Pastoral Officer – KS 3/4

Job Title: Pastoral Officer – KS 3/4

Location: Plumstead, South East

Salary: Scale 6 - £30,963 (Actual gross salary)

Job Type: 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year – Full time/Term time only

Closing Date: Tuesday 23rd June at noon

Plumstead Manor is a thriving and popular secondary school located in the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Ours is vibrant, diverse and inclusive school with over 60 languages spoken across our community. The foundation of our vision and purpose is to offer excellence to all our young people, based on four clear values which underpin all our work – pride, ambition, respect and togetherness.

Our recipe for success is based on high quality teaching and academic rigour, blended with the highest expectations, support and guidance. This creates the safe and happy environment which young people need to thrive and flourish.

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 standards of attendance, punctuality and behaviour across a particular cohort and be actively involved in the follow up of all
• 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)
• liasing both within the school and with outside agencies to ensure a tailored programme of support
• attending multidisciplinary forums such as TAC meetings
• support the accuracy and rigour of information in helping track and assess the welfare of students

About you:

• You will need to 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
• You should also have competent ICT skills.

We can offer you supportive and friendly colleagues and good professional development.

Additional Information:

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.

If you’re interested in the role and would like to put yourself forward, please hit APPLY and keep an eye on your emails for our application form, this can also be found on our website as well.

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.