Applicants to complete the application form including a personal statement explaining their experience and suitability for the role. This specific opportunity is suitable for internal candidates who wish to take this on alongside their substantive role.

About the role:

The Social Inclusion Officer will be a pastorally focused practitioner who works to build strong relationships with young people and their families to support attendance and inclusion. They support young people through key transition points and lead or support group interventions. They use their knowledge of young people to signpost support within and outside of school and play a key role in SAMs (Supporting Achievement Meetings). Their detailed role will be agreed based on their area of expertise and experience, but they will have a specific case-load of work with key young people and their families and be a key point of contact with external agencies and partners.

This specific opportunity is suitable for internal candidates who wish to take this on alongside their substantive role.

Please see attached job description for further details of this role.

Data Protection / General Data Protection Regulations Compliance  

The Privacy Notice sets our general principles in relation to Data Protection and the General Data Protection Regulations. You should also abide all Trust policies relating to the use of data including but not limited to:   

• Acceptable Use Policy   
• Records Retention Policy   
• Personal Data Breach Procedure   
• Employee Code of Conduct   
• E-safety Policy   
• Social Media Policy   
• Use of Personal Devices Policy   

Our Privacy Notice for Employees explains how we use your personal data.  

You should note that a duty of confidentiality applies to all personal data seen prior to the first day of employment (for example, pupil lists for the purposes of lesson planning or other activities to support teaching and learning). This reflects the custom and practice of those contracts of employment starting on the first day of term while recognising the need to be aware of and plan to support pupil needs.     

Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds to apply. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

All schools in The Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). 

‘This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.’

Your application form will be processed by My New Term who act for DMAT as a data processor- please see our Privacy Notice for more information about how we process job applicant personal data.