Pastoral Support Officer

Tgat; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Professional development

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to work

Job summary

John Smeaton Academy invites applicants for a Pastoral Support Officer to join our pastoral team. The post supports the Head of Year and Assistant Principal in daily leadership, delivering high-quality pastoral care and targeted interventions for a year group.

You will work with students, families and external agencies to ensure safety, engagement and progress, with DBS checks and safeguarding at the forefront of duties.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting students to improve behaviour and engagement.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection policies.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with students, families and external agencies.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day management of a year group.
• Lead targeted interventions to improve student outcomes.
• Assist safeguarding and child protection processes.
• Collaborate with families and external agencies to safeguard students.

Skills

Pastoral care

Behaviour support

Strong communication

Relationship building

Education

GCSE English & Maths 5+/C+ or equivalent

Job description

Start date to be agreed with the successful candidate.

The John Smeaton Academy is seeking to appoint an outstanding and dedicated Pastoral Support Officer to join our pastoral team. This is a key role within the academy, working closely with the Head of Year and Assistant Principal to support the effective leadership and day-to-day management of a year group. The successful candidate will provide high-quality pastoral care, lead targeted interventions, support safeguarding and child protection processes, and work closely with students, families and external agencies to ensure every young person is safe, engaged and able to achieve their full potential.

Potential applicants should have:

• GCSE Grade 5+/C+ or above (or equivalent) in English and Mathematics.
• Knowledge of children and young people’s development, safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures.
• Experience of supporting students to improve behaviour, engagement and achievement.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with students, families and external agencies.

What we offer you:

As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:

• Membership of a teacher or local government pension scheme, depending on the role.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.

About us:

On 1 September 2021 John Smeaton Academy joined The GORSE Academies Trust, an organisation renowned for excellence in education. The trust has a nationally recognised track record of transforming inadequate schools and making them great again, or for the first time in their history. Consequently, this role represents an incredibly exciting opportunity for any candidate who is eager to be a part of an organisation that seeks to secure the very highest educational standard for every student. We are determined to ensure students at John Smeaton Academy are inspired to ‘Secure the Gift of Choice’ and we expect any successful candidate to be passionate and tenacious in their quest for all round academic and pastoral excellence.As part of our exceptional work to date, Ofsted recognised that our academy is ‘Good’ in all areas in April/May 2024.

A unique opportunity to be part of an academy that is a Beacon for its community!

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and we welcome applications from people with disabilities as definedby the Equality Act. If you would benefit from any adjustments during the application or interview process, please inform us so we can support you appropriately.

We arecommitted to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

Please note if you submit an electronic application, we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK – either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

Please note that, as a sponsor licence holder, we only provide sponsorship for teacher vacancies.

Hours: 37 hours per week, term time only + 1 working week