Pastoral Support Officer

Prospero Teaching; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Pastoral Support Officer

Chorlton - MUST DRIVE FOR THIS ROLE

Prospero Teaching are looking for a Pastoral Support Officer to work as a member of the Pastoral Support Team in a supportive alternative provision in Manchester. You must drive for this role in order to support the pupils and liaise with parents and other supporting bodies.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Responding to all queries from a wide range of people in an efficient and courteous manner.
2. Providing information and support to young people and their parents/carers, enabling them to fully access the service, including arranging transport of PRU pupils and parents/carers.
3. Providing accurate and timely Information, Advice and Guidance to students, their families and partners to ensure appropriate levels of achievement and progression pathways.
4. Signposting service users to relevant services or passing the content of inquiries to appropriate colleagues where necessary.
5. Attending and, when required, convening Placement Planning and Review meetings and multi-agency meetings as necessary.
6. Liaising with partners and providers to develop appropriate personalised education programmes for individuals with complex needs.
7. Supporting student transitions between provisions/schools/Key Stages.
8. Reporting, verbally and/or in writing as required to the PRU Pastoral Manager, the Head of PRU, the PRU Management Committee and Ofsted.

CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS

• Location - Central Manchester
• Position - Pastoral Support Officer
• Type of work - Pastoral
• Contract or position start date - ASAP

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:

1. Hold Right to Work in the UK.
2. Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application.
3. Provide two professional child-related references.
4. Have a full, clean UK Drivers License and access to your own car.

OTHER

If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up-to-date CV.

Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy.