Pastoral Manager/Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)

The Role

E-ACT – Pastoral Manager/Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL)

Are you looking for the next step in your Safeguarding career and ready to gain more experience and have more responsibility? We are ideally looking for an enthusiastic individual who has been in the role for 1 to 2 years and ready for the next step. 

We are looking for a passionate professional to join our Pastoral department which looks after out students in our Academy. The role will be based at Chalfont Valley E-ACT Academy which has onsite parking.  

This role presents an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to develop their skills in:

-    Act as a source of support, advice and expertise for all staff   

-   Regularly liaise with lead professionals for pupils receiving specialist support

-   Lead weekly safeguarding team meetings to share concerns/good practice   

-   Building strong relationships with students/families 

Salary: NJC 21-25. pro rata - £25,752 - £28,624

Hours - 37 per week

Weeks per year - 41

Closing date for applications: 12th July 2022

More about us 

Do you like the sound of the role? Find out a little more about us: 

Your role will be part of the Pastoral Team for Chalfont Academy. This academy is part of the 8 academies which build up the South Region of E-ACT, these 8 Academies are both primary and secondary. The south academies are based around London, Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire. E-ACT has head offices based in Kettering and London. The way we like to work is to be flexible, meetings could take place on Teams one day and in a London based academy the next. We have staff that are based around the south of England and have great connections with each other through Teams and face-to-face meetings. 

Part of the E-ACT family  

We are proud to be part of a community that includes over 18,000 pupils and 2,300 teaching and non-teaching professionals across the country. E-ACT multi-academy trust is responsible for 28 academies across the length and breadth of England.  

Our academies can collaborate and share ideas with one another in ways that schools may not be able to. As a supporting function to our academies, we are there to offer our expertise in our field to enable our academies to focus on what they do best, to provide high quality education to our pupils. Most importantly, we all feel part of something much bigger as our responsibilities go far beyond the four walls of a single academy, and extend to people and their communities across the country.  

We are always on the lookout for dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic people so we can continue to give every one of our pupils the opportunity to explore, solve, create and achieve.  

In return we offer the chance to work with amazing people and inspirational pupils, as well as a great salary and sector -leading work-life balance arrangements.  

 Find out more at www.e-act.org.uk  

Please read the supporting documentation carefully before completing and returning our application and equal opportunities form.  

E-ACT Chalfont Academy 

A welcoming, inclusive primary academy in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire. The happiness of the children within our care from Nursery to Year 6 is at the heart of everything we do.  

Come join our team 

Quite aside from the opportunity to work with pupils whose energy, creativity and enthusiasm never fail to inspire, our Academy is: 

• Ofsted good rated, recognised for helping pupils to progress from often low starting points. 
• Committed to teacher development through E-ACT’s professional learning program in partnership with leading training providers such as Ambition School Leadership. 
• Leading the way in youth mental health through our very own Mental Health First Aid programme - we aim to train every teacher as a mental health first aider. 
• A leader in the education sector for outstanding employee bene fits including a generous maternity policy and opportunities for flexible working.   

A great place to live and work 

Amersham is a beautiful market town in Buckinghamshire, and is part of the London commuter belt, linked to the city by the Metropolitan line. There is much to keep residents occupied including countryside walks, picturesque cycling paths and plenty of shopping opportunities.   

Part of the E-ACT family 

We are an E-ACT academy and proud to be part of a community that includes over 18,000 pupils and 2,300 teaching and non-teaching professionals across the country.  

E-ACT multi-academy trust is responsible for 28 academies across the length and breadth of England.  

Our academies can collaborate and share ideas with one another in ways that schools may not be able to. Most importantly, we all feel part of something much bigger as our responsibilities go far beyond the four walls of a single academy, and extend to people and their communities across the country. 

We are always on the lookout for dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic people so we can continue to give every one of our pupils the opportunity to explore, solve, create and achieve. 

In return we offer the chance to work with amazing people and inspirational pupils, as well as a great salary and sector -leading work -life balance arrangements. 

 Find out more at www.e-act.org.uk 

Please read the supporting documentation carefully before completing and returning our application and equal opportunities form.  

E-ACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references. 

E-ACT is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. 

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