Pastoral Support Manager Teaching/Child Support - Full-time

ST JOHNS CATHOLIC COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL; Hook's Hole; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A successful co-ed Catholic school in the UK is seeking a dedicated Pastoral Manager for Year 8. This role involves managing student welfare and behavior, while fostering a culture of personal excellence. The ideal candidate will have experience in pastoral roles and strong communication skills. Join a warm community that prides itself on high expectations and support for all students.

Qualifications

• Experience in pastoral or student welfare roles.
• Confident, professional and approachable communicator.
• Good time management and ability to meet deadlines.
• Empathetic with a flexible approach to work as priorities may change.

Responsibilities

• Manage student welfare and behaviour within the Year 8 cohort.
• Promote personal excellence and positive conduct across the year group.
• Liaise with external and internal stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain effective systems for safeguarding and welfare.
• Demonstrate professional and approachable communication.

Skills

Experience in pastoral or student welfare roles

Confident, professional and approachable communicator

Good time management

Empathetic with a flexible approach

Job description

Overview

We are seeking to recruit an experienced, hardworking, and proactive practitioner for the role of Pastoral Manager, who will be assigned to Year 8. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing student welfare and behaviour, whilst promoting a sense of personal excellence in our students.

Responsibilities

• Manage student welfare and behaviour within the Year 8 cohort.
• Promote personal excellence and positive conduct across the year group.
• Liaise with external and internal stakeholders, including staff, students, parents/carers and the wider community.
• Develop and maintain effective systems for safeguarding and welfare.
• Demonstrate professional and approachable communication; respond to changing priorities and meet deadlines.

Qualifications and Skills

• Experience in pastoral or student welfare roles.
• Confident, professional and approachable communicator.
• Good time management and ability to meet deadlines.
• Empathetic with a flexible approach to work as priorities may change.

About St John\'s

St John's is a very successful co-ed Catholic school with over 1300 pupils including over 300 students in our Sixth Form. We have an extremely strong Catholic ethos and pride ourselves in being a warm and welcoming community. Our recent Section 8 Inspection stated that - Pupils flourish in this inclusive school because staff provide high-quality care; Staff are consistently clear with their high expectations and Important values such as 'excellence for all' and 'service to others' underpin the ambitious culture in place. The school's 2024 Progress 8 score of +0.11 was the seventh consecutive examination year where the school achieved a positive score on this key performance measure, and is a wonderful reflection of the talented and dedicated students and staff we have at the school.