Pastoral Support Officer

Catholic Recruitment; Southampton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Optional Private healthcare

Free on-site multi gym

Nursery nearby

Long-term career opportunities

NPQ qualifications access

Job summary

St George Catholic College in Southampton is seeking a dedicated Pastoral Support Officer to support vulnerable students with pastoral interventions and wellbeing. You will work with the Pastoral team to identify needs and liaise with external agencies to ensure timely support for students and their families.

The role includes coordinating tutor team notices, providing emotional and practical assistance, and referring more serious incidents to Progress Leaders and the Senior Leadership Team.

Qualifications

• Support vulnerable students with pastoral intervention.
• Liaise with external agencies to arrange support.
• Provide emotional and practical support to students and parents where needed and refer more serious incidents to leaders.

Responsibilities

• Provide pastoral intervention to vulnerable students in need of support.
• Liaise with external agencies to ensure appropriate support for students and parents.
• Coordinate the tutor team weekly notices on PowerPoint for year groups.
• Refer more serious incidents to Progress Leaders and Senior Leadership Team.

Job description

St George Catholic College was graded Outstanding in all areas by OFSTED. It is an oversubscribed school, with a proven track record of continued success currently ranked in the top 500 schools nationally for progress. It is a college in which we have a commitment to knowing every student and ensuring they fulfil their potential. We see ourselves as a family who are determined to get the best out of each other. Our OFSTED report stated that “This is a truly inclusive and welcoming school. The school’s ASPIRE values are understood and treasured by the whole community. Leaders have established a highly aspirational culture where pupils want to work hard and achieve well. Pupils are supported to do their best by teachers who they share warm and respectful relationships with.”

As a Pastoral Support Officer, you will work with the Pastoral team to support vulnerable students in need of pastoral intervention. This work will also include liaising with external agencies as and when required to ensure that appropriate support is available to students and parents. In addition to this dealing with day-to-day student issues, providing emotional and practical support as appropriate for students and their parents where relevant and referring more serious incidents to Progress Leaders and Senior Leadership Team. The post includes providing general administrative support for the Progress leaders such as co-ordinating the tutor team weekly notices on PowerPoint for our year groups. In addition to this it could include collecting statements. The Pastoral team is a strength of the school who work highly effectively together in order to support all our students. We promote a positive Catholic ethos but there is no requirement to be Catholic to apply.

RECRUITMENT: Benefits of working here:

• A friendly and inclusive working environment
• Optional Private healthcare
• Free on-site multi gym
• Reduced rate for Lettings
• Nursery less than five minutes’ drive away
• Long-term career opportunities
• Access to nationally accredited qualifications, including NPQML, NPQSL and NPQH
• Easy access to Southampton city centre, Eastleigh, the M27 and the M3
• An opportunity to be a part of an enthusiastic, creative and motivated department
• A supportive environment in which your enthusiasm will be encouraged, nurtured and rewarded
• A working environment focused on Teaching and Learning and raising standards for all

Please note, we reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive applications which meet the criteria.

St George Catholic College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS Check. The Governing Body is an Equal Opportunity Employer.