Pastoral Support Officer

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Healthcare discount

Gym membership

Retail discounts

Pension scheme

Professional learning

Wellbeing support

Career progression

Job summary

The Pastoral Support Officer at Ashfield Comprehensive School works under a designated Head of Year and attendance officers for one year group. The role centers on behaviour, safeguarding, attendance calls and parental engagement, with on‑site duties before school, at breaks and lunchtimes, plus after‑school corrections and on‑call support.

Candidates should have experience mentoring or working with young people, including those with challenging behaviour, and must be eligible for vetting per

Qualifications

• Experience mentoring, coaching or working with young people.
• Experience working with young people with challenging behaviour.

Responsibilities

• Support Head of Year on pastoral matters including behaviour, safeguarding and parental engagement.
• Support attendance team with attendance issues in the year group, including making calls and follow‑ups.
• Provide daily pastoral support in the year group, including uniform checks, lesson drop-ins and interventions.
• Support behaviour in the year group, including collecting statements from students and staff.
• Build relationships with families and external agencies through meetings.
• Cover scheduled duties before school, during breaks and lunch, plus additional duties in the pastoral base.
• Provide after‑school corrections support and on‑call site coverage.
• Work to a structured timetable with designated tasks to help students overcome barriers to learning.

Skills

Mentoring

Coaching

Youth work

Job description

This Pastoral Support Officer post at Ashfield Comprehensive School supports a designated Head of Year and the attendance officers for one year group. The work centres on behaviour, safeguarding, attendance calls and parental engagement. Duties follow a structured timetable from before school through to after-school corrections and on-call cover. Candidates need experience of working with young people with challenging behaviour, and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Support a designated Head of Year on pastoral matters, particularly behaviour, safeguarding and parental engagement
• Support the attendance team with attendance issues in the year group, including making calls and following up
• Provide daily pastoral support in the year group, including uniform checks, lesson drop-ins and interventions
• Support behaviour in the year group, including collecting statements from students and staff
• Build relationships with families and external agencies through meetings
• Cover scheduled duties before school, at break and at lunchtime, plus additional duties in the pastoral base
• Provide corrections support after school
• Provide on-call support around the site for students and staff
• Work to a structured timetable with designated tasks to help students overcome barriers to learning

What’s required

Experience

• Experience of mentoring, coaching or working with young people
• Experience of successfully working with young people with challenging behaviour

Skills & knowledge

• Courage to challenge students to be their best
• Compassion
• Resilience

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS disclosure with children's barred list check
• Two satisfactory references
• Successful completion of vetting procedures
• Not barred from regulated activity relevant to children
• Online search and social media check as a condition of employment

What’s offered

• Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities
• Discounted healthcare and gym membership
• Extensive high street retail discounts
• Career average pension scheme
• Opportunities to share practice in partner schools across the Trust
• Extensive professional learning opportunities
• Wellbeing support under the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter
• Career progression within schools and across the Trust