Pastoral Support Manager at Shirebrook Academy

Shirebrook Academy; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Shirebrook Academy is seeking a dedicated Pastoral Support Manager to provide pastoral support to identified students and assist the safeguarding leads. The role involves coordinating rewards and sanctions, engaging with the school council and parents, and working with internal teams to monitor progress and welfare.

You will contribute to attendance monitoring, reports, and a positive school climate, with occasional duties at other ACET academies and flexibility for INSET days.

Responsibilities

• Provide pastoral support to identified students
• Support the academy safeguarding leads
• Carry out duties/patrol as required
• Organise and administer appropriate rewards and sanctions
• Work with the school council and encourage student participation
• Liaise with parents/carers, teachers, inclusion staff and other agencies regarding student welfare
• Contribute to consultation evenings, staff meetings, assemblies and other activities
• Review student progress by analysing monitoring data
• Monitor student attendance and punctuality and take appropriate action
• Contribute to production of student progress and monitoring reports
• Create a positive climate where students can achieve their full potential
• Monitor students during lunchtime
• Be well-motivated and flexible
• Have a can-do approach
• Have good communication skills
• Work as part of a team
• Role may involve working at other academies within the trust and occasional non-standard INSET days with payment

Job description

About this Role

Aston Community Education Trust are a forward thinking and ambitious multi-academy trust, comprising of three secondary academies and nine junior academies across the Rotherham, Sheffield and North Derbyshire areas. Shirebrook Academy are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and effective Pastoral Support Manager. Under the direction of the Pastoral and Learning Leads, the post holder will contribute to the pastoral provision across the whole academy. Working collaboratively with a team of Pastoral Support Managers, Pastoral and Learning Leads, the Leadership Team, Middle Leaders and other members of teaching and support staff, to provide students with the necessary support they need during their school career, thus enabling them to achieve their full potential.

Previous applicants need not apply.

• Provide pastoral support to identified students
• Support the academy safeguarding leads
• To carry out duties/patrol, as required
• To organise and administer appropriate rewards and sanctions
• Work with the school council and encourage student participation
• To liaise and seek involvement as appropriate from parents/carers, teachers, inclusion staff and other agencies in relation to the welfare of students.
• Contribute, as required, to consultation evenings, staff meetings, assemblies, celebration evenings and other activities
• Review student progress by analysing monitoring data
• Monitor student attendance, punctuality, praise and cause for concern in line with 'Code of conduct', 'Behaviour and Attendance' and all other relevant policies, and ensure appropriate action is taken when required
• Contribute as appropriate to the production of student progress and monitoring reports
• Create a positive climate where students can achieve and reach their full potential
• Monitoring of students during the school lunchtime period
• Be well-motivated and flexible
• Have a can-do approach
• Have good communication skills
• Have a professional manner and plenty of common sense
• To be able to work as a team
• You will be based at Shirebrook Academy,however the role may, on occasion, involve working at other academies withinthe trust. Term time only includesworking 2 out of 5 INSET days each academic year as directed by the school,with availability to work any or all of the remaining 3 INSET days at shortnotice should the need arise, and for which additional payment will be made.

Safeguarding

ACET is committed to safeguardingand promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staffand volunteers to share this commitment.

All applicants should read oursafeguarding Policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on the 'policy'section of our academy websites.

It is an offence to seek employment in regulatedactivity if you are barred from working with children. This post will involve regular contactwith children and therefore is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act1974. Applicants are therefore not entitled to withhold information aboutconvictions, cautions or bind-over orders which for any other purposes are"spent" under the provisions of the Act. Any information that is "protected" underthe Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 will notappear on a DBS certificate and does not need to be declared. Guidance on this can be found athttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Successful candidates will besubject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. Shortlisted candidates will beasked to complete a self-declaration related to their criminal record or anyinformation that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Additional checks in relation to theChildcare Disqualification Regulations will be undertaken for successfulcandidates to junior academies. If youhave lived or worked outside of the UK, additional information may be requiredfrom you to satisfy safer recruitment checks.

Equality

ACET iscommitted to ensuring equality of opportunity throughout the recruitmentprocess. We welcome and encourageapplications from people of all backgrounds, and your application will beassessed purely on your ability to do the job.

We undertaketo make any 'reasonable adjustments' to a job or workplace to counteract anydisadvantages a disabled person may face. Where required, we will makereasonable adjustments to the selection process for an applicant with a disability.