Nurture and Safeguarding Officer - St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy

The Academy Council of St Mary's Catholic Primary Academy wish to appoint a caring, reliable, calm and positive person to take the post of Nurture and Safeguarding Officer in school. The suitable candidate will be highly capable in behaviour management and pastoral care, in order to support our staff in continuing to provide our outstanding learning and behaviour management strategy within school.

St Mary's is a wonderful Catholic school enjoying an excellent reputation locally, where we have created a happy, successful and well-resourced learning community. Our children are very well behaved and highly motivated. We are proud to be serving a richly diverse and inclusive community, inspired by our strong Catholic ethos and tradition which stretches back over 175 years. This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual wanting to grow their skills, expand their experience and make a positive difference to the lives of our children.
You will be responsible for:

• Working closely with SLT, SENDCo, Teachers, support staff, parents and carers to offer support to pupils with regard to wellbeing, behaviour, learning , attendance and safeguarding.


• Training to become a member of the safeguarding team as a DSL.


• Delivering training to staff on aspects of learning and behaviour management and providing guidance to staff at all levels with how to support our most vulnerable pupils.


• Gaining an in-depth knowledge of our school community and families, their issues and concerns, working with them to improve attendance and learning both within and outside the school.


• Using de-escalation techniques to resolve conflict between the school and parents.


• Working with external agencies to improve the outcomes for our pupils.


The successful candidates will be required to support the Catholic ethos and to make a contribution to the extended life of the school where possible. Any additional skills that can be offered should be mentioned in the application process.