Pastoral Support Officer
- Employer
- St. Egwin's CE Middle School
- Location
- St Egwin’s C.E. Middle School, Worcester Road, Evesham, WR11 4JU
- Salary
- £16,920.45 - £18,094.03 per annum
- Closing date
- 4 Nov 2024
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- Sector
- Education
- Job Type
- Schools / Academies - Support staff roles, Teaching assistant
- Contract Type
- Part time temporary
- Working Pattern
- Term time
- Hours
- Part-Time
Pastoral Support Officer
Job Start Date: As soon as possible
End Date: July 2024
Salary: TA3 SCP 7 £24,294 per annum (Pro-rata term time only £17,303 per annum) Pay Award Pending
Hours: 30 hours per week, term time only. A part time role would be considered for a suitably strong candidate.
Contract type: Fixed term, expires July 2025
Reporting to: SLT responsible for behaviour
Main purpose
To work collaboratively with pupils, parents/carers and staff members to promote positive behaviour among all pupils, and to help pupils succeed with modelling the positive values of the school.
Examples of main duties and responsibilities
- Support for pupils
- Act as first response to support pupils whose behaviour in a lesson requires intervention, helping them to have good behaviour and to succeed in lessons.
- Support the successful reintegration of pupils following internal isolation or suspension.
- Support pupils to be able to make informed choices about their own learning, behaviour, and attendance, and to understand the links between these.
- Build and maintain productive relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and mentor where relevant, building resilience and self-confidence in identified pupils.
Working with and supporting staff
- Work closely with relevant staff to monitor pupil progress and suggest appropriate strategies that could help improve the behaviour of identified pupils.
- Work with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) to support staff to understand behaviour that suggests pupils may be experiencing a mental health problem or be at risk of developing one.
- Monitor the implementation of the school’s behaviour policy and procedures through lesson support, and feedback to the SLT Behaviour Lead and pastoral team where appropriate and relevant.
- Liaise with the pastoral team, passing on any relevant information where required and carry out agreed actions that might be created from behaviour support plans.
Work with parents/carers
- Build and maintain positive relations with parents/carers of pupils you are working with to ensure excellent home/school communication and support.
- Maintain timely communication of mentoring plans; successes and areas to develop so that parents/carers can play a pro-active role in supporting improved behaviour from the pupil.
Other areas of responsibility
- Safeguarding
- Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g., Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies.
- Work with the DSL to promote the best interests of pupils, including sharing concerns using the relevant information sharing platform (currently CPOMs) where necessary.
- Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school.
Vacancy Closing Date: 9am 4th November 2024
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