Pastoral Support Officer

This Pastoral Support Officer post at Ashfield Comprehensive School supports a designated Head of Year and the attendance officers for one year group. The work centres on behaviour, safeguarding, attendance calls and parental engagement. Duties follow a structured timetable from before school through to after-school corrections and on-call cover. Candidates need experience of working with young people with challenging behaviour, and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Support a designated Head of Year on pastoral matters, particularly behaviour, safeguarding and parental engagement
• Support the attendance team with attendance issues in the year group, including making calls and following up
• Provide daily pastoral support in the year group, including uniform checks, lesson drop-ins and interventions
• Support behaviour in the year group, including collecting statements from students and staff
• Build relationships with families and external agencies through meetings
• Cover scheduled duties before school, at break and at lunchtime, plus additional duties in the pastoral base
• Provide corrections support after school
• Provide on-call support around the site for students and staff
• Work to a structured timetable with designated tasks to help students overcome barriers to learning

What’s required

Experience

• Experience of mentoring, coaching or working with young people
• Experience of successfully working with young people with challenging behaviour

Skills & knowledge

• Courage to challenge students to be their best
• Compassion
• Resilience

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS disclosure with children’s barred list check
• Two satisfactory references
• Successful completion of vetting procedures
• Not barred from regulated activity relevant to children
• Online search and social media check as a condition of employment

What’s offered

• Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities
• Discounted healthcare and gym membership
• Extensive high street retail discounts
• Career average pension scheme
• Opportunities to share practice in partner schools across the Trust
• Extensive professional learning opportunities
• Wellbeing support under the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter
• Career progression within schools and across the Trust

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