Pastoral Associate

Star Academies; Borough of Rossendale; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Star Academies is seeking a dedicated pastoral support professional to actively engage students and support their learning journey. You will lead a year-group pastoral programme, support individual students and families, and work to remove barriers to learning to help pupils reach their potential.

You will also provide cover for lessons and registrations, and help maintain positive relationships with students and staff while contributing to a safe and inclusive school environment.

Qualifications

• Lead and deliver pastoral support to a year group and to individual students.
• Address barriers to learning to help students reach their full potential.
• Improve punctuality, attendance and behaviour and support the pastoral programme.
• Support smooth transition from other schools and welfare on entry.
• Provide cover for lessons, registrations, invigilation or supervision for up to 12 periods per week.
• Experience of working with young people in an education setting.
• Experience of providing pastoral support within an education setting.
• The ability to maintain positive relationships with students and adults.
• The ability to speak in front of large groups and staff.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for managing and addressing the needs of students who need help to overcome barriers to learning.
• Support improvement of student punctuality, attendance and behaviour.
• Assist the school’s pastoral programme in reducing disruption and raising student achievement and progress.
• Contribute to effective transition from other schools ensuring student well-being on entry.
• Provide cover support for lessons, registration, invigilation, intervention or supervision of students not in normal lessons for up to 12 periods a week.

Education

GCSEs (5 including English & Maths)

Job description

Ensure and deliver effective pastoral support so that individual students and groups of students are supported to actively participate in learning and reach their full potential.

Support the raising of standards in the school by leading and delivering pastoral support to a year group of students; and within that year group by providing support to individual students and their families.

Be responsible for managing and addressing the needs of students who need help to overcome barriers to learning in order to achieve their full potential.

Be responsible for supporting the improvement of student punctuality, attendance and behaviour and assist the school’s pastoral programme in reducing disruption and raising student achievement and progress.

Contribute to effective transition from other schools ensuring the student well-being on entry.

Provide cover support for lessons, registration, invigilation, intervention or supervision of students not in normal lessons for up to 12 periods a week.

You will have:

5 GCSEs including English and Maths at grade 9-4/A*- C.

Experience of working with young people in an education setting.

Experience of providing pastoral support within an education setting.

The ability to maintain positive relationships with students and other adults.

The ability to speak in front of large groups of students and small groups of staff.

Our Commitment

Star Academies is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils.

We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.