom, on the sports field or performing on stage, we inspire each of our students to develop the knowledge and skills they need to follow their passions into a successful future.
Through encouraging an enterprising mindset we enable students to thrive in today's rapidly-changing world. We teach students to be innovative and resilient through promoting the Aldridge Attributes of teamwork, creativity, passion, problem-solving, risk-taking and determination in all aspects of academy life.
Never has the world felt more rapidly-changing than when the COVID-19 pandemic caused massive upheaval in all of our lives. I am incredibly proud of how our students, families and staff rose to that challenge, and that 97% of our parents told us that the academy did a good job under these challenging circumstances. In the same survey 98% of parents and 93% of our students told us I am proud to be a member of the BACA community.
Students joining us in Year 7 are embarking on an exciting seven-year journey. We are proud to be an 11-18 school that allows students to build on their successes at Key Stage 3 and GCSE to our sixth form.
We work closely with a community of industry partners, leading employers and our neighbouring universities to offer students a comprehensive careers advice and work-related learning programmes. Over 50 organisations, from Southern Water and Metro Bank to local solicitors and IT companies have come into the academy at different times in the last year to work with students, supporting their careers aspirations, helping them gain industry experience and building interview skills.
Our students also benefit from a rich offer in terms of the creative arts. The BACA 100 challenge gives them a wide range of experiences that help develop resilience, confidence and independence. Our sports facilities are exceptional and partnerships, such as that with Sussex Cricket, allow our students to combine high-quality training with their academic studies. BACA has again been named amongst the Cricketer Magazine’s Top100 schools for cricket in the country in 2020 and 2021, one of only four non-selective state secondary schools to achieve this.
BACA is a very special place. It is a privilege to lead it and I look forward to welcoming you to the academy.
Mr Jack Davies, Principal
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