Job Title: Pastoral Officer – KS 3/4
Location: Plumstead, South East
Salary: Scale 6 – £24,700 (Actual gross salary)
Job Type: 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year – Full time/Term time only
The closing date for this post is Friday 22 April at noon
Plumstead Manor is a thriving and popular secondary school located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. There has been a school on our site since 1913, with the first 105 years as a girls’ school. In response to local demand, we admitted our first mixed cohort in 2018 and will be fully co-educational by September 2022.
Ours is vibrant, diverse and inclusive school with over 60 languages spoken across our community. We have a clear vision founded on excellence and justice, with the ambition to offer a world class education to the young people and families of Greenwich. Our recipe to achieve that is based on high quality teaching and academic rigour, in a safe and happy environment. Above all, we want our young people to leave school equipped with the powerful knowledge and necessary skills to change the world for the better. In order to foster successful young people and cultivate harmonious communities, we aim to offer young people excellence in all that we do, so that they can overcome any barrier in their lives and secure greater justice. Our curriculum offers a range of pathways, blending the mastery of knowledge with the development of transferable skills and see our young people progress onto a full range of future pathways including medicine and veterinary science, courses at the most competitive universities as well as high-quality apprenticeships.
About the role:
We are looking for a Pastoral Officer to work as part of the pastoral team supporting Heads of Year to provide excellence in the daily management and welfare of students and to assist with the maintenance of high standards of discipline and behaviour. Your responsibilities will include:
- monitoring attendance and punctuality across a particular cohort
- developing and monitoring pastoral support programmes for individual students
- supporting Heads of Year in following up behaviour incidents
- supervising student detentions after school and independent study periods
- providing restorative mediation for students (individually and in groups)
- liaising both within the school and with outside agencies to ensure a tailored programme of support
- attending multidisciplinary forums such as TAC and PEP meetings
- support the accuracy and rigour of information in helping track and assess the welfare of students.
About you:
- You will ideally have a Level 3 Qualification and at least a Level 2 qualification in English and Maths.
- A suitable qualification relating to education, social work, mediation or youth work is desirable.
- You will need to have experience of working with young people in Key stages 3, 4 or 5 together with being ICT competent.
We can offer you supportive and friendly colleagues and good professional development.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.
References will automatically be requested for all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. The successful applicant will be required to be DBS checked prior to taking up post.
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Candidates with previous job titles and experience of; Student Support Officer, Learning Support, Support Assistant, Learning Support Worker, Learning Guidance Advisor, Learning Support Assistant, Learning Advisor, Learner Support, Guidance Advisor, Support Worker, Learning Assistant may also be considered for this role.
