Pastoral Support Worker

University Academy Holbeach; Spalding; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

University Academy Holbeach is seeking a dedicated pastoral support assistant to work with Heads of Year, liaising with parents, pupils and colleagues to remove barriers to achievement. You will support attendance, behaviour and safeguarding and help administer pastoral systems in line with school policy.

The role requires building confident relationships with students, assisting with safeguarding checks, and contributing to a calm, safe learning environment. Early applications encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Support our Heads of Year within school to provide first point of contact between parents’ and school and liaising with colleagues and students.
• To assist Heads of Year in removing barriers for students’ achievement.
• To assist Heads of Year with investigating pastoral issues between pupils.
• To communicate with parents / carers with respect to attendance, behaviour and safeguarding.
• What’s the DSL and DDSL with year group specific safeguarding issues.
• To develop and maintain confident and sustained professional relationships with students.
• To administer the school’s attendance and behaviour systems, adhering to school policy and procedure to investigate unauthorised absences.
• To ensure records are appropriately accurate, detailed and confidential.
• Supporting the School’s Positive Behaviour and Attendance policies including supervising IEC, detentions, removal room and attending staff call outs.

Job description

Interested Candidates can

• Support our Heads of Year within school to provide first point of contact between parents’ and school and liaising with colleagues and students.
• To assist Heads of Year in removing barriers for students’ achievement.
• To assist Heads of Year with investigating pastoral issues between pupils.
• To communicate with parents / carers with respect to attendance, behaviour and safeguarding.
• Support the DSL and DDSL with year group specific safeguarding issues.
• To develop and maintain confident and sustained professional relationships with students.
• To administer the school’s attendance and behaviour systems, adhering to school policy and procedure to investigate unauthorised absences.
• To ensure records are appropriately accurate, detailed and confidential.
• Supporting the School’s Positive Behaviour and Attendance policies including supervising IEC, detentions, removal room and attending staff call outs.

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should we identify an appropriate candidate.

University Academy Holbeach is committed to the safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people. All pre-employment checks undertaken are in line with “Keeping Children Safe in Education”.

All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and Child Protection screening.