Job at a glance
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 candidate will be calm and sensitive at times of potential dysregulation and they will be experienced in de-escalation, having a working and practical knowledge of key theories and frameworks of interventions which will emotionally support children.
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 You will run meaningful intervention groups with young people and role model application of therapeutic interactions and best practice. This role is a part time Role of working 2 days a week The successful candidate will be responsible for: - 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 Asa 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: - 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.
- Peer group supervision - therapeutic & clinical supporting your CPD growth. - Inclusion - Membership of GRACE (Group and Regional Ambassadors Committed to Equality) 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. - Medicash - Receive cashback for various medical and wellbeing appointments and treatments. - Annual Leave - 8 weeks annual leave. - Length of Service bonus - Receive £200 (2 years), £400 (5 years) and £600 (10 years) service awards, plus up to £500 special recognition award for outstanding practice. The Values Awards At Compass, our strength comes from the values we live by every day - Integrity, Care and Courage.
These aren't just words that we put on our website or on a poster; they're visible in the actions you take to support children, families and each other, often in ways that go unseen. That's why we are launching the Compass Values Awards, to spotlight actions that embody Integrity, Care or Courage across all parts of our community. Read on to