Family and Community Engagement

• Develop positive relationships with parents and carers.
• Attend meetings with families to discuss students' progress and wellbeing.
• Signpost families to appropriate support services where required.
• Work collaboratively with external agencies including social care, health professionals, and youth support services.

Student Development

• Encourage positive attitudes towards learning.
• Support integration into lessons, accompanying when needed to support anxiety.
• Promote inclusion, equality, diversity, and respect throughout the school community.
• Assist with transition arrangements for new students where appropriate.

Record Keeping and Administration

• Maintain accurate pastoral records and intervention logs.
• Monitor student progress and evaluate the impact of interventions.
• Produce reports and documentation as required.

General Responsibilities

• Support school events and activities where appropriate.
• Attend relevant meetings and professional development.
• Maintain confidentiality and comply with GDPR requirements.
• Undertake other duties appropriate to the grade of the post as directed by senior leaders.

Are you the right person?

Essential

• Experience working with children or young people.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to build positive relationships with students, staff, and families.
• Understanding of safeguarding responsibilities.
• Strong organisational and record-keeping skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Commitment to inclusion, equality, and student wellbeing.

Desirable

• Experience in a school pastoral or behaviour support role ideally with young people of secondary age with neurodiversity and/or anxiety.
• Knowledge of attendance and behaviour management systems.
• Mental Health First Aid or equivalent training or willingness to undertake this.
• Experience working with external agencies.

Personal Qualities

• Compassionate and approachable, flexibility, calm under pressure, resilient and adaptable, professional and trustworthy, positive role model who is committed to an ethos of kindness within the school setting, committed to helping every student succeed.

What you will get from us:

• A supportive and friendly team who will be committed to your growth and development.
• Joining a school that is on a growth journey and expanding which brings many exciting opportunities.
• A commitment to staff wellbeing.
• An approach that is committed to care and compassion of one another.
• Flexible working and reasonable adjustments are a priority to support family life for all.
• Pupils who are wanting to learn and engaged in their school life.
• Being part of an exciting initiative with the first secondary SEMH satellite within Walsall borough.

For further details, job description, and an application form visit www.shepwellschool.co.uk

All applications to be received by email to lsouthall@shepwell.walsall.sch.uk to arrive no later than 5pm Wednesday 19th August.

The staff and management committee Shepwell School are committed to protecting and safeguarding all their pupils to ensure, as far as possible, that they are free from harm. As part of the safeguarding process, the successful candidate must have full enhanced DBS clearance to work in the school and will not be able to take up their appointment until all pre-employment checks have been completed.

A copy of the school’s safeguarding policy/guidelines is available on the school website. There will be questions on this at interview.

Shepwell School welcomes applications from all sections of the community irrespective of race, colour, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.